WORDBANK: PAGE 133 CULTURE AND FREE TIME ‘This not hard to understand modem art. Tf it hangs on a wall. it's a painting, and if you can walk around it, it’s A sculpture. TOM Sroprano (BRISH PLAYWRIGHT @® Complete the text about The Police with the words from the box. album Awards band charts concert drums guitarist hit lyrics musicians release singer ingle songwriter tour © Write simitar text about a band you like. © Complete the sentences with appropriate words. 1 'm reading an exciting n at the moment. The p. is very complicated, with alot of dangerous adventures, but in the last ch__everything ends well 2 The main ch in Graham Greene's ‘The End of the Affair is a writer who falls in love with a married woman 3. The Lord of the Rings is trilogy, which means it consists of three v 4 Charles Dickens wasa nineteenth-century English 5. William Shakespeare wrote about forty P. Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear are among the best-known. 6 Czestaw Milosz was a Polish p who won the N P _ He wrote more than ten volumes of p__ 7 Vm reading a collection of sh_ ) at) tle 3 1977 —The? 1977 ~The Police release ther first © Cg ead forms wit Sting (Gordon Sumner) 0s? bass? and lead ‘ ‘Andy Summers on guitar and Stewart Copeland on® and percussion. Fall Out 1978 — Their third single Can't Stand Losing You becomes 0 nur 1978 —Theie first! one” Outlands d'Amour is released. 1981 — Every Breath You Toke stays athe top of he 1979 The Police" 1984 1984 —The Police give their lost ™ forfour wees nthe UK ond eight weeks in he USA Irs admired for both the music and he " five more albums and win sx Grammy in Melbourne, after which oll the follow their solo careers: ‘2007 — The Police come together for a's _of the worl fo mark the thirtieth anniversary ofthe release ofthe sis Roxanne. oO a Find your seats and look at the audience to see if there are any friends. Go to the theatre. Phone the box office to book tickets. Watch the first act. Strange and very frightening things happen Someone falls in love but there are two hours of silly adventures and funny dialogue before they are finally together. hh There are spaceships, aliens and lots of special s____ by Ernest Hemingway at the moment. © Match the types of films (1-8) with what happens ‘ 8 Ann likes reading d s by in them (a-h). ' Agatha Christie. 1 thriller 5 western Pt 9. Im twenty years old and | stil ike the f 2. romantic comedy 6 sci-fi film ; t___lused to read asa child: Snow White 3 drama 7 documentary 31 and the Seven Dwarves, Cinderela 4 seal 8 tierra! ; 10 His latest book is ab. ic has sold more = than 100,000 copies. a Authentic shots of real events are shown, and : real people talk about them, : rs 5) (@ tases ta yout Number b The plas nat as important asthe songs and i the sentences 1-8, et 61 People face serious problems and have serious Buy a programme. conversations about them. ; ‘Clap as the actors come on stage again at the dA brave sheriff fights alone against five gunmen : | end of the show. ‘There's an exciting plot, usually about crime or Discuss the performance during the interval spying, and alot of suspense. . 3.)‘Complete the sentences with the verbs from the box. Use the verbs in the correct form. direct" dub release shoot star 1 In Pirates ofthe Carribean, Johny Depp. a Jack Sparrow. 2 They are a film in our street! There are vans lights, cameras and about a hundred people. 3 ET. was by Steven Spielberg. 4 The original Star Wars was in 1977. 5 dont like _ films, always watch the subtitled version. ‘Match the words with their definitions. 1 director 5 adaptation 2 cast 6 shot 3 audience Da 4 screenplay 8 subtitles the people who are watching a film or play a film version of a book the way actors play their roles, a single film sequence the translation of what is sai in a foreign film which appears at the bottom of the screen all the actors in a film § the creator of a film who instructs the actors and cameramen fh the text ofa play or film eangs ‘Complete the sentences with the names of TV programmes from the box. Eartoons "lve broadcasts of football matches quizshows reality shows serials sitcoms soap operas talk shows the news 1 Lonlywatch__.1 want to be informed about current affairs and | have no time for nonsense. 2 Iwatch alot of__and stm always waiting for the next episode! 3 | like a good laugh. It helps me relax. watch —___allot. 4 enjoy watching, | can usually answer more of the questions than the people in the studio! 5 You can call me childish if you like ~ love 6 loften watch stories people tel 7 Forme, the best fun is watching with friends, commenting on the game and shouting when our team scores. 8 Iwatch like voting on who should be thrown out and who should stay. It interesting to hear the © Fill in the crossword and find out what all the words have in common. ER iat TT) 1 There's an interesting __ in today’s Financial Times about Hungarian workers in Britain, 2 Have you seen today’s_? There's been a terrible plane crash. 3 im very angry about this text. think I'l write a letter to the __ ofthis paper. 4 Excuse me. May Iread your __ of The Times? | didn’t manage to get one today. 5 Jimis a__for the BBC. Hes never at home ~ he has to go wherever things are happening. 6 There are about fifty women’s __ here. Which one cdo you want? Elle? Cosmopolitan? 7 My uncle always buys two daily _ to compare what they write. 8 | always buy my Economist from the same_. ® Complete the text with appropriate words. Art by Natalie Jones in the Old Town ‘An 'e__of works by Natale ones will open at the Old Town AreG ‘on the 5® of May. Natalie isa young’p____and. This show includes her latest oll*p (landscapes and portraits) and pencil “4 35 well 357s in wood and stone, among, them the famous Black Princess, described by critics as a true c __-On Saturday the 7° of May Natalies*s_— will be open to visitors, giving the public the rare opportunity to see the artist at work. ® Complete each phrase with one word in the right form. 1 The Quiet American by Graham Greene the story ofa British reporter in Vietnam. 2 In 1975, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’ Nest was afl starring Jack Nicholson, 3 Thenovel The Three Musketeers is = in seventeenth-century France. 4 Roman Polaiski’ The Pianist is. onatrue story. 5 The action. place in Warsaw during World War I 6 Vd recommend this film. i's definitely seeing. 7 Let's check what's Have you got the paper? 8 When I was nine years old, | at the cinema today. the part ofMULTIPLE CHOICE «14 examworkout © co 2:25 Listen toa father talking about role-playing games (RPG). For questions 1 and 2, chaose the correct answer. Think ofthe recording as a whole, 1 The speaker A thinks role-playing games are dangerous. B likes role-playing games. C accepts role-playing games. 2. The speaker mentions other parents to show that A other people think lke him, B he disagrees with them role-playing games are harmful © Read the tapescript on page 223. Underline the parts which helped you answer the questions. examtask © co 2-26 You are going to hear a person talking about entertainment. For questions 1-6, choose the correct answer A~C. 1 The speaker mentions a lot of free-time activities because ‘A he enjoys them all B he doesn't enjoy any of them, CC he wants to show how tolerant he is. 2 His girlfriend's father A sells newspapers for a living B is addicted to the news. CC never leaves his house. 3 The speaker is fed up because A people criticise him for playing video games. B hes getting older. C he doesn't know what to do in his free time, 4 He says video games are played mainly by A teenagers. B adults aged between 24 and 44 C people under the age of 27. 5 He argues that to play video games you need more intelligence than you do to A go tothe opera B gototthe theatre € watch TV. 6 He thinks adults should A be proud of king video games. B be ashamed of liking video games. € tell everyone to play video games. MATCHING «25 @ Work in small groups. Do you know anything. about these four film directors? Have you seen any of their films? + Martin Scorsese + Francis Ford Coppola + Woody Allen + Spike Lee examtask © Read the following text about famous directors. Match the directors A-D to the statements 1-6. ‘Some directors match more than one statement. 1. He moved toa different city when he was young, 2. He grew up ina dangerous neighbourhood 3 The characters in his lms say funny things. 4% He madea film about a war. 5 He often stars in his own films. 6 He explained why he makes controversial lms. © What makes a good film? Tick (V) the things that are important to you, and add your own ideas. + fast action + an interesting plot + good acting +s amusing dialogue + interesting relationships between characters + romance + a Social or ethical problem to think about + special effects + beautiful shots + good music © Prepare to talk about a film you like. Use these sentences. A film like is {titi}. » starring twas directed by Ieisserin The main characters are He/She/They [what happens to them? Hike the film because © Workin pairs. Imagine you are going tothe cinema together Havea conversation using these prompts. AAND B: Remember some of the films that are on at the moment. ‘A: Say which film you would like to see and why. B: Disagree and say why. Say which film you would like to see. ‘Az Suggest a compromise. B: Agree, Use the Present Simple eense to narrate what happens in a film: The hero comes back home and discovers.