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SPOTLIGHT 10

MODULE 7

Slide title

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7A – Reading Skills

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7B – Listening & Speaking Skills

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7E – Writing Skills

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Culture Corner

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Spotlight on Russia

7A – Reading Skills

The term ‘square-eyed generation’ means…

• teenagers who do nothing else but watch television. It describes today’s teens, as they watch a lot of television and spend a lot of time using computers.

WordList

WL

Home task – p.123 ex.8

7B – Listening & Speaking Skills

Vocabulary – Types of Performances

WordList

Ex.2 p.124 – Match These words with their descriptions

orchestra

stalls

stage

balcony

opera glasses

curtain

aisle

usher

Reading

WL

Idioms

a one hit wonder

певец-однодневка

The seventies saw asuccession of one-hit wonders who were famous overnight and then never heard of again.

Idioms

be hard of hearing

плохо слышать

  Please speak loudly. I am hard of hearing.  

Idioms

it’s daylight robbery

грабеж средь бела дня

    It's daylight robbery to charge that amount of money 

for a hotel room!  

Idioms

sell like hot cakes

быть нарасхват

      The fancy new cars were selling like hot cakes.

Listening

Hometask

7E – Writing Skills - a review

Home task

Culture Corner – Madame Tussauds

• https://www.madametussauds.com / - Madame Tussauds Museum Official Website
• https://roundme.com/tour/984/view/2155 / - Virtual Tour along the Museum (Amsterdam)
• https:// www.youtube.com/user/TussaudsLondon - Madame Tussauds YouTube Channel
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ ij6ex3GKoA – History of Madame Tussauds
• https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJLeWh3e8k

Spotlight on Russia

delightful – восхитительный

seat – вмещать

realm – царство, королевство

chandelier – люстра

furnishing – мебель

blaze – пламя

rage – бушевать

intact – неповрежденный

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhw4oydEHS4 - 360 4K video: Unique Bolshoi Theatre VR tour

The Bolshoi Theatre

• The theatre is called “ Bolshoi ” not only because of its size, but because of its great contribution to the development of the classical opera and ballet. Here the performances of many operas (“Life for the Tsar” by M. Glinka, “Boris Godunov” by M. Musorgsky, “Prince Igor” by A. Borodin, etc.) and ballets (“Swan Lake” and “The Nutcracker” by P. Tchaikovsky, etc.) were staged.

Read the text “My first visit” and say what impressions a girl had after the performance.

• I’ll never forget my first visit to the Bolshoi Theatre. It was ages ago, but it stands out in my memory quite vividly. My mother bought two tickets beforehand for a matinee performance of the ballet “The Sleeping Beauty” by P. Tchaikovsky.
• We came to the theatre long before the performance began. A sign at the entrance of the theatre read “House full”. Many people were standing at the theatre asking if we had an extra ticket.
• We left our coats in the cloak-room and bought a programme from the usher to see what the cast was. I remember we were glad to see that Plisetskaya was dancing the main part.
• At twelve sharp the lights went down and the performance began. I had never seen anything more wonderful. The scenery and the dancing were excellent. When the last curtain fell the house burst into applause. The dancers got many curtain calls and were presented with flowers. The performance was a great success with the public. The first visit to the Bolshoi Theatre is one of my brightest memories.