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Book 2 Cinema and Visual Arts.Pdf 1 2 3 CONTENTS Предисловие…………………………………………………………….. 5 CINEMA………………………………………………………. 6 Unit 1 FILM ART…………………………………………………. 6 Vocabulary Study…………………………………………… 6 Reading & Discussing………………………………………. 13 Film as Art ………………………………………………. 13 Why Do We Still Go to the Movies in the 21st Century?…… 16 People Don’t Like Going to the Movies Any More…………. 18 Written Work & Grammar Revision…………………………… 20 Unit 2 BRITISH AND AMERICAN CINEMA……………………….. 22 Vocabulary Study………………………………………………. 22 Reading & Discussing………………………………………….. 25 The Mystery That Started It All……………………………... 26 A History of Successful Productions………………………... 29 Contemporary Britain’s Cinema……………………………. 30 Establishment of an Industry: the Pioneers…………………. 32 Key Problems of British Cinema……………………………. 33 10 Most Famous English Movies……………………………. 34 Richard Attenborough………………………………………. 36 What is ‘Hollywood’?................................................. 37 Why Is Hollywood a Term of Disparagement?.................... 42 11 Greatest Years in American Cinema History……….. 42 Cinema Criticism in the USA………………………………... 44 The Cannes Film Festival…………………………………… 46 British Film and Television Awards………………………… 46 Written Work & Grammar Revision…………………………… 48 Unit 3 TALKING ABOUT FILMS……………………………………. 50 Vocabulary Study………………………………………………. 50 Reading & Discussing………………………………………….. 58 Movie Directors……………………………………………... 58 10 Greatest Film Directors………………………………….. 59 Silent Cinema Actors………………………………………... 64 10 Best British Movie Stars…………………………………. 65 Talking about Films…………………………………………. 68 Written Work & Grammar Revision…………………………… 69 4 VISUAL ARTS………………………………………………... 73 Unit 1 THE WORLD OF ARTS………………………………………. 73 Vocabulary Study………………………………………………. 73 Reading & Discussing………………………………………….. 75 Changes in the World of Art………………………………… 75 Why Do We Need the Arts? ………………………………. 77 What Are the Visual Arts? ………………………………….. 78 The Role of Art in Society…………………………………… 79 What is the Role of the Artist in Society? …………………… 81 The Renaissance…………………………………………….. 82 Abstract Art………………………………………………….. 83 Pop Art - The Art of Popular Culture………………………. 84 Written Work & Grammar Revision…………………………… 88 Unit 2 BRITISH AND AMERICAN VISUAL ARTS………………… 90 Vocabulary Study………………………………………………. 90 Reading & Discussing…………………………………………. 92 English Painting…………………………………………….. 92 Joseph Turner……………………………………………….. 94 Evolution of Arts in America………………………………... 95 Painters of a Virgin Land…………………………………… 97 American Visual Arts in the 20th Century………………….. 98 Architecture in the USA…………………………………….. 100 John Russel Pope……………………………………………. 101 Written Work & Grammar Revision…………………………… 101 Unit 3 ART MUSEUMS AND THEIR TREASURES……………….. 103 Vocabulary Study……………………………………………… 103 Reading & Discussing………………………………………….. 106 The National Gallery Collection……………………………. 107 The Metropolitan Museum of Art…………………………… 109 The Tretyakov Gallery………………………………………. 110 Written Work & Grammar Revision…………………………… 113 Situations for Oral Compositions………………………………………. 116 Reference List…………………………………………………………… 118 5 ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ Учебно-методическое пособие является составной частью учебно- методического комплекса «Практика иностранного языка» и предназначено для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы студентов 4 курса физико-математического и исторического факультетов, для которых английский язык является дополнительной специальностью. УМК включает три составных элемента – три учебно-методических пособия: «Teaching and Education», «Books and Reading», «Cinema and Visual Arts». Настоящее учебно-методическое пособие решает общую задачу обеспечения подготовки преподавателя, характеризующегося высоким культурным уровнем и широким кругозором, и ставит своей целью совершенствование навыков и умений чтения и говорения (монологическая и диалогическая речь) по темам социально-культурной сферы общения «Кино» и «Изобразительное искусство». Пособие состоит из 6 разделов 1) Film Art, 2) British and American Cinema, 3) Talking about Films, 4) The World of Arts, 5) British and American Visual Arts, 6) Art Museums and Their Treasures. Каждый раздел строится по единой схеме и включает: Vocabulary Study – тематический словарь и комплекс упражнений на активизацию языкового материала; Reading & Discussing – обширную подборку текстов, обеспечивающих конкретное информационное наполнение темы, и заданий к ним для углубления коммуникативной компетенции обучаемых в рамках заданной проблематики, а также совершенствования навыков различных видов чтения; Written Work and Grammar Revision – задания для совершенствования навыков и умений письменной речи, перевода с русского на английский и повторения некоторых грамматических тем (Article, Pronoun, Adverb, Verb) на базе тематической лексики. Содержание пособия подчинено современным концептуальным подходам к изучению иностранного языка в вузе, носит образовательный характер и ставит задачу практического овладения языком наряду с развитием индивидуальности каждого обучаемого в диалоге культур. В систему упражнений положены принципы активизации обучаемых, нарастания трудностей, взаимосвязанного формирования языковых навыков и речевых умений, частотности языкового материала и проблемности. Пособие может использоваться на других факультетах вуза, где английский язык изучается по углубленной программе и является одной из основных специальностей. Г.В. Нестерчук 6 CINEMA UNIT 1 FILM ART Vocabulary Study I. Study the following words and translate the illustrative sentences into Russian. 1. cinema а) кино, киноискусство, кинематография; е. g. The cinema was born at the end of the XIX century. б) кинотеатр; syn.: theatre, picture-house; e. g. Is there a cinema in your street? This French film will be shown in two cinemas next week. 2. film а) (кинo)-фильм/картина/лента; syn.: picture, movie; б) кино, киноискусство; е. g. A lot of books and articles have been written on the art of the film. Distant lands and nations can become familiar to us through the medium of film (посредством кино). The image of women in American film (in the American cinema) has changed very little in the past twenty years. 3. to shoot снимать, производить съемки; е. g. to shoot a film/picture/scene снимать фильм/картину/сцену; to shoot a screen/camera- test делать пробные съемки (кинопробу); to shoot on location делать натурные съемки; е. g. The departure scene was shot at the Kazan Railway Station. The screen-tests that were shot of the young actress proved to be a success. Location shooting for the film was done in the Crimea. 4. to film а) снимать для кино, делать фильм о…; е. g. to film people (animals, children); to film a scene (a picture, a conference, an examination, etc.); e. g. He has never filmed children before. She gave her consent to be filmed in Bondarchuk’s new picture. б) экранизировать, ставить фильм по...; e. g. Dostoyevsky’s Idiot has been filmed several times. в) сниматься (в кинo); e. g. This movie star films in America, Italy and France. г) получаться (в кино); e .g. to film well/badly; e. g. Although the young actress was quite pretty, the producer doubted if she would film well. 5. show сеанс в кинотеатре; е. g. I bought two tickets for the 7 o’clock show. Let’s drop in at the buffet before the show. syn.: house; е. g. The house begins/ends at 7 o’clock. 7 6. showing показ, просмотр; е. g. It was an almost private showing, and very few people were invited. 7. matinee дневной сеанс; e. g. This cinema runs two matinees every day. 8. dialogue текст, реплики, звучащие с экрана; e. g. Catchy tunes and sparkling dialogue make the film worth seeing. 9. script текст роли, сценарий; e. g. Jane read the script over and over again and still felt there was something lacking in it. The director made a few changes in the script. 10. serial многосерийный кино/телефильм; e. g. Adventure serials are very popular with children. 11. episode часть многосерийного фильма; e. g. From the very first episode of the new serial it is already quite clear what’s going to happen in the next. 12. part серия, e. g. a two-part film двухсерийный фильм; е. g. The film Tom Jones consists of two parts and lasts about two and a half hours. 13. scene сцена; e. g. to take/shoot/film a scene снять сцену; to retake a scene переснять сцену; the opening scene первая сцена, первый эпизод; the closing (final) scene последняя сцена, последний эпизод; crowd scenes массовые сцены. Но: Этот актер снимается только в массовых сценах. – This actor is only used as a super (an extra). 14. sequence несколько сцен, составляющих эпизод; е. g. There are a few magnificent riding sequences in the film. 15. shot кадр; е. g. war shots, documentary shots, long-shots кадры, снятые дальним (общим) планом; close-ups кадры, снятые ближним (крупным) планом; е. g. It’s a delight to watch the young actress both in the long-shots and in the close-ups. 16. still фотоснимок кадра из фильма (для рекламы и т. п.); е. g. We stopped to look at the stills advertising the new Polish picture. 17. cinema-goer зритель; syn.: film-goer, picture-goer; e. g. One of the reasons for falling attendance at the cinema in Britain is the dissatisfaction of the cinema-goers with the way many cinemas are run. 18. audience публика, сидящая в зале; syn.: viewers; е. g. How did the audience (viewers) react to the film? I think it’s a film for more sophisticated audiences. II. Read the following passage, pay attention to the words and word combinations in bold and translate them into Russian. We love watching films (= movies in American English) – either on TV, on DVD, downloaded onto our PCs or at the cinema. What sort
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