Montreal

Montreal is the biggest French-speaking city in the world after Paris. No one admits it publicly but probably every city in Canada is jealous ¹ of Montreal. The city is world-famous ². It hosted Expo-67, the 1976 world Olym­pics.

Its subway system is so handsome that it's been called the longest underground art gallery in the world. Most of all they envy³ the city's zest for life⁴.

Even the food is as famous. Gourmet cooking is very interesting. French cuisine⁵ is the best of all, of course, but Chinese, Jewish, Spanish, Italian and English restau­rants offer their dishes with the same care and^ pride ⁶.

The best of Montreal's restaurants aren't cheap. But if you can't afford to spend too much on food, check the menu and the price list which is posted outside every restaurant.

1. зд. завидует 2. всемирно-известный 3. завидуют 4. вкус к жизни 5. [kw1'zi:n] кухня (искусство готовить) 6. с той же тщательностью и гордостью

1. Is Montreal an international city? Why?

2. What is it famous for?

Список учебной литературы:

1. В. С. Шах-Назарова, К. В. Журавченко «Английский для Вас», Москва, Вече, 1998.

2. Е. Р. Игнатова « Английский язык. Интенсивный курс», Москва, Просвещение, 1997.

3. А. В. Новиков « Устные темы по английскому языку для школьников», Москва, Лист Нью, 2001.

4. Обучающая мультимедийная программа “ What to say and haw to behave in Great Britain?”, Репетитор, Multi-Media.

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Where Is Wilmington?

This is my colleague, a film-producer from Wilming­ton. His name is Sam Sampson. Sam is a popular man in the US movie making. He is about 45. He is tall, good-looking, a good mixer, very talented. Actors and actress­es adore him. His films are very popular.

Where is Wilmington? Wilmington is on the South-East coast ' of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is to the South of Norfolk, USA. Wilmington is one of the biggest movie studios in the world. Its area is a 32-acre complex. Its full name is North Carolina Film Corporation.

Sam's latest production "Get me Right" ² is a film about children and parents.

They say about 70 % of the US movie making now is done outside Los Angeles area. The South is getting more popular.

There are two reasons³ for it: lower costs⁴ and enthusiastic cooperation of local and state officials.

1. побережье 2. «Пойми меня правильно» 3. причины 4. Стоимость

1. What is this text about?

2. What is Wilmington?

II год обучения Brush Up Your Talk.

1. Listen to the text and speak about any film or play.

I am not a great cinema-goer, but now that they have built a new cinema near my house I go and see a film occasionally. Actually it was last Sunday that I saw for the second time the film that was produced by the Mosfilm Studio a few years ago - The Diamond Arm. This comedy is a funny mixture of fiction and reality. The plot of the film is the following: a group of rogues were trying to smuggle jewelry into the Soviet Union. They gave the jewels to the wrong man who was you got quite unsuspecting and who incidentally gave them away. When he came back to his town they began to follow him to get hold of the jewels. A lot of funny episodes happened during this hunt. Finally the smugglers were traced down by the militia.

Nikulin who was in the title-role is a great favourite with the public. Even though he sometimes didn’t do anything funny the audience started laughing the very moment he appeared on the screen. His very face was enough to set them roaring with laughter. As for me, I am not terribly fond of him though he is an actor of some talent. Another man playing the second best role, one of the gang, Mironov, was more to my taste. His acting was quite good. There was a couple of songs and some dancing too.

There were some fantastic tricks as well. Such as car lifted by a helicopter, pistol shots in the dark, hands moving in the light of diamonds, etc. I couldn’t call exactly a very good film, but I must say I enjoyed it.

2. Listen to the teachers statements and make your comments.

Most people like to have tickets in the stalls, but I prefer seats in the dress-circle facing the stage.

You are free to disagree with me, but I don’t like to see tragic films or plays. I can’t say that I am a theatre-goer, but whenever I have any time to spare I go to a theatre. I like the Theatre of Moscow Soviet best because my favorites Plyat and Maretskaya worked there. They are the actors of great talent. I wanted to see the play The Low Depth the other day, but to my great sorrow I could not get any tickets as they all had been sold out.

My daughter has seen the ballet Karmen this week. She says that it ranks as an outstanding ballet of our times. She asked me to come with her, but I was not fond of ballets.

Brush Up Your Talk.

1. Listen to the text and speak about Covent Garden Opera-House.

The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre stands in front of two squares full of flowers, right in the center of the town, the Grand Opera in Paris is right in the center of the Boulevard, while the Opera-House in London is … inside fruit, flower and vegetable market called Covent Garden. Isn’t it strange!

The fist Covent Garden Theatre was built in 1792. It was more a theatre of drama than of opera at that time. This historic theatre was burned down in 1808 and rebuilt exactly a year after – in 1809.

It opened its season with Shakespeare’s Macbeth but soon became exclusively an opera-house. In 1856 a fire broke out again in the hall and in a few hours the building was in ruins. Two years later it was again rebuilt.

There are seats for 2,000 persons and though this theatre is rather big it looks very cosy. In the corridors the wallpaper is striped and one can see pink settees and pink-shaded lamps everywhere.

2. Say a few words about any opera-house.

3. Make up dialogues about any ballet you’ve seen.