Art is long, life is short. The busiest man finds the most leisure. - презентация

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2 Art is long, life is short. The busiest man finds the most leisure.

3 Leisure should be refreshment; it should send a man out with fresh spirits to battle with the problems of life. Sometimes this freshness comes not from doing anything, but by filling ones mind with fresh springs of beauty. He should recreate his own source of inspiration and make his own mind a richer and fuller treasure house. This is the true use of leisure. Joyce Miller

4 teaches us to be kind and just brings people together helps to cool off teaches us to find reflects the our way in life problems of our life educates people awakens our feelings brings people up gives a sense of beauty puts in a good mood teaches us to defend justice THEATRE CINEMA

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6 Give words or word combinations for the definitions: 1 the part of the theatre where the audience sits 2 a raised platform in a theatre where the actors appear 3 a place where hats and coats may be left 4 a set of actors in a play 5 the main role 6 a trial performance of a play 7 a persons who examines our tickets at the entrance of the theatre 8 what expressions do we use if we want to say that we remember something very well? 9 what does the sign House Full at the entrance of the theatre mean?

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8 10 what expressions means that everybody liked the performance very much? Change the underlined word by its antonym: 1 The lights went up and performance was over. 2 The play is boring, I think it will be a failure. 3 As the performance was terrible all tickets were still in the box-office. 4 Weve got fine seats quite close to the stage. 5 The curtain went up and the performance began.

9 Match the words in 2 columns, what do these expressions mean? to burst into beyond any words to be warmly run to attract quite vividly to have a successful received by the public to draw advance it was magnificent seeing to book tickets in capacity crowds stands in memory publics attention to be worth waste of time to meet with applause to be a sheer thinking the film provokes a storm of applause

10 Make the opinions sound more convincing and emphatic: 1 I like opera. 2 My friend hates opera. 3 I enjoyed the performance. 4 It was funny. 5 It made me cry. 6 It is extraordinary. 7 I prefer staying at home. 8 Louis loves action films. 9 I find it exciting. 10 We loved fairy tales when we were younger.

11 Express your opinion to these statements, using exclamatory sentences: 1 The play is very touching. 2 Craig Lucas is an outstanding playwright. 3 It was a magnificent performance. 4 You listened to a complicated opera. 5 The actors played excellently in the film. 6 You liked the decorations which were so beautiful. 7 It is so true to life. 8 The film had a mysterious plot. 9 You disliked the operetta which was terrible. 10 She sang wonderfully.