Unit thirteen cinema

Vocabulary

TV to defend justice

a telly to defend the weak and offended

colour television (set) to be kind and patient

cable television to find your way in life

video to believe in love/ reality

satellite television aggression

to shoot (shot/shot) a film violence

to release a film to be indifferent

to switch on/ off to keep you in suspense

to turn on /off to grab your attention

to watch television amusing (funny)

to see smth on television gripping (absorbing)

a talk show exciting

to go to the cinema (movie, pictures) boring (dull)

a cartoon touching (moving)

a musical excellent

a game show wonderful

a feature film great

a western magnificent

an action film sensational

a horror film impressive

a thriller decent (worth seeing)

a comedy rotten (lousy)

a melodrama horrible

a documentery serious

a historical film educational

a serial it makes you laugh (cry, happy, miserable, yawn)

an installment (a part of a serial) long-drawn-out

to be based on a novel technically brilliant

to be stuffed with events the film depicts (tells of)

to be full of special effects the acting is superb (convincing, poor, indifferent,

realistic/ unrealistic artificial)

a mysterious plot to reveal the complex interior life of the character

a dynamic story

funny / dramatic situations

Ex.1.Ответьте на вопросы:

• Do you like to go to the movies?

• What cinema(s) do you prefer?

• How often do you go there?

• What film did you see last?

• What famous actors/actresses do you know?

Ex.2. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Сравните Российское кино с американским.