Exercise 32. At home make biography notes of your favorite actor and director.
Then speak about them in class. Use vocabulary from Exercises 26, 27, 31.
COMMUNICATION
Exercise 33. In pairs.
Student A: Turn to the end of Unit 4 and do exercise 33 A.
Student B: Take turns asking questions to supply the missing
Information about the Academy Awards.
1. … got the best actor award in 1962.
2. “Shrek” won the best Animated Feature Film Award in 2002.
3. In 2013 … award went to “Argo”.
4. Frank Capra got the best directing award for “It Happened One Night”.
5. … won the best foreign language film award in 1969.
6. Ingrid Bergman received the best actress award in 1944.
7. Haskell Wexler received the best cinematography award for …
8. In 1994 the best original screenplay award went to Quentin Tarantino.
READING, VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING
Exercise 34.Read the text about Steven Spielberg and put in the missing words.
After reading, make a short biography note of the director.
People were afraid to go into the sea after «Jaws». They wanted to be archaeologists after “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. They thought dinosaurs were real after “Jurassic Park”. They cried when they watched “E.T.” and “Schindler’s List”. They were shocked by the realities of war in “Saving Private Ryan”. They laughed at “The Terminal” and “Catch Me If You Can”. And they were amazed by special effects in “War of the Worlds”.
And all this because of one man – Hollywood’s best-known film director, producer and w- - - - -: Steven Allan Spielberg.
Spielberg was b- - - in Cincinnati, Ohio on 18th December 1946. Today he and his films are famous all over the world. He w- - several Oscars and Golden Globes. He
d- - - - - - - more than twenty-five films, and produced more than fifty. He didn’t s- - - in any of his films yet, but don’t be too surprised if you see him on the screen one day.
Was Steven always so successful? In a word – yes. He made his first amateur film, an 8-minute Western called “The Last Gun”, when he was twelve. And he is an excellent
b- - - - - - - - - -. When he showed his home movies to other children, he sold tickets, and his sister Annie sold popcorn.
GRAMMAR
PAST CONTINUOUS
| A F F I R M A T I V E | I wasplaying. He wasplaying. She wasplaying. It wasplaying. We wereplaying. You wereplaying. They wereplaying. |
| I N T E R R O G A T I V E | (How well)Was I playing? Washe playing? – Yes, he was. / No, he was not. Wasshe playing? – Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t. Wasit playing? Werewe playing? Wereyou playing? – Yes, we were. / No, we were not. Werethey playing? – Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. |
| N E G A T I V E | I was not playing. (I wasn’t playing.) He was notplaying. (He wasn’t playing.) … She was notplaying. It was notplaying. We were notplaying. (We weren’t playing.) You were notplaying. (You weren’t playing)… They were notplaying. |
I. Past Continuousобозначает действие, которое совершалось в определённый момент времени в прошлом. Неважно, закончилось действие или нет, было ли оно прервано. Важно, что началось оно когда-то раньше, и в тот момент оно было в процессе.
Момент времени может быть обозначен:
1) указанием на точку времени;
Напр.: What wereyou doingat six o’clock yesterday evening? – I was making dinner.
2) указанием на период времени;
Напр.:This time last year she was havinga holiday.
3) другим, более коротким действием.
Напр.: When I got up this morning the sun was shining, the birds were singing…
II. Так же, как Present Continuous в настоящем, Past Continuous может передавать раздражение, особенно в сочетании со словами alwaysи continually.
Напр.: I didn’t like him – he wasalways borrowing money.
LANGUAGE USE