"Трудоустройство по знакомству" – "Экстра-английский" (9 серия)

Темы серии

Acting / Игра
Auditions / Прослушивание

Задачи

Speaking

Explaining the storyline of a play or film / Пересказ сюжета пьесы или фильма
Explaining rules /Объяснение правил

Writing

worse still / Еще хуже

Грамматика

Abstract nouns / Абстрактные существительные
The will future / Будущее с will
too... to / наречие too и предлог to

Wordwatch / Слово урока

This is one of the wordier episodes of extr@, although most of the words are clear from the context or not necessary to pre-teach. Again, the context is TV, so many of the words reflect this; audition, part, role, script should all be pre-taught. An audition is when an actor tries to get a part / role and the script is the words he / she has to learn. Nick goes for a lot of auditions in this series.

In your dreams is one of Bridget's favourite expressions and means It isn't going to happen. Is Shakespeare in your blood? means more or less Do you think you were born to play Shakespeare?

VOCABULARY

adjectives

angry
beautiful
boring
cheeky
excited
exciting
exhausted
famous
impressed
mysterious
normal
perfect
pretty
ridiculous
sexy
strange
stupid
surprised
sweet
worried

nouns

Words to do with theatre and acting

(theatrical) agent
costume
part (in a play)
role
talent
tragedy ( = play)
camera
outfit (costume) (theatrical) production script
tape ( = video)

Other words and expressions

diamond robbery
ears
experience
fool
love
motorbike
disaster
editor
fashion
hairstyle
madness
murder
dream
email
fax
interview
masterpiece
reporter
research
researcher
tights (item of women's clothing)
training
visitor

verbs

adore
audition
depart
discover
imagine
impress
interfere miss ( = feel bad because you haven't got something)
perform
pop in
train
travel
trust

expressions

alien space station
all is not as it seems
eight o'clock sharp
get changed ( = change your clothes)
guess what
guess who ...
He's never heard of Channel Nine
How dare you?
however many
I must learn my lines
I thought so (= this is what I thought, and I was right)
I'm off ( = I'm leaving) in your dreams
is Shakespeare in your blood?
it was nice while it lasted
light of my life
long time no see
must dash! ( = I must leave)
sleep safely in your bed tonight
sleep tight
tell the truth
there'll be no room for little old you
worse still
wrong number ( = wrong phone number)


Cultural reference / Информация о культуре

Hamlet / Гамлет – play by William Shakespeare (see below); full title The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Hamlet is the son of the late King of Denmark, who has been murdered. His father's ghost tells him to avenge the murder. This leads to events which cause the death of most of the royal house, including Hamlet himself.

to be or not to be, that is the question / Быть или не быть, вот в чем вопрос – opening lines of a soliloquy in Act Three Scene 1 of the Shakespeare play Hamlet, from the Shakespeare play of the same name (see above); Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio is another line from the same play

jobs for the boys / теплое местечко – expression which indicates that nepotism has been used in getting someone a job

Kylie Minogue / Кайли Миноуг – Australian singer and actress, born May 28th 1968; she became famous in the late 1980s in the Australian soap Neighbours; however, Nick probably likes her because of the revealing costumes she wears in her pop videos

CNN / Си-Эн-Эн – Cable News Network; an American news TV channel that is viewed around the world

Versace / Версаче – Donatella Versace is an Italian fashion designer; born May 2nd 1955 in Calabria, Italy, she worked for her brother Gianni until his murder in July 1997, after which she took over his business

Houses of Parliament / Здание Парламента – seat of British government in central London; the two houses, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, are situated in the Palace of Westminster in Central London

Shakespeare / Шекспир – William Shakespeare, 1564–1616, English poet and playwright, considered the greatest writer in the English language; it is believed that he was born and died on the same date – April 23rd, which is also St George's Day; St George is the patron saint of England

Sting / Стинг – English singer and musician; born October 2nd 1951; real name Gordon Sumner; former teacher and lead singer of 70s band The Police