Last visit is the next topic. Spoken theme MY VISIT TO THE CINEMA

Theater is an old art. For many centuries it has been loved and honored by people. Nowadays people are extremely busy and find it more convenient to seat themselves comfortably in front of a TV-set and enjoy themselves without leaving their houses.

I"m not a great theater-goer either, but from time to time I go to see a good play, opera or ballet.

My last visit to the theater stands out vividly in my memory. It was “Swan lake” by P.I. Chaikovsky in the Kharkov Opera and Ballet theater

Our seats in the 5th row were very good. People around us were looking forward to the performance, reading programs and discussing the cast. At just the third warning bell rank and the performance began. It was first-rate from beginning to end. The setting was superb. The ballerina starring in the ballet danced so wonderfully that it seemed as if she was floating in the air. Her dancing, accompanied by charming music, made a tremendous impression on everyone.

When the last curtain went down there was a storm of applause. People presented the ballet stars with flowers.

It was one of the best performances I"ve seen in my life

Honor-shanuvati

extremely

to look forward to – check impatiently

first-rate - first-class

superb - monster

tremendous - great

Lesson 24 music in my life

Music occupies an important place in our life. We can't live without it. Actually people have different musical tastes depending on their age, education and even mood. Some people like classical music, others prefer rock, pop or jazz, but nobody is indifferent to it.

As for me I used to sing in front of the mirror in my childhood. A pencil box served me as a microphone and I simulated a show on the stage. It was a great fun

At present I can"t spend a day without music. In the morning I prefer fast rhythmical music. It"s like a cup of coffee or a cool shower that encourages you and freshens you up. So, since the early morning you are in a cheerful spirit and the upcoming day seems to give many pleasant surprises. Isn't it a great start of the day?

If you are in a bad humor you"d better turn to music. Nothing can help you better to forget about your problems than a merry song. Listen to your favorite melody and your spleen will disappear and you are in a good temper again.

After a hard working day I like to listen to some slow, beautiful music. It helps me to relax, to forget about my tiredness.

Actually, music is an integral part of my life and I can't just imagine how I would live without it!

1.jazz - jazz

2.imitate - inherit

3.encourage- encouragement

4.a cheerful spirit

5.forthcoming - offensive

6.spleen - blues, nudga

7.integral – invisible

Lesson 25 post-office

There is a post-office in every town and village or a settlement. The post-office has many duties and has hundreds of thousands of officials: postmasters who are in charge of post-offices, post-offices clerks and a lot of postmen. It is the postman who brings many items of news to everyone, going round from house to house and dropping the letters into your pillar-box.

If you want to send a letter or a post-card you needn"t go to the post office, you can drop it into the nearest pillar-box, and in some days a postman will deliver your letter or a post-card to the addresses.

The post-office does not only deliver and send letters and other mail, but it controls the telegraphs and telephones, pays out old-age pensions and family allowances, sells stamps either separately or in booklets with several stamps of various values, makes trunk calls - in a word - offers many services. That is why there are various counters there: General Delivery, Registered Letters, Parcel Post, Money Orders, Stamps, Post Cards, Air Mail and Book Post.

A few days ago I had to send a parcel to my friend and buy some envelopes and post cards. First I directed my steps to the Parcel counter. 1 handed my parcel to the clerk; she weighed it on the scales, gave me the necessary stamps, and I paid money for it. The amount that you have to pay depends on the weight of the parcel. After that I went to the Post Cards counter and bought some post-cards and envelopes. Besides, I had to send a letter to my grandparents. So I put my letter into the envelope, stuck a stamp on the envelope, wrote the address, sealed it up and posted it.

As I am in a habit of collecting stamps, I looked at them at Stamps counter, which issues postage-stamps in honor of every significant event or marking the memory of outstanding people of the country and the world. I made up my mind to buy some rare stamps. Then I suddenly remembered that I had to make a call to my uncle who lived in another city.

You know, the important service connected with the post-office is, of course, the telephone. In most post-offices and in many streets there are telephone booths from which you can phone. All you have to do is to pick up the receiver, dial the number wanted, put a coin in the slot and if you hear a long buzzer Sound be sure you"ll get through. When you finish speaking, you must replace the receiver. If you want to have a conversation with a friend of yours who lives in another town, you have to make a trunk call or to ask for a trunk call and say, "A long distance call Sometimes the trunk operator may say," Please, limit your call to... minutes", or "The number is engaged".

Word List:

official ] - official, employee

to be in charge of - to manage

clerk - employee

postman - postman

to drop the letter into a pillar-box - drop a letter into a mailbox

to deliver - deliver

addressee - addressee

old-age pension - pension

Parcel Post - department for sending parcels

Money Orders - department "Money transfers"

Air Mail - Airmail

Book Post - department for sending parcels

to direct one's steps - to head somewhere

to hand - hand over

to weigh - weigh

amount j - amount

scale - scales

to stick (stuck, stuck) - to stick

address - address

to seal up - to seal

to post - send by mail

to be in a habit of doing something - to have the habit of doing something

to issue - issue, release

in honor of every significant event - in honor of every significant

(important) event

to mark the memory of outstanding people - to mark the memory

outstanding people

to make up one's mind - decide

rare stamp - rare stamp

telephone booth - pay phone

to pick up the receiver - pick up the receiver

to dial fdawlj - dial (number)

slot - slot, slot

Oral theme MY VISIT TO THE CINEMA will help you compose an oral statement about going to the cinema, write an essay or a story about visiting the cinema. The topic MY GO TO THE CINEMA is given with translation.

Level: Pre-Intermediate-Intermediate

Suitable for students in grades 7-11.

MY VISIT TO THE CINEMA

I really enjoy going to the cinema; it is one of the favorite pastimes even though I don’t really go that often. Fortunately, the cinema isn’t too far away from where I live and I can get there by bus within ten minutes. I am very lucky to live in a big town because it means that I have a choice of cinemas and a wider choice of films.

Watching films is always very relaxing and entertaining. The convenience of the cinema is that you can choose what time you want to go because there are usually a number of showings.

You know, it is popular to go out somewhere first and then go on to a late-night film. The cinema is particularly popular among students because they don’t have to pay full price for some films and is therefore a reasonably cheap form of entertainment.

There are a variety of films available today. I especially like comedies or love stories. Detective stories with a lot of action and suspense grab my attention also. I particularly enjoy films where you become so involved with the story that you forget you are sitting in a cinema.

The last film I went to see was an American comedy (Thriller called “Who’s Watching the Baby-sitter?”). I really enjoyed it because it was funny, it had a lot of action in it and the end was so unexpected.

Nowadays cinemas are so comfortable that it is almost like being at home so it is a luxury to go to the cinema.

MY GOING TO THE CINEMA

I really enjoy going to the movies; it's one of my favorite pastimes, although I don't actually go there often. Luckily, the cinema is not too far from my house and I can get there by bus in ten minutes. I'm lucky enough to live in a big city, which means I have a choice of cinemas I can visit and a wider choice of films I can watch.

Watching movies is always very relaxing and entertaining. The advantage of cinemas is that you can choose what time you want to go and watch a film, because there are usually several showings.

You know, quite often people prefer to go out for a walk somewhere and then go to the last session. Cinema is especially popular among students because they don't have to pay full price for some screenings, making it a fairly cheap way to spend time.

There is a huge variety of movies available today. I especially like comedies or romance novels. Detective novels with a lot of action and suspense also capture my attention. I especially love movies that grab you so much that you forget you're in a movie theater.

The last movie I went to the cinema to see was the American comedy-thriller Who's Watching the Babysitter? I really liked the film because it was funny, events happened quickly and the ending was unexpected. Cinemas are very convenient these days, so you almost feel at home in them.

becoming very popular way to spend free time/modern cinemas are beautiful and comfortable rooms are equipped with large new screens, special sound absorption panels and nice places you can buy tickets right before the movie starts or the day before certain types of films are the movies if you want to have fun you can choose comedy or Western if you enjoy special effects and are interested in around the idea of ​​a future you can see science fiction or adventure.Children like to watch cartoons and come to the movies with their parents.

2)Use the text and find the appropriate words to eht definitions.

1)People,who enjoy going to the cinema in their free time.______________

2)Something that many people like._______________________

3) A piece of paper that shows you have paid to do something____________

4) A film about the life of cowboys in the USA in the 19th century.__________

5)A film using drawing and not real people,animals?things.___________--

I will never forget my first visit to the theatre. My mother took me to the Bolshoi theater to see "The Sleeping Beauty". We took the underground

there, as the Bolshoi Theater is in the center of Moscow. It took us a quarter of an hour to get there. When we arrived at the theater we could see many people in the hall. Some of them had programs in their hands. My mother bought one for us. Then she lad the way to our seats. They where not expensive but we could see the stage very well. Then the lights went down and the curtain rose. We could see a beautiful palace on the stage and we could here beautiful music. The scenery was fantastic. I liked the ballet very much. The leading dancer was so good, that when the performance was over there was a storm of applause. My mother enjoyed the performance greatly and she promised to take me to the opera at a later date

Make up questions for the text I will never forget my first visit to the theater. My mother took me to the Bolshoi theater to see "The Sleeping Beau

ty". We took the underground there, as the Bolshoi Theater is in the center of Moscow. It took us a quarter of an hour to get there. When we arrived at the theater we could see many people in the hall. Some of them had programs in their hands. My mother bought one for us. Then she lad the way to our seats. They where not expensive but we could see the stage very well. Then the lights went down and the curtain rose. palace on the stage and we could here beautiful music. The scenery was fantastic. I liked the ballet very much. The leading dancer was so good, that when the performance was over there was a storm of applause. she promised to take me to the opera at a later date