Unit 13. Films and cinema

UNIT 13: THEATER AND MOVIES
READING 2
I.BEFORE YOU READ:
*New words: Match the words with the appropriate definitions:
1……………. the ability to understand the true nature of something, an idea, a belief of an image you have as a result of how you see or understand something.
2……………….connected with the human spirit rather than the body or physical things
3……………. Amusing play or funny drama 4………………a play with an unhappy ending (especially one in which the main character dies).
5. ……………..a person or an animal in a book, play or movie.
6.……………a play for the theater, television or radio.
a.Tragedy

b.Spiritual

c.Character

d.Perception

e.Comedy

f.Drama.
Spiritual
Perception
Comedy
Tragedy
Character
Drama
1.Read the text in silence (textbook, page 157)
II.WHILE YOU READ:
2.Choose the best meaning of the underlined word(s):
1,………….gives extraordinary opportunities for deeper and sharper…
a. uncommon b. unusual
c. great d.odd
2,Great works of drama have great characters exploring the great issues.
a. personalities b. mankind
c. person/animal in a play d. letters and symbols
3,…………..the dramatic experience can also be a spiritual one.
a. sudden b. exciting and impressive
b. exaggerated d. connected with the play
3.Answer the questions:
1.What did Aristotle think the greatest pleasure of human beings is in?
2.In what way is the theatre an excellent way to extend people beyond the narrow circle of everyday life?
3.What, according to Aristotle, is the difference between tragedy and comedy?
4.What can audience find in great works of drama?
5.What can audience benefit in both their bodies and spirit when watching great work of drama?
*Answers:
1. He thought it is learning
2.It gets us acquainted with people
and cultures quite foreign to us.
3.Tragedy show us to be better than we
are, but comedy shows us to be worse.
4.They can find great characters exploring
the great issues.
5.They may test themselves, their bodies may be broken but their spirit wins.
4.Fill in the blanks with information from the passage:
1.Aristotle came from ________(write down the name of country)
2.What does their in “although their bodies may be broken….”(para 5) refer to__________.
3.What does it in “ it gets us acquainted with…….”
(para 5) refer to___________.
Greece
humans
the theater
III.AFTER YOU READ:
Tell your partner about the best play you have seen recently
IV.CONSOLIDATION
Summary the main ideas of the reading you have learnt
1. He thought it is learning
2.It gets us acquainted with
people and cultures quite
foreign to us.

3 .Tragedy show us to be better
than we are, but comedy shows us to
be worse.


4.They can find great characters
exploring the great issues.


5.They may test themselves, their bodies may be broken but their spirit wins.