Unit 13 : Theater and movies

WELCOME TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
ATTENDING AN ENGLISH LESSON


ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.






Reading
Before you read

a. Shakespeare b. Charlie Chaplin c. J.B.P. Moliere
d. Audrey Hepburn
e. Bernard Shaw f. Tom Hanks


EXERCISE:
Work with a partner to put
the names of the people in the
pictures into two groups.

a. Shakespeare b. Charlie Chaplin c. J.B.P. Moliere
d. Audrey Hepburn
e. Bernard Shaw f. Tom Hanks


Playwrights Actors / Actresses
b. Charlie Chaplin
c. J.B.P. Moliere
e. Bernard Shaw
b. Charlie Chaplin
d. Audrey Hepburn
f. Tom Hanks
c. J.B.P. Moliere
a. Shakespeare


EXERCISE:
List several well-known works
written by one of the playwrights
above.


Playwrights Works
Shakespeare
( 1564 – 1616 )
Hamlet, Othello
King Lear,
Romeo and Juliet
Charlie Chaplin
( 1889 – 1977 )
Modern Times, City Lights
Limelight
J.B.P. Moliere
( 1622 – 1673 )
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Tartuffe, Scapin’s Instrigues
Bernard Shaw
( 1856 – 1950 )
Pygmalion,
Fanny’s First Play


Reading Text
Read the following text
and do the tasks that follow.




NEW WORDS
- Source [s :s]ɔ (n)
= cause [k :z]ɔ (n)
- Dramatic [drə'mætik] (adj) :
> Drama ['dræmə] (n)
= play (n)
> Dramatist ['dræmətist] (n)
= playwright ['pleirait] (n)
- To extend [iks'tend] (v) : > extension [iks'ten∫n] (n)
- Spiritual ['spirit∫uəl] (adj) : > spirit ['spirit] (n)
- Character ['kæriktə] (n) :
- Perception [pə'sep∫n] (n) :
Ex: He extended his visit from one week to three weeks.


EXERCISE:
Answer the following questions.




1. What are the causes of the appeal of the
theater ?
2. Did ancient people use to enjoy hearing
stories ?
3. What did Aristotle think the greatest pleasure
of human beings is in ?
4. In what way is the theater an excellent way to
extend people beyond the narrow circle of
everyday life ?
5. What about the theater may be amazing to
theatergoers ?
6. What, according to Aristotle, is the difference
between tragedy and comedy ?

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