LESSON 8

STAGE AND SCREEN

The Interview
A You are going to listen lo an interview with Trevor White, a Canadian actor. Before
you listen, read the glossary and look at how the words are pronounced to help you
understand what he says.

B 4.23 Listen to part 1. Answer the questions.

1 What kinds of acting does he do?
He did translator obviously film work, television work, sometimes commercials.
2 How did he become an actor?
He liked this job when he was a child. He studied at economic university. This
profession was very boring for him. After university he was taken some acting course.
3 What does he find most difficult about preparing for a part?
Very difficulty to stay a long time with another people and learned your own lines.
4 How does he learn his lines?
He has a dictaphone which records another person.
 5 What kinds of lines are difficult to memorize?
Since dictation and horror film

C 4.24 Listen to part 2. Answer the questions. What does he say about...?
1 Coriolanus
____________________________________________________________
2 a sword and axe fight
____________________________________________________________________
3 the difference between theatre acting and film acting
____________________________________________________________________
4 the good and bad side about TV and film work
_________________________________________________________________
5 being on a red carpet
________________________________________________________________
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d 4.25 Listen and complete the phrases. What do you think they mean?
COMMON PHRASES
1 There isn't much 1 don't do, I guess, most for as acting goes.
2 You just show up and you're expected to know all your lunes. (pv, informal).
3 You do it a few times and .
4 It's amazing the difference makes when the writing is good.
5 I gave the other guy three stitches on his fingers one point when he parried in the
wrong place.
6 You get to do it over and over again. (idiom)

IN THE STREET
4.26
A You're going to listen to five people talking about acting. Write the number of
the speaker next to what they appeared in. How many of them mention feeling
nervous?

A musical a musical video a play a school play a show

B Listen again. Who...?

1 names the plays they have appeared in _________
2 hopes to become a professional actor ________
3 hasn't acted for a very long time _________
4also helps other actors with their appearance __________
5often appears on stage but not as an actor ___________

С Listen and complete the phrases. What do you think they mean?
COMMON PHRASES
1 I was in a music video once, but that's about I've gone.
2 The best of it, being able to be someone else in front of people. (informal)
3 And you can just of get taken away into this other world. (informal)
4 There are a couple of plays I've been in.
5 It is nerve-wracking just as you're ______ to go on.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC

1 LISTENING & SPEAKING

а 5.1 Listen to some short pieces of music. How do they make you feel? Would you
like to carry on listening?
Taking notes
We often need to take notes when we are listening, for example, lo somebody
giving a lecture. If you need to take notes when you are listening lo someone
speaking in English, try to write down keywords or phrases because you won't
have time to write complete sentences. After the lecture you may want 10
expand your notes into full sentences.

B 5.2 Listen to John Sloboda, a music psychologist, talking about why we listen to
music. Try to complete the notes below by writing key words or phrases. Then try
to remember as much as you can of what he said.
Why do we listen to music?
1to make us remember important memories
2 to help as change activities
3 to intensify the emotion and feeling
 с Now listen to John explaining how music can affect the way we feel. Complete
the notes below.
How does musk affect our emotions?
Three important human emotions
1 happiness
2
3
How we feel affects the way we speak, e.g.
1 happy - speak faster / higher
2
3
Musk copies this, e.g.
1 fast / high music sounds happy
2 _____________________________
3 _____________________________
Examples
Music that sounds
1 happy _______________
2 angry ______________

3 sad _____________
This is especially exploited in…
____________________________
READING
d According to the article, what kind of music would these people like best? Write А,
В, C, or D.
1 Someone who is quite win. A
2
3 Somebody who enjoys doing dangerous sports B
4 A person who speaks their mind without thinking. ___
5 Someone who watches subtitled films.
6 A person who docs voluntary work in the community B
7 Somebody who enjoys the simple things in life.A
8 A person who might have been quiet as a child.C
9 Someone who is intellectual. D