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з дисципліни «»Практичний курс англійської мови»

для студентів III курсу спеціальності «Філологія»
Приймакової Катерини Євгеніївни
V. 1
I. READING a) Reading the answers write the questions next to the numbers b) based on
the context, translate the underlined words stating their parts of speech
For the past seven decades, everyone who’s anyone in the film world — and lots of people who want to be — has
migrated to the French Riviera in late May for the biggest event of the year: the Cannes Film Festival, which
combines glitzy, star-studded red-carpet premieres with long, exhausting days of screenings, meetings, networking,
and, if you’re lucky, parties.But while most people have a vague sense that Cannes is a big, fancy deal, there’s
plenty about the event that’s mysterious to normal, non-famous folks. So as the festival’s 70th installment kicks off
on May 17, here are answers to eight of the biggest questions you may have about Cannes.

1. How do the French say Cannes?

Like “can” of beans (but not like “cans” of beans; as with many French words, the trailing s is not pronounced).
Technically, because it’s French, there’s a little bit of a difference in the vowel intonation, but most English
speakers can get away just fine with “can.” If you’ve heard people call it “cahn,” though — or even “cahns” —
you’re not alone. Plenty of people make this mistake. But in French, the word con is a vulgar insult descended from
the same root as the English c-word. Don’t say that.
2. How does the Cannes Film Festival work?
Only a few dozen films are selected to show during the festival, often from prestigious directors whose work has
previously played at Cannes. Twenty films premiere “in competition,” which means they’re competing for the top
Cannes prize: the Palme d’Or (“golden palm”), won in the past by films as varied as Apocalypse Now; The
Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Sex, Lies and Videotape; Pulp Fiction; and The Tree of Life.
The festival’s official programming slate is divided into a number of sections. There are also a number of sections
that run parallel to the festival and are programmed by outside organizations during the festival. The most notable of
these is the Directors’ Fortnight (programmed by the French Directors Guild), where avant-garde and up-and-
coming directors are often spotted. The Palme d’Or winner — and the winners of seven other major prizes,
including the Grand Prix and the Prix de Jury — is picked by a jury of film industry professionals. There are other
juries too, which pick films to receive other specialized awards.
3 What is the role of the Cannes Film Festival?
Cannes is widely considered the most prestigious film festival in the world, mainly because of its exclusivity and
long history of premiering some of the greatest films of all time. The festival has launched the careers of many
prominent filmmakers, like Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh. Cannes carefully cultivates its image by
programming a limited number of films; by giving awards selected by juries that are stacked (adiective) (до
складу- якого входять) with well-known filmmakers, actors, and composers from around the world; and by
maintaining the largest film market in the world.
Winning a prize at Cannes doesn’t guarantee commercial or critical success. (Did you see the 2015 Palme d’Or
winner, Dheepan? Exactly.) And yet it’s undoubtedly a big deal — it can launch a career — and it guarantees the
director’s place in film history. It can also propel (verb) (просувати) a film toward success during awards season,
months later; The Artist, for instance, premiered (verb) (відбулася прем'єр) at Cannes in 2011, where star Jean
Dujardin won the Best Actor award. It went on to win five Oscars, including Best Picture — the first French film
ever to win that prize.
But Cannes’s importance extends beyond awards recognition; it also affects which films make it in front of
audiences at all. One of the most important events for most Cannes attendees is the Marché du Film, which is the
world’s busiest movie market. “Specialty distributors” — that is, movie distributors that specialize in finding ways
to get audiences for foreign, arthouse, and other niche (adiective) (тематичний) films — often make their most
important deals of the year at the festival. Filmmakers who hope to find funding and distribution for their films
spend their days at Cannes networking with financiers, distributors, and publicists from all over the world.
Just attending the Marché doesn’t guarantee anything for those filmmakers, though — plenty of people leave
disappointed. (Steve Bannon and Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson were among them last year.) But the chance of
distribution draws a huge crowd to Cannes, nonetheless.
4. Who visits Cannes Film Festival?
Unlike many other important film festivals (such as Sundance or Toronto), Cannes is an industry-only festival. That
means screening tickets aren’t sold to the general public. The festival grants credentials to directors, producers,
actors, publicists, distributors, and journalists, who have to apply for a badge and be accepted. Attendees have to
flash their badges in order to get into screenings. And wealthy investors and producers — who attend the fest
celebrating their premieres or looking for films to fund — host parties, rent lush hotel suites and cabanas, and dock
their yachts for parties, contributing to the fest’s famous nightlife.
 But though Cannes is famous for star sightings, especially on the red carpet, there are ways for ordinary people
without a badge to see films there too. The festival plays a selection of films for the public on the beach, every night
at 9 o’clock.
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II. VOCABULARY

1. Give the words corresponding to the following definitions:

1. send out buds, sprout; come or push out as a bud - bud
2. to explode – to blow up
3. the increased effectiveness or achievement from two interrelated
tasks occurring simultaneously - synergy
4. an advantage at the start of a race or course of action – head start
5. to direct an air current in order to cool, warm or dry - blow
6. to give out a continuous flow of light - stream
7. beginning to develop to maturity - buddding
8. to make the sound of water as it boils - bubble
9. burning, ablaze -aflame
10. hot bright burning gas that you see when smth is on fire - flame
11. to hang down loosely or unevenly -sag
12. to move slowly, dragging the body, usually close to the ground - crawl
13. to extinguish by blowing – to blow out
14. a thing of great power or size, especially as a bestselling book or successful film - blockbuster
15. once the most common way of buying a song – sheet music
16. the literal action of pouring out - outpourings
17. small ornamental turret, usually culminating in a pyramid or cone, crowning as a buttress, roof,
etc. - pinnacle
18. unable to be recalled or recovered - irrevocable
19. a heavy metal ball on a wire with a handle thrown at athletics field events - hammer
20. uneasy, restless or impatient - fidgety
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2. Give the film and TV industry related words according to their definitions
a. an amusing imitation or parody - skit
b. names of the cast and crew shown on a cinema or TV screen - credits
c. a shot taken with a long, panoramic distance – long shot
d. the recording of all the sounds in a film – sound-track
e. scenes photographed outdoors, where they are supposed to happen - location shooting
f. a technical term to describe the superimposition of one shot over another - overplay
g. pictures from TV records, archives - library
h. a build up scenery in a studio or outdoors for a film - sets
i. a short extract from a film or video - clip
j. a shot taken at a close range and showing someone in detail – close-up
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3. Give the titles of participants in film or TV according to their description
a. the person who co-ordinates the work of participants in a TV studio news programme -
anchorperson
b. a stand-in for an actor to perform risky episodes - stuntman
c. a stand-in for scenes of nudity – body double
d. a comedian who tells jokes and monologues before an audience – stand-up comic
e. the star actress in a movie – leading role
f. a group of speakers chosen to take part in a TV show discussion before an audience - panel
g. the actors and actresses appearing in a film – the cast
h. the person responsible for the camerawork or the photography – cameramen, handleman
i. a person employed for a minor part in a crowd scene - extra
j. the person in charge of all aspects of film production - director
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 4. Translate into Ukrainian
1. a screenplay - сценарій 4. an extra - стажист 7. blow in - несподівано
2. a film set - знімальний 5. an audition - зʼявитися
майданчик, декорації для прослуховування, проби 8. splutter - говорити
зйомок 6. chaff – полова, щось захлинаючись швидко
3. Computer-Generated Imagery - невагоме, що немає і плутано
компʼютерні спецефекти цінності 9. a fidgety silence -
неспокійна тиша
10. a cameo role –
епізодична роль
(яскрава роль)

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5. Translate into English.

1. зйомка на натурі – 4. роль другого плану - extra 8. кропітка робота

location shooting 5. титри - credits – fiddly job
2. декорації - movie set 6. знімальна група – the cast 9. метушитися - to
3. панорамна зйомка - long 7. витріщитися - to stare fidgety
short 10. загорітися - to go
up in flame

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III. Speaking task

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