A dancer’s lot

Integrated language skills in English 2

12th / 13th October
 participation
determination a lucky break in talent
contests

training innate talent looks

family personality
mentor
background traits

What makes a
Explain your
upbringing arts
successful
opinion.
artist?
A dancer’s lot
Answer these questions:
• According to the author, what makes and breaks
the career of a dancer in London? What are their
prospects? What can they do to better or harm
their career?
• Why does the author describe the London dance
scene as “savage”? What changes does he or she
imply are necessary to make the profession more
humane?
A dancer’s lot
• Connect these summaries to the paragraphs.
Support your choices with details from the text.
• A source that never runs dry
• Complaints are useless
• A harsh reality
• The dangers of fame
• A financial dilemma
• It’s who you know, not what you know
• Do the task at the bottom of page 9. Support your
choices with details from the text.
Explain the meaning of these extracts
within the context in which they appear:
• reptilian grade of resilience – lines 16 and 17
• the blessed pool of their own chosen – line 20
• sartorial style – line 21
• get a reputation – line 33
• fleets of talented dancers – line 39
• catch 22 – line 48
• the annual churn of the colleges – line 52
• ranks of sparkle-eyed strangers – line 63
Vocabulary
Do you know which words are
defined below?
• A book or a film about events that happened before those in a popular book or film
• prequel
• Music composed for a movie or play
• score
• A book, film, play, etc. that continues the story of a previous one
• sequel
• A film, movie, book or play that is based on a particular piece of work but has been
changed for a new situation
• adaptation
• The series of events which form the story of a novel, play, film, etc.
• plot
• Praise and approval for sb / sth, especially artistic achievement
• acclaim
• A person who writes the words of songs
• lyricist
 limelight
Compounds overact
understudy
soundtrack
playwright
screenwriter
backstage
preview
overcoat
What compounds can you outshine
Whatfrom
make do these images
the following deadline
represent?
words? flashback
 What words would you
Collocations Define all of the
use to collocate with the
colocations on the slide.
words on the slide?
dress rehearsal
backing vocals
standing ovation
on cue
live performance
curtain call
lead singer
stage fright
Idioms

leap

jump bound(s)
 At the
chance /

Idioms
opportun
ity

leap
By
leaps In the
To and dark Know
conclus bounds no
ions

Down bound(s)
For
joy jump my
throat

Out of
At the
opportunity
Language focus
• Turn to page 10 and 11 and do the following
exercises:
• 2 – Nouns + prepositions
• 3b – Phrases with jump/leap/bound(s)
• 4 – Collocations
• Use of English 1 (word formation) – How do you say
“Mamma Mia” in Chinese?
Homework
• Prepare this text for a dictation.
• Revise the tenses used to express the present and
the past.