Ex. 2. Read this text and decide which of the four alternatives best fits each gap.

UNIT FOUR

Topic: Entertainment and Arts

Grammar: Conditionals/ Wishes / Unreal past

Talking points:

1.What things you have seen do you consider beautiful?

2. What kind of exhibitions do you like to visit?

3. What problems are involved in copying works of art?

4. What problems are involved in looking after beautiful objects from the past?

Ex. 1. What are ‘the arts’?

The arts is an ‘umbrella’ term for literature, music, painting, sculpture, crafts, theatre, opera, ballet, film etc. It usually implies seriousness, so the particular examples of these activities which are regarded as ‘light’ may be referred to simply as ‘entertainment’ instead.

Art, or fine arts, is often used to refer to those arts which use space, but not time, for their appreciation (such as paintings and sculpture). This, for example, is what is covered by the subject ‘art’ in schools.

The word culture has several meanings. It can be used in its anthropological sense to mean ‘ way of life’. But many people also use it as a synonym for ‘the arts’.

Dance usually refers to modern artistic dance forms; ballet usually has a more traditional feel, unless we say modern ballet. A novel is a long story, e.g. 200-300 pages, a short prose fiction, e.g. 10 pages, is a short story.

Complete the text with the following words:

activities, addition, arts, attend, cultural, encouraged, enthusiasm, festivals, galleries, prefer, public, publicity, theatre, videos

Interest in the _______ in Britain used to be largely confined to a small élite. Compared with fifty years ago, far more people today read books, visit art ________, go to the __________ and ________ concerts. Nevertheless, the fact remains that most British people ________ their sport, their television and _______, and their other free-time _________ to anything ‘cultural’. The arts in Britain are met with a mixture of _______ apathy andprivate ________. Publicly, the arts are accepted and tolerated but not actively _________. In _________, the arts are not normally given a very high level of __________. Television programmes on ‘_________’ subjects are usually shown late at night. Each summer, many high-quality arts _________ take place around the country, but the vast majority of people do not even know of their existence.

Ex. 2. Read this text and decide which of the four alternatives best fits each gap.

KingLear

Adrian Noble’s modern production of William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ opened last week at the Barbican Theatre in London to enthusiastic (1) ___________.

Robert Stephens, heading an impressive supporting cast, gives a moving and powerful (2) ___________ as Lear, and David Bradley, who (3) ________ the Earl of Gloucester, is so convincing in the (4) ________ that several members of the (5) _________ who were sitting in the front (6) __________ are reported to have fainted during one particular realistic (7) ___________.

(8) ___________ its length - the play runs for three and three quarter hours with two half-hour (9) ________ - Noble’s production is anything but tedious. ‘King Lear’ will run at the Barbican until March and (10) __________ booking is recommended.

(1) A reports B statements C reviews D commentaries

(2) A act Bdemonstration C show D performance

(3) A represents B plays C interprets D acts

(4) A character B representation C part D impersonation

(5) A audience B observers C spectators D crowd

(6) A files B lines C chairs D rows

(7) A scene B episode C section D place

(8) A However B Although C Despite D While

(9) A gaps B intervals C pauses D rests

(10) A ahead B previous C forward D advance

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