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T

Ykw
w&rX&sm
m s&ege
I ln pairs, ask and answer.
t Have you ever been to the
tl'reaffe? If so, rvhat have you
seen?

lVhat do you think is tire


difference tretween theatre and
cinem*?

Reading
Jn,

Remember thot when you need

tsxt, yoa dan't have to read all of


it. $con the text (look thraugh it
to find the relevont ports, with the
in{ormatian you need).

sefttencei.

2
3

The name of the play is


is the director.
The play is on *t the
in Birrningham.
The eheapest matinde ticket is
tf 1'ou g'o on a school trip, you
for somc
onlv uav S

rl"t the fuginruing

3 No*, raad the information

inside

the leaflet. Answer the queetions.


Horv did the German critics
react to Ot esteiaT
Do British audiences know
Purcarete's wclrk?

4
5

Positlon of adverbials
I Wherel Adverbials of place

c
&

performances,

Grammar

tfu end: Purcarete's haunting theatrical style is well


in
the
UK and lreland.
l*rown

rr

S."n the leaflet, Complete the

What was his adaptation of


Phaedrs.like?

When was les l)anaides


perforn ed in Dublini
When clid British audiences see
his Tinx And,ronimx?

Llswally ut

2 When! Adverbials of time


The followingyearr nudiences in Dublin
were enthralled by'Les Danaicles'"
At tlx cnd: His controversi*l oll-itus Anelronicus' atnazed
aucliences

in 1997,

The new or imp*rtant inftirrnation usually goes *t the end


ofthe sentence.

3 How? Mverbi*ls of manner


afttr

tbe uerb lthr*se: Aeschylus' draurt explores the


l:etween
duty and mr:rality passionately.
conflict
$$are the m,*in uerb if therc is *n uaxiliaty; 'Phneclra'was

Usually

beautifuily adapted in
4 Whnt order?

1995.

Urually how + whcre + wb*ru: Th,e critics praised Pucarete'.s


adaptation highly in the German press in the sufiuner.

1:

.id

Have you got acting talent? Get into grouPs of 4-5'

a) Choose one of the adverbs of manner below'

Write it down but don't let anybody see it.


b) Take turns to mime actions your group asks you
to in the manner of the adverb you have chosen'
c) Can the rest of the group guess the adverb?
EXr{MPLE:
F-M]L: Cornb i,ou,r

hair in tbe rnanner of the aduerb,

Adriana.
\,:LAD: You'r'e combing yoztr bair delicately.
ADxlru.*A: No, not delicatelY'
ALExANDRA: Haae a ntp of cffie in the manner of the
aduerb.
CATALINA: .I know!Yau.'re d,'inking a rup af caffee
gYacefu'ily"

ADRL{NA: Yes,I am.

carelessly delicately dramatically


gracefullY hurriedlY
fiercely
tenderly thoughtfullY vigorouslv
Get talking

4 Unr.r"*ble the sentences to find out the plot of


Heia. Careful!There may be more than one
pocsibility for some sentences.
::L+IPLE: Befire tbe trilogt begins, KingAgarnemnon
:;.rifices his d,artgbter ta sorJe his fleet,

King Agamemnon/before the trilogy begins/to


sare his fleet/sacrifices his daughter
I rhe King/after the Tiojan N'ar/to Argos/rerurns
-: .ooking for revenge/Queen Clyternnestra/
birterly/is
: and her lover Aegisthus/she/at the end of the first
plar-/kill Agamemnon
: ri aits/for her brother Orestes to return/
rn-xiouslv/Agamemnon's daughter Electra
: ro revenge her father's deathlshe/wants him/
immediately
- Clrtemnestra and Aegisdrus/iust insicle the palace
doors/kills/Orestes
! at the Acropolis in
Athens/is/rried/Orestes/formally
: rhoughtfully/casts her vote/Athena, goddess of
nisdom,
- -,Orestes/from the ancient blood I'engeance/
quicklv/is/released

6 l,a Listen to the three dialogues. Which play:


t has been on for more than 50 Years?
2 is going to be performed in a month's time?
3 has a secret ending?
4 is hilarious?
5 is a text studied at school?
6 is an example of the'theatre of the absurd'?
7

Lirt"n again. Write down the phrases used to:

1 invite someone (3 Phrases)'

2 accept an invitation.
3 refuse an invitation'
4 express uncertainqY.

Add at least one more phrase to l-4 above' Hark the


expressions F (formal) or I (informal).

I Wn"t* would you like to go? Who willyou invite?


a) Make a list of three eYents you would like to go to'
b) In pairs, take turns to invite and respond to ycur
parurer's invitations to these events.

The person inviting chooses a formal or an informal


way. The person responding has to use a similar
level of formaliqv.

xt

'ffil.
Listening
;lr*

1$

II

Listening to conversotions seems less di$?cult if yau remember

thst people:

talk in silort sentences which cre not alwoys grommatically complete.


. repeot *ings, interrult ane another or pcuse in rnid-sentence.
. sornetirnes stort soying something then chonge their rninds ond
soy somethin g different.
r sometimes change the topic suddenly.

'

use 'fllers' ('well','er'), attention getters ('laok'), expressions


surprise ('oh no').
use diflerent intonotian pofterns to canvey meaning.

of

Listen to the complete


dialogue again. Hark the sentences

T {true) or F {false}. Correct the

t
.
.
I

a pause
a

repetition

a fil1er

.
.
.

0 ffrr"" of the basic intonation


Fall r-ii

a sudden change

of topic

start
an attention getter
a faise

Gq

1 Jarnie enjcyed watching the

iI"
t:

scenes he'd read.

2
3
4
5

Aunt Kitty likes looking at the


masks.

3
4

6
7

Uncle Tony prefers having


women play female roles.
-Jamie would like to see men
playrng wcmen's roles.
W'hen he started reading the
book he thought it ri,ould be
boring.
!tr'hen his teacher began to
explailr he understood it bretter
Aunt Kitry didn't mind not
understanding the Romanian.
She didn't mind having to read
the surtitles.

I:
:

patterns in English are:

Rise ,.1:,::.:lr,i'- Level

Grammar

ix:jP'

Listen to these sentences from the dialogue and mark them


F .,-;;-n., R :-i.i or L x.:,r,,.

l[t

false sentences.

9 = Listen to Jamie, his Aunt Kitty and Uncle Tony talking after
they saw Oresteio. Put your hand up as you hear:

t:

Ur

Did you like it,Jamie?


Purcarete! done it in a very modern wav, aimost like
How much har.e you snrdied the classics?
Another boring book I have to read.
But then the teacher started to explain.

film.

Verbs followed by gerund


I Verb [ (* not) + uerb
l gorndtot$)

I enioyed watching

YI
-ing

2.,

the scenes

I'd read.
I didn't mind not understanding the Romanian.
I'd imagined the actors
wearing masks.
Otber aer*s: appreciate, avoid.
consider, ccntemplate, deiay,
deny, detest, dislike, enjo-l',
excllse, forgive, can't help,
imagine, mention, (don't) mind,
miss, postpone, practise, resent,
resist, risk, cant stand

I Wrl:

(+

nat)

+ aer* -ins,

0r
aed infinitive

It

is mare co??xwtz1t to u.se the

ir$initive zishtn referrittg to ane


ptr?ticultff aunsiott.
I like looking at the faces.
I'd like to see the plav again.
I hate having to read surtitles.

I hate to break things up ...


Ath er

aer"&s.'

Iove, pref'er, start

Ir

Fh

tu

(ft

Atr

'

"L

ect the

,, pairs. How do you feet about


!
drese situations? Use the difrerent
verbs shown in the grammar
box to
express your feelings and reactions.

g the

:-t{\IPLE:

ete
sntences

ilng

l
i

es.

men
-1

ld

be

chaning to nry
fr.iends.

STEE{N:

rhe

loL\ELLd: I b*te m1, rilathe?.

g at dre

19

Y:tu:cbaracterc of the play


The Profes tor, bri,rr,,
61ii

rto

r better.

not
anian.
to read

don,t mind.

Wrti.t two

old

Story

sofar:

tt'unts k) u.orkfor
her

lg

detesr your besr friencl doing?

-i

imagine doing r+.hen you are

s1rmpail1,*. As the plal,goes


orz, she ,will become

morc

and ntore tired ancl s{eepy,,


'ntore and nrcrc passit,e,.

older?

Scene: The otd prafessor,t

,"*;;;;,;{;:;:;:,{:f;h:,*,:::: :,'? his ctinins.roon


n trittdou'huns u'ittt

postpone doing?
--\ resent doingi

za rb rhe
ptaht t'urtai,,.t, o,,i

santenfi

Writing
Wrnen

ai@ilotru

mpt

zi

reproduce the charcaerisrrcs


of
conyersctjons ( repetitian,
folse storts,
..8

r{

pRoFEssoR:

each speech (usuaily in

coton

0.

*i

uu

'::'

Answer the questions.

2
3

\d/hat examples are there of


3yt'den -changes of topic?

Whar'filler'is used?
lfow are pauses indicatedl

oru,u shetves
say, in English,

,';;;;;#i;,ii.. the

arong now'

tr'uiaJo,'t

srop vou saying

ro say in Engrish:
rhe roses of my

t*"ft;:I.'.'.' as yellow as my grandfather

who was born

pupr: Wbll then,


one would say, in English,
I think: the roses ...
of my ... How,do ytl.
ruv

ii

.,

e*roi;;er

rn English? Gr#;;;;;.^".
::::rrj?o,
puprt-: The
roses

-e
tiq

40

.19

ll

roy

in English?

of my grun,I*o,h*i.'. ,
. yellow, in English,
you

y*rro*i

pRotxssoR: yes,
of, course!

pLrpJL:

Are as yellow es my grandfather


vvhen he losr his temper.
Not Wtro was bom
puprL: In
Asia ... I,ve got toothache.
pRoFEssoR:

ij
',.t.,-

What examples are rhere of false

...

/'

"'t''

starmi

j Why
6
7

are things repeared?


ls the lesson a Iogical one)
Do.you find the icene funnyJ

it!

In English.

"r';*;*J;:.::J::"

;!
inl

1.4 n".a the scene from lonesco!


play ltre Lesson in the ,theatre
of the
absurd' tradition, How does the
author convey and exaggerate
the
characteristics of spoken language?

t;;;;;;;;6*,

... How. for example,


*olld you
are as v"rro*

-, ;::ff?T#f;;

Ihe speoker ri indicsted ot rhe


followed by

"

puplr_: Toothache!
Toothachel Toothache!

iE

getterq fllersj.

y!:olleners/,

pRoFEssoR:

winrton"

;ThlTI#ilHlji"r

pouses, sudden changes


o{topic,
expressions of surprisg otlenti
an

of

ri',,';:':,,:!:_.':1,': 't

ov,r;;;,!i,'!,!i;,:','"::;;!lrrr::;,:!;:,:;:i

;':;;;;'f,Yr::e

beginn:ng

the

10 'D.oct<tr's Degrec,
which wiil
take place ,in three
*,eekJ,.
Then slze star$ cailxplaining

things do you:

avoid doing?

-i

abyw ktothache, but the


proJbssor shotv,r na

-l

-yem-s

begiwzing af the ph1,,


the
pupil is u brigltt girl t,-ho

I'our mother cha$ t() your frient_ts


you read a book for school
vou run into a teacher in a shop
vour,best friend gem angry
you don't get homework

and sirty yeart old


lt-he Girl pupil, eigbteen

...-

.l

wrr" a shorr srretl' or scene from a pray. rncrude


a description
of the characters and of the
,."n*. l*Ji.ui" tt speaker at the
beginning of each speech and
don'tiorg;rlru "
I

coron (:).

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