Exercise 9. Look at the English film terms and make your own examples with them.
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What other movies do you consider should be included in the list? Why?
Two teams. One team supports advantages and the other – disadvantages of each movie from the list.
Exercise 8. Do you know the words given below? Use the following patterns to make up your own phrases:
1) Reluctant– slow and unwilling
to be reluctant to do smth.
Ex. She gave a reluctant smile.
Maddox was reluctant to talk about it
2) Endure - to be in a difficult or painful situation for a long time without complaining.
Ex. It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain
endure doing smth.
Ex. He can't endure being apart from me.
endure – to remain alive or continue to exist for a long time
Ex. friendships which endure over many years
3) Encounter - to experience something, especially problems or opposition
EX. They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.
4) Pursue- continue doing an activity or trying to achieve something over a long period of time.
Ex. Students shouldpursue their owninterests, as well as do their school work.
5) Benefit from/by - if you benefit from something or it benefits you, it gives you an advantage, improves your life, or helps you in some way.
Ex. They are working together to benefit the whole community.
Many thousands have benefited from the new treatment
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| MEANING | EXAMPLE | |
| blockbuster | a movie that is popular and makes a lot of money | Titanic is one of the most successful blockbusters that has ever been made. |
| bomb | a movie that is not popular and makes little money | That movie is a bomb. You shouldn't waste your time seeing it. Even though the studio spent $50 million on that movie, it was a bomb. |
| coming attraction | the advertisement for a new movie that tries to make people interested in seeing it | A: I really like watching the coming attractions, to get an idea of which other movies I want to see. B: Really? I hate those! |
| screen adaptation | a movie based on a book | The screen adaptations of the Harry Potter books have been excellent. The worst type of movies are screen adaptations, because they are never as good as the books. |
| flick | a movie | Do you want to catch a flick tonight? Have you seen any good flicks lately? |
| give something two thumbs up | to show that you thought a movie was excellent | A: Did you enjoy the movie “Inception”? B: For sure! I give it two thumbs up. A: Okay, maybe I'll go and see it then. |
| gripping | very interesting | The last book I read was so gripping that I couldn't put it down. I thought the movie “Inception” was really gripping. I couldn't stop watching it! |
| hype | a lot of positive publicity | A: Have you seen “Titanic”? B: No, I usually avoid movies that have too much hype. Should I see it? A: No. |
| live up to expectations | to be as good as someone thought something would be | I thought the movie was going to be better than that. It totally didn't live up to my expectations. |
| mind-blowing | overwhelmingly amazing or impressive | The Niagara Falls are mind-blowing. They are definitely the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. |
| plug something | to advertise something | Beer companies always plug their products during sports events. |
| sold out | have no more tickets available | The show last night was sold out, so I couldn't go. |
| upcoming | soon to happen | The upcoming Olympics will be exciting. |
| write-up | a review of a product, movie, restaurant or other kind of entertainment | A: Do you want to go to that new movie, “The Devil Wears Black Pants”? B: No, not really. A: Why not? B: I've read the write-up. It got terrible reviews. |
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Времена Perfect Continuous используются для обозначения процесса, который начался и длился в течение некоторого времени до некоего момента в настоящем, прошлом или будущем.
Present Perfect Continuous указывает на действие, которое началось в прошлом, продолжалось в течение некоторого времени и либо закончилось непосредственно перед разговором, либо все еще продолжается в момент разговора.
I have been waiting here for 2 hours!
Я прождал здесь два часа!
We have been preparing for our exam since morning.
Мы готовимся к экзамену с самого утра.
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