SMART SKILLS – UNIT 12

 

VOCABULARY - PAGG. 140-141-142

A

1 J

2 G

3 D

4 F

5 B

6 A

7 H

8 E

9 C

 

B

1 put on

2 compose

3 adapt

4 publish

5 elecrtify

6 appeal to

 

C

1 ispires

2 efficient

3 reflects

4 lifts

5 shootes

6 relieve

 

D

1 folk

2 costumes

3 beat

4 hand

5 atmosphere

6 audience

7 effects

 

E

1 from

2 cultivates

3 enables

4 teaches

5 prefer

6 press

7 concentration

 

F

BOX 2: 

- POSITIVE OPINION: visually stunning/amazing, picturesque, fantastic, romantic, realistic, magnificent

- NEGATIVE OPINION: static, unrealistic, too dark

 

BOX 3:

- POSITIVE OPINION: moving/touching/funny, engrossing/absorbing/ gripping, unpredictable, deeply affecting, reaches a dramatic climax, keeps people on the edge of their seat, full of suspense/feel totally involved, allows us to feel and think, has a satisfactory ending, teaches a lesson about life

- NEGATIVE OPINION: boring/dull, lacks coherence, too complex/confusing, thin/poor/indifferent, slow in development

- BOTH: has a twist in the tail/has unexpected twists and turns, arouses conflicting emotions

 

BOX 4:

- POSITIVE OPINION: first class acting, a high standard performance, superb/great performance from the entire cast, young, talented actors

- NEGATIVE OPINION: poor/bad/disappointing acting, second-rate actors/acting, unconvincing acting

 

BOX 5

- POSITIVE OPINION: well-written script, high quality production, spectacular production, beautifully directed, breath-taking scenes

- NEGATIVE OPINION: poor script, poorly/badly directed

 

BOX 6

- POSITIVE OPINION: excessive special effects, hair-raising/nail-biting stunts, stunning/amazing special effects, exciting computer graphics, music brilliantly evoked/created an atmosphere fitting to the scene, music arouses strong/tender feelings/emotions

- NEGATIVE OPINION: music unsuitable to the scene

 

BOX 7

- POSITIVE OPINION: essential viewing whatever your age, the smash hit of the year/top-earning, a first class piece of family entertainment, it is highly recommended – a page turner, not only classy, but very funny, a masterpiece/a best seller, a (Hollywood) blockbuster/a box office hit 

- NEGATIVE OPINION: a melodrama not worth seeing/reading, an absolute let-down from start to finish, not only too commercialised, but very disappointing, a second-rate/grade film, a waste of time and money