1. –Ты позавчера смотрел по телевизору футбол?
– Нет. А что?
– В жизни не видел матча хуже.
– Понятно. Значит, не стоило его смотреть, да?
– Да, пожалуй.
2. – Кстати, ты на этой неделе новости по телевизору смотрел?
– Вообще-то, да.
3. Насколько я слышал, у неё в этом году не было возможности поехать за границу.
4. Ранее в этом году у наших сотрудников была возможность пойти на интересную экскурсию.
5. –Кстати, я прочитал эту книгу, о которой нам на днях сказал твой сосед
по комнате.
– Правда? И как она, хорошая?
– Честно говоря, мне она совсем не понравилась. По-моему, не стоит её читать.
– Ясно. Тогда, наверное, я не буду этого делать. Хорошо, что ты мне сказал.
Спасибо.
6. – Слушай, ты когда-нибудь в конкурсах принимал участие?
– Да, пару раз.
– Ну, и как тебе?
– Ничего, если нравятся такие вещи.
Exercise 48. Read these proverbs and idioms. Explain their meaning and translate them
Into Russian.
1. The game isn’t worth the candle.
2. She is worth her weight in gold.
3. He is worth his salt.
4. It is worth every penny it costs.
5. If something is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.
Exercise 49. Translate into English.
1. Старайтесь снимать такие фильмы, которые стоит смотреть.
2. Какая интересная мысль! Ей стоит поделиться с другими.
3. Что касается деталей, не стоит на них сейчас сосредоточиваться.
4. Стоит отметить, что они только что пролонгировали наш контракт.
5. Это перспективный звукорежиссёр, к которому стоит отнестись серьёзно.
6. Нам пришлось подождать, но оно того стоило.
7. По-моему, не стоило номинировать этот фильм на главный приз.
Exercise 50. a) Do you agree with this statement?
What else makes a life worth living?
“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” – Albert Einstein
b) In what situations do you think this quote holds true?
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.” – Friedrich Engels
C) At home find a quotation worth sharing and then discuss it with
Theothers.
READING
Exercise 51.Do you know that people use different reading techniques to make their reading more effective? Read the text below to learn more about it.
Different reading techniques
Reading techniques can vary depending on the purpose of a reader. People read for information, enjoyment, or to complete a task. If the reader’s purpose is to search for information, he will scan the text. Skimming is used when the reader is exploring some problem or reviewing large texts. Different styles are required for different situations. If the reader has a large amount of text to cover, he will find that the use of scanning or skimming is more practical than reading every word.
Scanning
Scanning is a reading technique which is used to get some specific information from a text. The reader’s eyes move rapidly through the text and search for key phrases or words. You shouldn’t understand every word when you look for some important information. Scanning is helpful when you try to find some facts in a book or an article. You always use scanning when you search for names in a phone directory or words in a dictionary.
Skimming
Skimming is a reading technique which is used when you face long texts and limited time. So you have to read datathree to four times faster than ordinary reading. Again, every word is not read. While skimming you don’t pay attention to details. Your aim is to overview the organization of the text and its main idea. This will include attention to title, headings, introduction and conclusion, the beginning and the final sentence of each paragraph. Researchers use skimming when they search articles for areas of interest. It allows the researcher to find specific information and choose which article will be helpful. Skimming is also a useful pre-reading habit. If you skim any text before its close reading you will read it more fluently and accurately later, whatever your purpose of reading is.
READING, VOCABULARY
AND FILM TERMS
Exercise 52. Which of these words do you think will be used in the text about film festivals?
presentation field venue screening rehearsal show establish
circus hold distribution submit award attract graduate
competition punish provide publicity cucumber event
Exercise 53. Scan the article “Film Festivals” to find out what film K.Kieslovski made for
Venice film festival.
FILM FESTIVALS
A film festival is an organised presentation of films in one or more cinemas / movie theaters or screening venues. Increasingly film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings.
The first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932; the other major and oldest film festivals of the world are: Cannes Film Festival (1939), Festival del film Locarno (1946), Edinburgh International Film Festival (1947), Berlin International Film Festival (1951) and others.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK was established in 1947 and is the longest continually running film festival in the world.
Today there are thousands of film festivals around the world, ranging from high profile to horror festivals. Digital feature film distribution began in 2005, along with the arrival of the world's first online film festival, the GreenCine Online Film Festival.
Most film festivals require filmmakers to pay an entry fee to have their works considered for screening. This is especially commonplace among larger film festivals. However, not all film festivals require an entry fee. Rotterdam Film Festival, for example, does not charge an entry fee to submit work.
The three most prestigious film festivals are commonly regarded to be those of Cannes, Berlin and Venice; these festivals are sometimes called the "Big Three." Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s films The Three Colours Trilogy were each made for these festivals, with Blue for Venice, White for Berlin, and Red for Cannes.
I was surprised to learn that there are 3,500 film festivals a year, so it will not be long before you can choose between ten festivals a day.
Why are these festivals so popular? To answer this question we can look at the role model for all film festivals - Cannes. Its awards are highly regarded, it attracts high calibre films for competition and screening, it provides a marketplace for doing deals and it is glamorous location that offers ample opportunity for stars (or wannabe stars) to show off themselves 
and their latest releases.
Cannes is the perfect combination of showbiz, culture, art, and film finance - everyone is happy except for those of us who can’t find or afford a hotel room within a fifty mile radius of the place.
Cannes began as a small festival in 1946 and for a few years it was possible to bump into and interview stars along La Croisette. Now it gets up to 50,000 visitors and world-wideTV coverage. Its awards are highly respected.
So if you are organising a film festival you need stars to gain publicity, attract audiences and give you the edge over your competitors; but you don’t want these stars to completely eclipse your event either. First of all you have to decide on the prime purpose of your festival. It might celebrate international or national cinema, or a specific genre or theme.
The location of the event is important in terms of providing suitable cinemas, hotels and meeting places within close proximity, and it should be attractive enough to attract festival-goers from far and wide.
Timing is also an important consideration as your festival might clash with others with similar objectives and you might not be able to get the films, crowds, publicity or stars needed to run the event successfully.
On the other hand, with Internet, TV, DVD and the rest of telecommunications technology available you don’t have to drag people to any film festivals at all, but such a radical solution would take all the fun out of seeing films and their stars.
