reading musicals
TRANSCRIPT
MUSICALS
WHAT IS A MUSICAL?DO YOU KNOW THE TITLE OF A MUSICAL?
1. Ancient
2. Extravaganza
3. World-wide
4. Poetry
5. Glamorous
Expensive event
Very old
Popular
Famous, beautiful
Related to poems6. Genuinely
Real
2. Which word occurs 8 times in the text.
1. ….ancient Greece and Rome…
2. …This extraordinary extravaganza…
3… popular international culture…
Musical. The text is about musicals.
3. Which is th best summary of the text?.
4… musicals are a fantastic experience for both your eyes and your ears…
7. Read the text again. Answer the questions.1. Where did musical theater have its origins?
2. How many people have watched Cats?
3. What kind of musical is Evita?
In ancient Greece and Rome
Fifty million people.
A political musical.
Musicals are romantic, dramatic, exciting,ect .
5. Whose poem inspired the musical Cats?
6. Are musical performed in theaters only. Do they become successful films?
T.S. Eliot’s.
No. Yes, many musicals have become successful films
4. What are musicals like?
8. Answer True (T) or False(F)
1. My Fair Lady is a very recent musical2. In Cats, there are singers and dancers.3. Cats is based on some poems written by T.S.Eliot
4. The story of the Sound of Music takes place in the Andes
5. At present, musicals are very popular all over the world.
F
T
T
F
T
9. Find the following in the text.1. A love story set in a city
2. A love story set in the mountains
3. A political story
West side story
The sound of Music.
Evita
10. Find the opposite of these words in the TEXT.
1.likely
2. lately
3. Very expensive show4. thrilling
5. especially
enjoyed.
recently.
Extravaganza.
exciting
above all
Write sentences on your notebook. Use these
words.