To) turn a blind eye – to ignore smth and pretend not to see it;

Appendix 11.2

Vocabulary on ARTS and MEDIA

BASIC vocabulary

1) action scenes (n);

2) audience (n);

3) avoid media attention;

4) bestseller (n);

5) blockbuster (n);

6) breathtaking (adj);

7) brooding (adj);

8) cast (n);

9) chapter of the novel;

10) choreograph (v);

11) classic (adj);

12) critic (n);

13) dark atmosphere;

14) daunted (adj);

15) disturbing (adj);

16) dramatic (adj);

17) dub (v);

18) entertaining (adj);

19) episode (n);

20) film genres: animation, crime, documentary, epic, garage, horror, romantic comedy, science fiction, thriller

21) full-length (adj);

22) gripping (adj);

23) groundbreaking (adj);

24) heavy going (adj);

25) hero / heroine (n);

26) hilarious (adj);

27) hit (n);

28) household name (n);

29) lead actor / character (n);

30) literature genre: autobiography, biography, crime, science fiction

31) magnificent (adj);

32) main role (n);

33) masterpiece (n);

34) movie rights (n);

35) music genres: folk, garage, hip hop, opera, R&B, rap, reggae, soul

36) out-of-this-world (adj);

37) outstanding (adj);

38) page-turner (n);

39) plot (n);

40) recluse (n);

41) royalties (n);

42) series (n);

43) sequel (n);

44) set (n);

45) single out (phr v);

46) special effects (n);

47) stunning (adj);

48) take the qualification;

49) traineeship (n);

50) TV genres: current affair programme, drama series, hospital drama, quiz show, reality, sitcom (n), sketch (n), soap.

ADVANCED Vocabulary

1) bring home to smb – (to) make smb realise;

2) get smb hooked – (to) attract or capture smb’s attention;

3) Out of sight, out of mind. – You soon forget people or things that are no longer visible or present;

4) go viral – (to) spread quickly and widely or popularize especially by person-to-person electronic communication;

5) pitch (n);

6) raise/lift the curtain – (to) make something public; disclose;

7) take a leaf out of someone’s book – (to) copy what someone else does because they are successful at it;

8) take by storm – (to) captivate people ‘s attention; when something becomes very popular;

9) turn a blind eye – (to) ignore smth and pretend not to see it;

10) waggle one’s way into smth –  (to) get smth by clever, and maybe dishonest methods.

 

COMPULSARY FOR USE (лексика, обязательная к использованию в МВ)

Vocabulary for the MONOLOGUE on ARTS and MEDIA

 

1) (to) abandon one's career – to give up one's occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life;

2) (to) avoid media attention – to keep away from mass media;

3) (to) be a household name – to person or thing that is well known by the public;

4) (to) be a page-turner – to be an exciting book;

5) (to) be a stringer – to be a newspaper correspondent who is retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place;

6) (to) be adequate – to be normal, ordinary;

7) (to) be physically fit – to be shaped up, especially because of regular physical exercise

8) (to) be set somewhere/at the exact time– to take place somewhere/at the exact time;

9) (to) become a recluse – to start avoiding media attention;

10) (to) bring home to smb – to make smb realise;

11) (a) brooding atmosphere – the pervading tone or mood the audience is engaged in showing deep thought about smth that makes one sad, angry, or worried;

12) (to) create a breathtaking product– to produce smth astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away;

13) (to) cut short smb.'s career – to put an end to smb’s career;

14) (to) find out about news from current affairs programme – to learn about the latest events of political or social interest and importance happening in the world at the present time from the special programme;

15) (to) get royalties – to get payments by publishers to authors, and by recording companies to composers;

16) (to) get smb hooked – to attract or capture smb’s attention;

17) (to) go viral – to spread quickly and widely or popularize especially by person-to-person electronic communication;

A) gripping plot – a fascinating sequence of events introduced (by the writer) in the film, play, novel or similar work;

19) it’s hard/easy, etc. to single out – it’s (not) difficult to choose;

20) (a) hilarious joke, film, progromme, series, etc. – an extremely amusing joke, film, progromme, series, etc.;

21) (to) implement special effects – to use illusions created for movies and television by props, camerawork, computer graphics, etc.;

22) (to) make a career in smth – to get success in the professional sphere;

23) Out of sight, out of mind. – You soon forget people or things that are no longer visible or present;

24) (to) provide entertainment – to amuse smb;

25) (to) raise/lift the curtain – to make something public; disclose;

26) (to) receive a favourable/unfavourable review – to get a positive/negative critical appraisal;

27) (to) take a leaf out of someone’s book – to copy what someone else does because they are successful at it;

28) (to) take by storm – to captivate people ‘s attention; when something becomes very popular;

29) (to) take the qualification in some field– to improve one’s knowledge by taking some course;

to) turn a blind eye – to ignore smth and pretend not to see it;

31) (to) undergo a traineeship – to train/be trained to get experience in the definite sphere;

32) (to) use a groundbreaking technique to take some innovative way of carrying out a particular task, especially performance of an artistic work;

33) (to) view the stunning film genre – to watch an extremely impressive film on TV;

34) (to) waggle one’s way into smth – to get smth by clever, and maybe dishonest methods.

35) (to) work for a (local, national, international) newspaper/in TV – to be employed by some organization involved in newspaper/TV industry.


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