Veen ieee Art and the arts biographies theatre ee novels 2 PERFORMING — cine short stories eae ARTS ———~ ballet oo ts:classical/rock/ posy FINEARTIS)2P country and western a ceramics so'rz2mtks/ (making poy, ae bowls, etc.) ing architecture fe, Art (singular, uncountable) usually means fing Pi The arts (lua) covers everythingin the diagram above Iso refer to technique and creativity. : 4 ne vouread the arts page in the paper today? [that pat ofthe nenepaper tat death te te inthe dogran] She's great art lover. loves painting and sculpture] sera eee in the art of poetry, [eeative ability] Ask Sara to help you decorate your room y artistic, hows sill and imagination in creating things] : 4 | 4 A work of art (pura = works of art) is an object made by a skilled artist ~ typically a painting, drawing orstatue. te The phrase arts and crafts is used to refer to the skills of making objects such as decorations, jewellery and furniture by hand. Types of art and artists This is a sculptor — he's creating a statue - his type of art is, called sculpture. This is a potter - she’s throwing a pot - her type of art is called pottery. Henry is an architect -he's designing a building - his type of art iscalled architecture. An abstract painting involves shapes and colours rather than images of real people or things. A portrait is a painting of a person. A landscape is a painting of a scene in the countryside. A still life is a painting of a set of objects that do not move, usually fruit or flowers, An original painting is one produced by the painter him/herself rather than a copy or reproduction. Literature Lisa O'Donnell is one of the country’s most popular novelists?. She has wri ies? D [ 0 . She has written a series? of romantic novels all with ahistorical setting®. These have all been bestsellers although the critics* complain that her plots® are predictable and her characters’ are not very realistic. Her caus Lucy Sait, amor literary* writer and her books tend to get better reviews? although ell so well. Both writers have a novel which will be ready f ication” is year; they will also be available to download as ebooks" el eae so be - We have received ies of both novels and itis interestin in cre nee ook ig to compare the oper 2 " it anextrat fiom the fist chapterof ODonnelis; ePaSSaB®. fm Smit’ latest book wih H Har ‘who write long stories about imaginary people and e La jopaes long; anything shorter is a short story) set of books featuring the he rastory orfilm 4 very popular b i tec ‘beaker , ular books that sellin large numbers 5 jobiti Neecencaeen mde "ahatheetke ite makirgsometinga inns sen Ofte" part ofa book chosen to be used in an article or for discussion vents (remember a novel is typically at Eralish Vocabulary in Use Upper intermediate19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Exercises Which branch of the arts do you think these people are talking about? 1 He's created some beautiful vases but r 2 It doesn’t have to rhyme to be good. limnot so keen on his other pieces, E ce te first chapter was boring but | cityhallwonanaward. it got betterlater. 3 Oilstomedon'thavethe 4 Herdesignforthenew | 5 Th delicacy of watercolours. ‘What type of painting is each of these? 1. artrait — Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. 1 Asculpture / is someone who makes statues. 2. The Dutch artist Rembrandt was a master of art / the art of portrait painting. 3 On Saturdays there's a market in the city square where they sell all sorts of art /arts and craft / crafts. 4 Which would you rather be good at ~ art/ the art or music /the music? 5 Isaw some interesting abstract works of art / work of arts at the City Gallery, Find the missing words to complete the crossword. Across rr 2 THO neon have generally been very FET RI ITA ICTs positive about Kelly's latest novel. 3 Do you like this picture? It's only a + 1; : smon + Ould never afford an original, ae I 5. The author began his talk by reading a short oa ovueananann tO his latest Book, 6 usually prefer to read books with a modern : sau ather than ones about some Gale unfamiliar period. 8 ve loved all the books in this detective hope they'll publish another one soon. 9 Maxis, of course, hoping that his first novel will 4 become a... 7 10 Have youread any of the novel we've got to read for our English class? LJ Down 1 Maria's first novel is due for _.this summer. 2. You know from the first page that the two main. each other. 4 The novel has a very interesting with some unexpected twists in it. 7 Leo's short story is going to be published in the country's leading magazine v--veenin the novel are going to fall in love with English Vocabulary in Use Upperintermediate 45met tast night. The set production of Harz were wonderful it jon! was excellent. Top ce’. It got rave revi ki io clothes orinastudio *clothesth ae jmiture On the stage aoe a secenert, DUNES Te actorsin the perfoman tt ‘a gieed onserganised the performance the retreat commen? oot fern artistic dance forms ballet /b | feel, unless we SY modern ba ple by telling OkesThy ina show vit een or they may feature “ may he i a Ipeopte whose job It's tocentertaino ners. [Peg about someone watchinga * viewer is only used 2 sich a show are the audience. ‘The people who wa ‘TWprogramme. Fitter ite article, e.g. Are you reforming art in general, we can leave nite article, s. A ‘oma/balet/opera/theatre? But: Wou t next week? [particular performance] e out the defi | when we reer 10/9 id you like to come tO interested in (the) cine ballet/opera/theatre with us HEED *tthecinema : : sna: our local cinemas showing Spectre again next week. Do YO fancy going to see it? ? at the carnival in Mexico City. The James Bond peti: Yes, that'd be great. | love the opening scene films are always set? in great locations. ‘awa: Yes, and | think the film really. captures’ the human side of James Bond. aa ‘BETH: That's right. A lot of work went into the script! for this, and the dialogues particularly good, I think. nwa: Do you know who the director® was? sera Same Mendes, | think. He didn’t write the screenplay’, though. I'm not sure who wrote that. ‘The score® is by Thomas Newman. He also wrote the music for. ‘Skyfall. 1 part of a or film where the 2 3 ae eee happensin one place ?take place? represents very accurately aiplayortin Lychan nase a written for a book, play or film © person in charge of making, y fora film including instructions for actors and camera operators ® music fora film — GEE)» other words connected with events in the arts The Opera Society are doing a performance of Don Giovanni. The National Theatre has a ver versatile [area above ground level where avery | L ry large and versatile stage. [area above ground level What's on at the cinema/theatre, etc. next week? (note the two prepositions) reek? (1 ions) : save eo aed nue for concerts — it’ a little small but is otherwise Engl 'alish Vocabulary in Use Upper intermediate20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 Exercises Fill the gaps with the correct form of the word in brackets. 1 I thought all the cast gave an excellent ..zeryaxmance. in the play last night. (perform) 2 Idon'tfind that. ww Particularly funny. (comedy) 3 It's unusual fora film to have two. but this one did. (direct) 4 Paolo Tomassi is one of the best. .~nuel've Seen for a long time. (entertain) 5 Itwas one of the best omen a Shakespeare play 've ever seen. (produce) 6 My favourite actor makes only a brief. inthe film. appear) Definite article or not? Fill the gap with the if necessary. 1 The government doesn't give enough Money 10 enmns7~mn- ballet. 2 She's gota diploma in. ...dance from the Performing Arts Academy. 3 I've got some tickets for ‘opera. Interested? 4 Shall we go to.... cinema this evening? There are several good things on. 5 I much prefer theatre tO... = ballet, don't you? Choose the correct word from the box to fill each gap in this online review. There are some extra words in the box which you do not need. ‘audiene cast costumes critics entertainers. performances _ productions reviews scenes screenplay script sets stage venue _ words Last night actors atthe Central Theatre put on @ new play by Martha Collins. I spoke to several other members of the | audionze and they all loved it. They commented afterwards on the quality of her 2, - They were impressed by the 3. the actors wore. They also found the original and visually interesting. Most importantly ofall, the 5 was felt to be first class, with particularly strong 6 from the two leading actors. There ‘were also positive comments on the 7 + Which has been recently refurbished and has a large revolving 8 «The people I spoke to all hope thatthe 9 inthe national press will write rave 10 about the show. Ask questions for which these remarks would be suitable answers. 1 Yes, it got rave reviews. Was the playa success? 2 No, I'm not really a concert-goer, but thanks anyway. 3 Oh, romantic comedies, | think. 4 The cast were all good, but the direction wes weak. 5 Anew Hungarian film; fancy going to seit? Choose a film and answer these questions about it. + Who do you think gives the best performance init? + Who's the director? Where was it set? What is your favourite scene in it? What's the score like? ‘Are there any particularly memorable lines in the dialogue? English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate ag and managing your music p3} files is €25)- ; morindividual track! mid tracks hone or computer, ‘o you can find them easily. les o your computer with Your Phong, iter to other rooms in your pownloadin| ing music 3 7 onto Your P’ Downloadi + Youcan download ae ter or mobile device “ONE SONG of han one device * play musi a ‘ vou ca pu ave height equipment ile - you can listen €© anu et a pave xc tesa 2 ic fe .e source to another the files on a comp! 1d data on more U of musi real time from on Atypical rock band she's lead singer in a rock band, One of her brothers plays lead guitar and her other brother is a keyboard player, So it'sa real family band. What would you rather play ina band, drums or bass? | could never be a drummer but think | could become 2 fairly good bass guitarist. Types of music nats = Hy family all have different tastes in music. My sister Niki loves music, my uncle Ben's a folk fan and my father loves jazz. lke R hip-hop®. | even compose a bit: of rap? myself! My older brother is int ‘The Beatles and other 60s music®, My mother loves film soundtracks but just find them uninteresting. One type of music| can't stand canned music’ you get in supermarkets and airports - it drive + Rhythm and Blues, originally a black American form of blues music with a strong rhythm 2a style of popular music where the words are spoken rather than sung the words spoken in hipchop music(canalsobea verb) interested in and enthusiastic about Smusic from the 1960s musicfrom film orTVshow "artifical or recorded music played in the background Collocations for musical activities She plays the guitar but she doesn’t read musi h s ic. She plays by ear. She’s “ at pick out’ a tune on almost any instrument. She's a very talented eee, sneer You can make music i the full. * informal lots of ways. You don’t need to be a trained musician to enjoy music We say: classical music, (NOT elassic) She loves classical music. lassie musie) Music is at (nor ) She loves ¢lassical music. (NOT ie) Me fusi uncountable. They played fantastic music for an hour. (NOT fantastie-musies ) English Vocabulary in Use Upper intermediateExercises 21.1 _ Fillthe gaps in the conversation, HENRY: I’ve been listening to some songs from the new. albu, downloaded them to my... ‘on my phone, so I've got them in both places. | just got six. smn yfdt the whole thing, ANNA: Oh, right. I download music files but then forget to. _..them with my phone, so | don’t have them when I travel! BUt | CAM ....u..n.mm.them from the computer in my study to the audio system in the living room, so | do get to listen to them. I've made some good - with my favourite tracks. 21.2 _ Ina typical rock band .. _-by the Hoods. it's great. who plays an electric piano or organ? who plays the highest notes on the guitar? 21.3 Read the comments and then answer the questions. Ross ‘I mustbe the only Emma _ ‘Ilove the old original James _‘Ilove the film and Person who actually likes the tracks by groups like The Tm going to buy the music. music in supermarkets.’ Beatles and the Rolling Stones.’ _ from it. | often buy film music.’ paurenaulstenotne | Natalie ‘justiove the way Liam ‘ve always loved the tional songs of my | they can speak the words so blues and | like music with a _ country and try to learn fast ~ it's so clever.’ strong rhythm,” them.” 1 Who likes soundtracks? ./ame 2 Who likes hip-hop? 3 Who likes 60s music’ 4 Who isa folk music fan?, 5 Who likes R&B?..... 6 Who likes canned musi 21.4 Complete the missing words in this advertisement. You are sometimes given the first letter(s). HELPIWANTED BU for music? Do you play a musical ' instrument ear? Can you p. out a tune on an ~ instrument you've never played before? We are looking for volunteers to take part in an experiment to investigate people's natural musical abilies. You don’t need to be a tr musician and you don’t need to be able tor music. If you just music at home or with friends for fun, whatever kinds of m. ‘you are | 7 whether i's cl music, + Pop, we want to hear from you. We believe there are many ta musicians out there and we want to learn more about how you doit. (eNTaGE PERETTI Write answers that are true for you. 1 Can you remember the name of the first album you ever bought? Who was it by? 2. How often do you download tracks or whole albums? Which do you prefer to do? 3 Which kinds of music mentioned on the opposite page do you particularly like/dislike? 4 Can you play any musical instruments and how well do you play them? 5 What instrument and what kind of music would you like to be able to play well and why? 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