2. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.

“People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.”

Lee Mildon

“I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.”

Robert A. Heinlein

“Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.”

Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.”

Anne Petry

“Just around the corner in every woman's mind - is a lovely dress, a wonderful suit, or entire costume which will make an enchanting new creature of her”.

Wilhela Cushman

“There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they would mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking.”

Virginia Woolf

Write an essay (200-250 words)

What are current trends in our country? What do you think about trends in general? Do you prefer starting trends or following them? Explain your opinion.

Unit 11. Arts and media

11.1. Vocabulary

artist

atmosphere

blockbuster, an immediate / science fiction blockbuster

breakdown, to experience a breakdown

celebrity

chapter

character, the main character, to relate to a character

chutzpah

criterion (criteria)

editor

episode

genre: sitcom, soap, jazz, crime, current affairs programme, reggae, reality, folk, country, hip hop, animation, soul, a hospital drama, autobiography, science fiction, opera, a sketch, a horror, a chat show, documentary, a feature film, a live radio interview, a romantic comedy, an action film, an adventure film

graphics

hero, a heroine,

issue of a magazine

journalism

masterpiece

media, a multi-media age, to play the media game,

narration

novel, to be adapted from a novel

page-turner

piece, to take occasional pieces from smb., to be paid by the piece

plot

publicity, to escape publicity, to publicise a product

recluse, a reclusive nature

revenge, to take revenge

private, right to a private life, privacy

rumour, to start a rumour, to hear roumours about

script, a terrific script, the script is based on

sequel

series

sets (the)

sound

special effects

storytelling, to convey the story, twists and turns in the story, storyline

stringer

suspense, to be full of suspense

use of the camera

to be daunted

to be popular with smb.

to bring smth. home to smb.

to cover

to deserve/ earn an Oscar/ to win an Academy award,

to dub

to expose smb. to smth.

to give/ do an interview

to have got/ stand a good chance of doing smth.,

to like/ avoid media attention

to release on DVD

to represent

to wangle one’s way into

full-length

versus, good versus evil