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Struktury leksykalno - gramatyczne!

~"he trening maturalny focuses on words and phrases commonly used in film reviews. The purpose ofthis section is ^_ot only to practise translating parts of sentences, but also to ■einforce vocabulary which students may find useful when ■ orking on the writing section, which is devoted to reviews.

1    1 A, B 2 A, C 3 B, C 4 A, C 5 A, C

2    1 based on a true story / real events: oparty/a na prawdziwej historii / prawdziwych wydarzeniach

2    the action is set / takes place: akcja jest osadzona / rozgrywa się

3    unconvincing: nieprzekonująca; far-fetched: naciągana

4    violent / brutal scenes: sceny przemocy / brutalne sceny

5    I liked: podobały mi się; I was impressed by...:... zrobiły na mnie wrażenie

(zadaniematera/we) 1 unconvincing / far-fetched 2 I was most impressed by

3    The action takes place / is set

4    based on real events

5    too many violent scenes

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“his is another section on the theme 'Polska po angielsku'. Itudents practise informing foreign visitors about the various rultural activities available in their city, town or region, ■"students enjoy the quiz in Exercise 2, you can ask them to lentify two morę cities (for which unfortunately there wasn't tiough space on the page):

if you look at the faęade of the Town Hall, youll see two goats, which start fighting every time the clock strikes the hour. There s a funny legend about how they came to be there.

1 One of the landmarks of the city is a fifteenth-century wooden crane that was used for loading cargoes onto ships in the days of the Hanseatic league. It is now part of the Maritime Museum. 'Answers: 1 Poznań, 2 Gdańsk)

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Zainteresowania muzyczne gościa: 2 Zodne polecenia koncerty lub festiwale 3 • oncerty w szczególnie atrakcyjnych miejscach 7 Z mdła informacji o innych imprezach muzycznych 5

^: ole play 2

Zabytki w twoim mieście lub regionie 6 .‘/ydarzenia historyczne związane z twoją okolicą 4 - an zwiedzania 1 nne atrakcje 8

2 Ib 2d 3a 4c

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~he writing section focuses on book reviews, as there a -eady is a model of a film review in the reference part. The reningmaturalny uses the model to help students fulfil all rte assessment criteria for a review: ‘treść’ (Exercises a, b,

: 'kompozycja' (Exercise a); 'poprawność' (Exercise c) and rogactwo językowe' (Exercise e).

1 a 1 Basic information about the work. 2Briefplot

outline. 3 Analysis of the strong and / or week points of the work. 4 Recommendation b 1 the author 2 the title 3 the genre c are, sends, is mistrusted, is regarded, is imprisoned, makes Present Simple is used to summarise the plot. d The author's imagination:

The author’s astounding imagination, supported by her knowledge ofcultural anthropology, has created a reality that not only entertains us, but also makes us think; LeGuin has constructed a rich and consistent reality; this extraordinary fest of imagination The plot: The tale is gripping the storytelling - superb. The characters: The characters inhabiting this world are multi-dimensional and psychologically conuincing. The morał message of the book:... challenges us to reflect on our own world and our attitudes to people who are different from us.

e 1 complex 2 complexity 3 multi-dimensional 4 consistent 5 convincing

ANSWER KEY: Szybka powtórka

1    1 musician 2 novelist 3 sculptor 4 cartoonist 5 conductor

2    1c 2d 3a(alsob) 4b

3    1a, c 2c 3a 4a, b 5b 6 In the gallery. 7Atabloid.

8 a 9 They are TV channels. 10 b

Revision actiyity

1    Write the following on the board:

concert    a play

still    set

put on    chapter

film    hall

finał    life

2    Ask students to match the words to make collocations, and then to say what category each collocation represents.

concert hall - musie    still life - visual arts

finał chapter - literaturę film set - film put on a play - drama/theatre

3    In pairs, students choose two or three of the categories and write down 8-10 morę words in each.

4    The pairs get together as groups of four and play 'hangman' using the words from their lists. Each time they State what category a word belongs to.

Additional Reading

You might wish to read morę of the texts and writers mentioned in the unit, especially if your students like some of them.

° Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin: the opening chapter.

° William Wordsworth, Daffodils (and possibly other poems)

° Adrian Mitchell, To Whom It May Concern (Tell Me Lies About Vietnam); and possibly other poems, e.g. Humań Beings or Cel i a Celia

• Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand ofDarkness, or Rocannon’s World, or The Wizard ofEarthsea (extracts)

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