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11. Answer the following questions:
• What time is it now?
• On what days and at what time do you usually go shopping?
• When did you last go shopping and what did you buy?
12. Say a few words about shops of the city you live in.
Unit thirty two
Entertainments
Text
London is wonderful for theatres, but the popular shows especially the big musicals are usually fully
booked months in advance. Sometimes one may be lucky to get rickets on the day from the thea-tie or
booking agency. It is usually much easier to buy tickets for matinees (afternoon performances).
One day one of the participants bought a weekly entertainment guide Time Out for information about
theatres, cinemas, concerts and other entertainments. One of the ads attracted his attention. It said:
PRINCE EDWARD. Tel. 01- 4376877
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's
EVITA
THE WORLD'S GREATEST MUSICAL
Dir. by Hal Prince Evgs 8.0
Low price Mats. Thurs. and Sat. 3.0
Evg. perfs. end 10.15
Grp sales 01—3796061
He and his friend decided to go to the box office and try their luck.
Participant: Excuse me, what's on tonight?
Ticket officer: It's Evita, sir.
Participant: Have you got any tickets by any chance?
Ticket officer: You are lucky. There are still a few, at 20 and 15 pounds.
Participant:
And where are the 20 pounds seats?
Ticket officer:
In the upper circle. You may see it in the map on
the wall, over there.
Participant:
... Then may we have two seats in the upper circle.
Ticket officer:
Yes, certainly. Forty pounds, please.
Participant:
Here you are.
Ticket officer:
Thank you... Here are the tickets. Row K, seats
24 and 25
Participant:
Excuse me, and when does the performance finish?
Ticket officer:
It starts at 3.00 and finishes at 5.15.
Participant:
Thank you very much.
Words and expressions
entertainment
[,ent
'te
nm
nt]
развлечение
wonderful
['w
nd
ful]
удивительный, замеча-
тельный
theatre
театр
show
шоу
musical
мюзикл
to book
заказывать
month
месяц
in advance
заранее
matinee=mat.
['m
t
ne
]
дневной спектакль
performance
спектакль
to buy (bought, bought)
покупать
weekly
еженедельник
concert
концерт
ad (advertisement)
реклама
to attract
привлекать