Topic "Going to the cinema vs going to the theatre"

Movies will make you famous; 

Television will make you rich; 

But theatre will make you good.”

Terrence Mann

Can you guess what we're going to speak about today?

You’re absolutely right, our topic today is Theatre and Cinema. What role do cinema and theatre play in our life? We’re going to compare these two popular forms of art, you’re going to speak about your likes and dislikes in these spheres. Moreover, you’ll have a chance to compare a well-known play and movie.

Cinema and theatre are associated with pleasure and amusement, aren’tthey? Tell me what the word theatre/cinema is associated with.

Now let’s compare theatre and cinema according to the following characteristics.

 The following presentation will help you to compare cinema with theatre, just follow the link  ссылка

Follow the link ссылка to read the opinion of different people and agree or disagree with them.  Your task is also to explain your choice.

Have you heard about Barrie and his popular play Peter Pan? First you'll watch an extract from the theatrical play “Peter Pan" and after that you'll watch an extract from the film“Peter Pan”. In both extracts you’ll see how Peter Pan is teaching the children to fly and you’ll see their first flight together.

Your task will be to share your impressions about the play and the film. The phrases from our presentation will help you to express youremotions. And then we will compare them.

Let's  make a conclusion. Is it easy to say what is more exciting: to watch films orperformances? Do both ways of entertainment have + and -? What do you personally prefer and why?

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