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Text 1

Theatre is a place where you can see a play staged. It is also one of entertainments.

A theatre consists of two parts: the stage and the hall. They are separated by a curtain and the orchestra. Actors and actresses perform on the stage and public occupies the hall, the pit, the dress-circles, the boxes and the gallery.

If we made up our mind to go to the theatre, we should go to the box- office to buy tickets. Seats can be reserved beforehand.

The last performance I saw “The Nut Cracker” by Tchaikovskyi. How great it was! The main parts were performed by Vadym Pisarev and Inna Dorofeeva. Everyone knows that they are talented dancers. But I also was impressed by a very young ballet-dancer who was performing the part of Masha girl. I think she deserves respect of the audience because she did her best and she looked great for her young age. I had a great time that night.

But we are to admit that theatre is not popular now as it used to be. There are many people, who prefer to sit comfortably before the TV and enjoy themselves without leaving their homes. 

A theatre consists of ___________ .

Actors and actresses perform__________ .     

If we made up our mind to go to the theatre, we should go to the box- office_________ .

The last performance I saw __________ .

Vadym Pisarev and Inna Dorofeeva are talented __________ 

There are many people, who prefer to sit comfortably before the TV and enjoy themselves without _______________ .

Text 2

Jonathan Swift, a famous English writer, was one day travelling on horseback with a servant. The weather was bad; it was raining and the roads were muddy. In the evening the two men came to an inn. Before going to bed, Swift told his servant to clean his boots as they were dirty. But the servant was very lazy and did not do what his master had said.

The next morning when Swift saw the dirty boots, he asked the servant why he had not executed the order. ”The roads are muddy. What is the use of cleaning the boots now? They will soon be dirty again,” the servant answered.

Swift didn’t say anything and soon told the servant to get ready because they would start at once. But the servant looked very displeased and said that he had not eaten his breakfast yet.

Swift answered that they would go without any breakfast.

”What is the use of eating now? You will be hungry again”, he said.

Jonathan Swift was a(an) ______ English writer.

The weather was ____.

The servant seemed to dislike ...

Swift’s servant was _____.

The next morning the boots were _____.

The servant tried _______.

 The roads were really ______.

Swift ______.

The servant was _____.

 Swift didn’t let his servant ______.