Chapter 4 Unit 3 Flashcards
Miming dates back to the theaters of ancient Greece .
Mimes use gestures , movements, and facial expresssions to portray a character or an emotion.
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Portray: to present , act out
🔑🔑Over the centuries, the art of miming grew to include props, acrobatics, and customes , CULMINATING in the fine-tuned art form that people recognize today.🛎🛎
She spent hours fine-tuning her speech.
Culminate: to result in.
Fine-tune: V to make very small changes to sth in order to make it work as well as possible. Fine-tuned: adj
The only props used in the show are a table, a chair, and a glass of water.
Prop: an object used by the actors performing in a play or film.
Beauty and truth are abstract concepts.
This debate is becomig too abstract- lets have some hard facts!!
An abstract discussion is general and not based on particular examples.
Abstract: Existing as an idea , feeling , or quality not as a material object.
The literal meaning of television is seeing from a distance.
You will need to show more than just a literal underestading of the text.
Literal: The literal meaning of a word is its original , basic meaning.
I hope this course will help me sharpen my computer skills.
I went to university to sharpen my mind.
Sharpen: To improve
They have continued to influence mimes and other live performers long after their deaths.
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His tragicomic character , who so effectively portrays human frailty throgh physical comedy, aslo known as slapstick.
Tragicomic, tragicomedy: a (type of) play or story that is both sad and funny.
Slapstick:a type of humorous acting in which the actors behave in a silly way, such as by throwing things, falling over, etc.
Though ill for most of her life, physical frailty never stopped her from working.
Frailty, Frail (n adj)Weakness and lack of health or strength.
The government should be playing a more prominent role in promoting human rights.
Prominent: Very Well known, important
Her renown spread across the country.
Another twentieth-century influence on modern miming involves a renowned french mime and acting teacher named Etienne.
Renown, renowned: famous
That song is so reminiscent of my adolscence.
My grandfather used to reminisce 🎁about🎁 his years in the navy. 🔑🔑🔑
Reminiscent, Reminiscence , Reminisce:
Reminding of something.
to talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure:
To help create the desired atmosphere.
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Singers performing Mozart’s operas often dress in/wear historical costume.
The dancers leading the procession were in colourful and elaborate costumes.
uk The shop has a good selection of bikinis and bathing/swimming costumes.
Custome:the set of clothes typical of a particular country or period of history, or suitable for a particular activity.
