Entertainment (Unit 24) Flashcards
enjoy (v)
to get pleasure from something: Did you enjoy your meal?
entertain (v)
to give a performance that people enjoy:
The children sang and danced to entertain the crowd.
play (v)
to have a particular part in a play or film:
She played Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.
act (v)
to perform in plays and films:
I´ve always wanted to act.
star (v)
if you star in a film, play, television programme, etc, or if it stars you, you are the main actor or performer in it:
He starred in the school play.
No one has yet been chosen for the starring role.
auditiion (n)
an occasion when you sing, dance or act so that someone can decide if you are good enough to perform:
Good luck with your audition for the play.
Das Vorsprechen
rehearsal (n)
an occasion when you practise for the performance of a play, concert, etc:
We´ve got rehearsals every night this week.
Die Probe (daheim übe ich allein, dann fahre ich zur Probe)
rehearse (v)
to practise a play, concert, etc before giving a performance:
How many times are you gooing to rehearse that song before the talent show?
(etwas) einstudieren
practise (v)
to repeat an activity regularly so that you become better at it:
How many hours a day do you practise?
üben
scene (n)
a part of a play, book, filmx, etc in which events happen in the same place or period of time:
I love the opening/ending scene of Macbeth.
Szene
scenery (n)
the furniture and painted background on a theatre stage:
The play was good but the scenery wasn´t very realistic.
Das Bühnenbild/Die Kulisse
stage (n)
the part of a theatre where the actors or musicians perform:
They had now been on stage for over four hours.
band (n)
a group of musicians who play popular music:
He used to play in a jazz band.
orchestra (n)
a large group of musicians who use many different instruments in order to play mostly classical music:
There are over fifty people in the school orchestra.
group (n)
a small set of musicians who play pop music:
Would you like to be in a pop group?
review (n)
an article in which someone gives their opinion of a play, book, exhibiton, etc:
The film got really good reviews.
review (n)
an article in which someone gives their opinion of a play, book, exhibiton, etc:
The film got really good reviews.
Bewertungen
criticism (n)
a comment or comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad:
The new plans drew fierce criticism from local people.
ticket (n)
a piece of paper that shows that you have paid to do something such as go to a concert, visit a museum, or travel on a train, bus, plane, etc.:
We´ll send your tickets a week before your flight.
fee (n)
an amount of money that you pay to be allowed to do something such as join an organisation:
The gallery charges a small entrance fee.
novel (n)
a long written story about imaginery characters and events:
Have you read any of Martin Amis´novels?
fiction (n)
books and stories about imaginery events and people:
Hardy wrote poetry as well as fiction.
comic (n)
a magazine that contains stories told in a series of drawings:
My little brother gets a comic every Friday.
cartoon (n)
a film or TV Programme made by photographing a series of drawings so that things in them seem to move;
a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine:
There´s a funny cartoon in today´s paper.
comedian (n)
someone whose job is to entertain people by making them laugh:
The comedian was so bad the audience didn´t let him finish his act.
watch (v)
to look at someone or something for a period of time:
Did you watch the news last night?
see (v)
to watch something such as a film or television programme:
Have you seen American Beauty?
look (v)
to direct your eyes towards someone or something so that you can see them:
Dan looked at his watch.
listen (v)
to pay attention to a sound, or to try to hear a sound:
Do you like listening to music?
hear (v)
to realise that someone or something is making a sound:
Mary heard the sound of voices.
