1 SPEAKING Look at the photo. What are the people doing? Would you like to be an actor? Why?/Why not?

(Nhìn vào bức hình. Mọi người đang làm gì? Bạn có muốn trở thành một diễn viên? Tại sao có / tại sao không?)

2 Read the text. What three things does it mention that a RADA student learns?

(Đọc văn bản. Ba điều mà một sinh viên RADA phải học là gì?)

RADA

A

Becoming a truly great actor requires talent, hard work and hours of study. In Britain, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) ¹ _____ trained and produced many of the country's most famous actors since it was established in 1904, but just how does RADA turn passionate young hopefuls into respected professionals?

B

One of the methods RADA teaches is the Stanislavski acting technique. The technique was devised ² _____ the famous Russian actor Konstantin Stanislavski in 1911, after he had been performing in theatres ³ _____ over thirty years. It requires actors to really live the role that they are playing. The actors not ⁴ _____ have to learn the lines that they have to say, but also recreate everything about reate everything about the character's life.

C

But if modern audiences would be surprised to discover that students learn an acting technique that is over a century old, they might ⁵ _____ astonished to discover that they also study a form of theatre that has been around for over two millennia: Greek tragedy. The Greeks used to study playwriting and acting and produced some important theoretical works on the subject. Their ideas are still considered very relevant today and anybody ⁶ _____ wants to obtain a degree from RADA has to study them.

D

RADA students also spend many hours training their voices and learning ⁷ _____ use their bodies to communicate in the same way that a musician learns how to play an instrument. A RADA student's objective is to use their creativity to transform written words into a three-dimensional character. Evidently, becoming an actor is ⁸ _____ serious business and definitely not for people who are only interested in fame.

3 USE OF ENGLISH Complete the text about RADA. Write one word in each gap.

(Hoàn thành văn bản về RADA. Viết một từ vào mỗi chỗ trống.)

4 Listen to an interview about how actors prepare for their roles. Match the people (1-3) with the things that they did (A–C).

(Nghe một cuộc phỏng vấn về cách các diễn viên chuẩn bị cho vai diễn của họ. Ghép những người (1-3) với những việc họ đã làm (A–C).)

1 Konstantin Stanislavski

2 Meryl Streep

3 Leonardo DiCaprio

A studied psychiatric patients.

B prepared a list of questions.

C prepared for a film about the Second World War. 

5 Listen again. Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.

(Lắng nghe một lần nữa. Những câu sau đúng hay sai? Viết T hoặc F.)

1 Copyigng certain emotions is not so difficult for actors.

2 The Stanislavski system involves actors asking themselves questions about their own acting ability.

3 Meryl Streep studied a foreign language.

4 Meryl Streep wanted to read poetry in a foreign language.

5 Leonardo DiCaprio met people who had had experiences that he wanted to recreate in a film.

6 Leonardo DiCaprio visited a psychiatric hospital on an island to prepare for a film.

6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the questions.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Nhìn vào bức tranh và thảo luận các câu hỏi.)

1 Can you name the arts form in the brochure? Give a short presentation on its history.

2 How has the Đồng Ấu Bạch Long group contributed to the development of the arts form?