Учебное пособие по английскому языку для студентов II курса

43. Read the text Walking into the Wind and get ready to answer the questions (see exercise 49).

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

wide – to widen courage – to encourage

TEXT 2

1. 
   Andrew Lloyd Webber – (born 1948) a highly successful English composer of musical theatre. He has accumulated a number of honours, including life peerage, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, a Golden Globe Award and others. Several of his songs, notably “I Don't Know How to Love Him” from Jesus Christ Superstar, “Don’t Cry for me, Argentina” from Evita, “Memory” from Cats, and “The Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals.
   

2. 
   pantomime – (Brit.) a kind of British play for children, usually performed at Christmas, with music, humourous songs, etc.; mime (uncountable).
   

3. 
   company car – a car which is provided for a person by their employer, either because they have to travel in order to do their job or because they have an important job and the car is a kind of reward. It is available for their private use. In Britain a company car is seen as a status symbol by many people.
   

4. 
   Jack and the Beanstalk ['bi:nstO:k] or Jack the Giant Killer – a fairy tale about a boy called Jack who sells his mother’s cow for some magic beans. They grown into a tall beanstalk. Jack climbs it up into the clouds where he finds a giant who has a magic hen producing golden eggs. Jack steals the hen, goes down to the ground cutting the beanstalk when the giant tries to follow him. In the UK, this story is often used in pantomimes.
   

5. 
   the Arts Council – an organization in Britain which is supported by the government and provides financial help for many different organizations and individuals involved in the theatre, art, music, the cinema, etc.