The document discusses pursuing ambitions and careers in acting, including gaining experience through performances and building a career step-by-step until being recognized by a director. It also contains exercises on completing sentences about Dean's story of pursuing acting and distinguishing between related words like play and performance.
The document discusses pursuing ambitions and careers in acting, including gaining experience through performances and building a career step-by-step until being recognized by a director. It also contains exercises on completing sentences about Dean's story of pursuing acting and distinguishing between related words like play and performance.
The document discusses pursuing ambitions and careers in acting, including gaining experience through performances and building a career step-by-step until being recognized by a director. It also contains exercises on completing sentences about Dean's story of pursuing acting and distinguishing between related words like play and performance.
The document discusses pursuing ambitions and careers in acting, including gaining experience through performances and building a career step-by-step until being recognized by a director. It also contains exercises on completing sentences about Dean's story of pursuing acting and distinguishing between related words like play and performance.
Vocabulary 3 Complete Dean’s story by writing a verb from
Exercise 2 in the correct form in the gaps. For 7FSCDPMMPDBUJPOTXJUIambition, career, some gaps, more than one answer may be possible. experience BOE job 1 Complete these extracts from Reading and Use of English Part 7 by writing a word or phrase from the I’ve always enjoyed performing in front of box in the correct form in the gaps. people and I’d like to (1) a career as an actor. If I could (2) my first achieve gain offer pursue turn it down ambition of going to drama school, I’d (3) the knowledge and experience which is needed if I’m going to (4) … it was only in his second year of a primary a job in the theatre. Acting is a very teaching degree at Edinburgh University that he competitive profession, and you have to decided to (1) a career as an actor. (5) your career step by step until, hopefully, a well-known If you want to (2) your ambitions as a director recognises your young actor, you’ve got to go where the work is. If talent and (6) I’m (3) a job down in London, there’s no you a job which really way I’d ever be able to (4) . (7) your career on And we’ve been able to (5) some the stage. experience with TV as well as stage acting, which has been great. 4 Work in pairs. Tell each other about your ambitions and the careers each of you would like to follow.
play, performance BOE acting;
audience, (the) public BOE spectators; sceneBOEstage 5 Candidates often confuse these words: play, performance and acting; audience, public and spectators; scene and stage. Circle the correct word in italics in each of these sentences. Then check by looking at the text in Reading and Use of English Part 7 again. He was discovered by someone from the theatre while performing in plays / performances in 2 EP Complete these groups of collocations by writing Edinburgh and St Andrews, but he admits the an ambition, a career, experience or a job in the gaps. students’ final acting / performance in front of gain / get / have / lack directors and agents is still nerve-wracking. apply for / find / leave / look for / offer / turn down When I started the course, I thought that stage acting / playing was the only thing I wanted to do. abandon / build / launch / make / pursue / start out on It was just so exhilarating to get up on stage / scene and perform in front of a public / an abandon / achieve / fulfill / have / realise audience.