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LESSON 5 At the theatre
1 W o rk in p a irs and c o m p le te th e se n te n ce s 
w ith th e w o rd s .
cast, curtain, perform ance, orchestra pit, stage, 
hall, cafeteria, the stalls, cloak-room , booked
I’ll never forget my first 
visit to the Navoiy Theatre 
when I was in Tashkent. My 
friend (1) ... two tickets for a 
matinee performance of the 
ballet “Snow-White and the 
Seven Dwarfs” by Khachatu­
rian . We arrived at the theatre 
long before the (2) ... began. 
coats in the (3) ... and I got a 
see what the (4) ... was.
When we came into the (5) 
many people looking for their 
musicians in the (6) ... were 
instruments. We found our seats 
in (7) ..., and went to look at
We left our 
program to
..., we saw 
seats. The 
tuning their 
, which were 
the theatre.
2 W o rk in p a irs. A sk and answ er.
My friend showed me the 
boxes, the dress-circle and 
balconies.
At twelve o ’clock the performance started. 
The (8) ... went up. I was happy at what I saw 
on the (9) ... . I had never seen anything more 
wonderful. The setting and the dancing were 
beautiful. The ballet seemed to me a fairy­
tale. During the first interval we went to the 
(10) ... . At the end of the performance the 
dancers received large bunches of flowers. 
The performance was a great success.
Pupil A lo o k a t th is page. Pupil B: lo o k a t pa ge 75 .
Pupil A
T h e a tre : The Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan
P lace:
O pened in: One of the oldest theaters in Central Asia, the Youth Theater of 
Uzbekistan was opened in Tashkent on the 30th of April, 1928.
F irst p e rfo rm a n c e :
T otal n u m be r o f s e a ts: The total number of seats in the Youth Theater of 
Uzbekistan is 359.
P a rts o f th e hall:
N u m b e r o f p e rfo rm a n c e s : Now the Youth Theater of Uzbekistan has more 
than 40 performances.
A u d ie n ce :
P o pu lar w ith th e a u d ie n ce : The Youth Theater of Uzbekistan has become 
one of the leading creative teams of the country, which is loved by the 
spectators in Uzbekistan and other countries.
1)
2)
3)
W o rk in p a irs. Listen and ch o o se Lena o r B o tir.
C hoose w h o ...
doesn’t like matinees? 
4) ... has the seats in the box?
likes evening performances? 
5) ... has the seats in the stalls?
hasn’t been to this theatre before? 
6) ... hasn’t seen the play before?
3 b Liste n to th e seco nd d ia lo g u e and say True o r False. e .g . 1 F
, ■—
1) The performance is on Saturday.
WmL 
} They are doing a new play.
3) They bought the tickets in the box office.
4) It was a matinee.
4 a W o rk in p a irs . M ake up y o u r d ia lo g u e .
5) Their seats were in the dress circle.
6) They w on’t need the opera glasses.
7) They are meeting outside the theatre.
4 b A c t o u t y o u r d ia lo g u e .