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FADING LIGHTS IN MUMBAI ⇐ ПредыдущаяСтр 4 из 4 FADING LIGHTS IN MUMBAI
These buildings in Mumbai could be ageing courtesans from another time and place. Faded, wrinkled, abused and world-weary, they are the old single-screen cinema houses scattered all over the city. Some still have the spirit to don the war paint in the hopes of luring customers. Others have just given up the struggle. At four in the afternoon, Royal Talkies near Grant Road in South Mumbai appears desolate. In a hall capable of seating over 600, around 40 heads are visible in the dim light. All eyes are on the screen where an old mother is pleading with her wayward son to mend his ways. The movie is from the 1980s, with stars who have long since retired. The large posters outside the cinema hall announce other obscure films starring macho men from the Hindi hinterlands of North India. “We sell tickets for 20 rupees (roughly 30p / 45 cents),” says the cinema manager. “Anything above that and even this audience will not come. But how can we afford to screen new movies at that cost?” Tickets at multiplex theatres cost ten times as much, so the crowd here is more forgiving of whatever film is on. Everyone claps and whistles, jeers and cries along with the demands of the story. During the interval (a convention of Indian cinema) the audience steps out to the road, where vendors are ready with cut fruit, chewy omelettes, tepid tea and local sodas called Banta; no concessions are available inside, not even a bottle of drinking water. A cinema employee stands nearby and calls out the name of the film and the ticket prices to passers-by. (http://www.economist.com) Угасающий свет в Мумбаи. Эти здания в Мумбаи словно стареющие куртизанки из другого времени и места. Увядшие, морщинистые, злоупотребляемые и уставшие от жизни, они являются старыми одноэкранными кинотеатрами домами, разбросанными по всему городу. Некоторые до сих пор имеют дух надеть боевую раскраску, в надежде заманить клиентов. Другие просто отказались от борьбы. WRITING 23. Write an opinion essay on one of the following topics. Write about 300 words:
1) The secret success formula of (the name of the company). 2) How to stay afloat in media rivers?
SUMMARIZING 24. Give a presentation on one of the following topics: 1) “Success stories” in the world of broadcasting. 2) Famous people of movie production industry. 3) Movie makers and their products. 4) Coming soon … 5) Five-minute news across the globe.
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