Svetlana Flemming - Colloquial Russian - The Next Step in Language Learning

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In this unit you will learn:

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◗ about film and theatre in Russia

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◗ alternative ways of translating ‘to be’

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◗ about verbs with the instrumental

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◗ how to form and use active participles

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◗ more about the prepositions o and pro

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◗ about stress on feminine nouns

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Theatre, together with opera, ballet and cinema, has always played 7

a very important role in Russian cultural life. Despite censorship in 8

Soviet times, the standard was high, art subsidies were generous and 9

tickets cheap. With the arrival of the market economy things have 30

changed; theatre and cinema have lost state subsidies and the route 1

to survival has been to produce plays and films that appeal to mass 2

audiences and guarantee a full house. But not every Russian artist 3

was prepared to sacrifice his integrity; some have preferred to leave 4

the commercial theatre and have formed small companies where they 5

are free to experiment. A few, however, like the director of the Maly 6

Theatre in St Petersburg, Lev Dodin, have managed to achieve success 7

in changed circumstances.

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Cultural life in Russia

Dialogue 1

The General Director of the Moscow International Non-Competitive Film Festival, MOFEST, B.V. Volodin, answers questions from a journalist.

@URNALIŚT

Boriś Vladi´mirovih, ne mno´go li kinofestivaĺej v

na´wej strane´? U nas u'eést;

mosko´vskij>, ,

v Evro´pu> i

drugié.

VOLO´DIN

Vy owibaétes;. Fiĺ;mov v miŕe vypuskaétsq ogro´mnoe

koli´hestvo. Festivaĺej to´'e provo´ditsq mno´go –

pohti´ 650 v god. I \´to zameha´tel;no. Zna´hit, mirovo´j kinomato´graf 'iv i v prekraśnoj rabo´hej foŕme.

@URNALIŚT

No hem 'e otlihaétsq Vaw festivaĺ; ot drugi´x

festivaĺej?

VOLO´DIN

V osnovno´m, vse \´ti festivaĺi qvlq´[tsq

końkursnymi. Ix cel; vy´qvit; lu´hwie rabo´ty s

po´mo];[ '[ri´. @[rióceńivaet fiĺ;my. A na

nekońkursnyx festivaĺqx gla´vnyj oceń]ik – zri´tel;.

@URNALIŚT

Kakié 'e fiĺ;my Vy sobiraétes; pokaźyvat; na

festivaĺe?

VOLO´DIN

Zada´ha na´wego festivaĺq – pokaza´t; sa´mye intereśnye

posle´dnie fiĺ;my.

@URNALIŚT

Hto za kartińy bu´dut pokaźany?

VOLO´DIN

Sa´mye izveśtnye, u'e poluhi´vwie priznańie u

mirovo´go zri´telq. |to ital;qńskij fil;m

t[l;pańy>. |to re'isse¨ra Iwtvana Sa´bo, fil;m o hetyre¨x pokoleńiqx evre´jskoj

sem;ií mno´gie drugié. Vsego´ 'e bu´det pokaźano o´kolo

100 fiĺ;mov iz 20 stran miŕa.

@URNALIŚT

A bu´dut li pokaźany ote´hestvennye fiĺ;my?

VOLO´DIN

Da, kone´hno. Vpervyé zri´teli uvi´dqt lu´hwie kartińy

by´vwix sove´tskix respu´blik za posle´dnie 50 let.

@URNALIŚT

No ceńy-to na bile´ty, naveŕnoe, bu´dut groma´dnymi?

VOLO´DIN

V tom-to i deĺo, hto stoímost; bile´tov bu´det sa´maq

dostu´pnaq. A dlq pensioneŕov vsego´ 20 ruble´j, \´to

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festivaĺej.

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