Составляя культурную программу, необходимо поинтересоваться, чему отдает предпочтение Ваш деловой партнер

Would you care to see а French Не хотите ли посмотреть фран-

­рlау? цузскую пьесу?

Hоv about а new production at Как насчет новой постановки

the Music На11? в Мюзик-холле?

Do you like ballet? Вам нравится балет?

Ответами па подобного рода вопросы могут стать следующие фразы:

Thank you for asking me. Спасибо, что спросили.

No Puppet shows for me. Нет, кукольный театр не для меня.

Thank you, I dоn't like circus. Большое спасибо, я не люблю цирк.

Находясь в театре или концертном зале, Вы можете по­делиться своими впечатлениями:

The play was dull. Пьеса была скучная.

I didn't like the acting. Игра мне не понравилась.

The costumes and the scenery Костюмы и декорации были were

superb. превосходны.

The women danced marvelous- Женщины танцевали превос

­lу/bаdlу. ходно/ плохо.

The plot was very interesting. Сюжет был очень интересным.

EPISODE EIGHT. PART 11
At the Theatre

On Friday night Dmitry Volkov and John Воден visited the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet House. Dmitry booked two tickets for Sleeping Beauty' in advance because he wanted to show John Boden the performance of cue of the best companies in this country.

Dmitry picked John up at 6:30 РМ in the hotel lobby. It took them 15 minutes to get to the theatre. They left their coats in the cloak-room, bought я programme.

John Bodes (looking through the program): Oh, `Sleeping

Beauty' by Chaikovsky. I like Chaikovsky. I've seen `Swats Lake' in New York twice.

Dmitrv: I hope you'll enjoy the ballet. Look, Irina

Zvezdina is dancing the leading pact tonight. She is a very promising young ballet dancer.

John Bode: That's fine. Where are our seats?

Dmitry. We've got two tickets in the stalls. The second row. Seat 25 and 26. We'll have a good view of the stage.

John Bode: How long does the performance last?

Dmitry: This ballet has three acts and it will end at 10:15. I'll take you back to the hotel after the peformance.