Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 7. Anna keeps medieval castles in her workspace to … 1) concentrate. 2) have a rest. 3) inspire herself.

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly writer's workshop programme. Today in our studio we have Anna Brown, a well-known writer and writing consultant. She has just published her new book about writing. Good afternoon, Anna. Anna: Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me. It's a real pleasure being here. Presenter: In your recent book, you speak about the rules of polarity in stories. Could you please explain them to us? Anna: Polarity in stories seems to follow some of the rules of magnetism and electricity. Characters with opposing qualities or objectives can make entertaining stories when they are forced to work together and may even be attracted to one another, as positive and negative magnetic poles are drawn to one another because each side has something the other wants. Audiences seem to enjoy watching this kind of attraction of opposites and are almost magnetically attracted to such stories. Presenter: That's interesting. Anna: There is another rule of polarity. Polarized values sometimes reverse themselves. Many good stories are based on opposition. Let's say we see a tough hero and an emotional sensitive person. Under pressure, they change their behaviour. Thus, the tough hero shows an emotional side and the sensitive character becomes tough. It allows the characters to understand each other better, and it can also provide a lot of comedy and drama. Presenter: You once said stories can heal us. How so? Anna: Stories give us metaphors that help us process and manage our life problems. They give us examples of human behavior against which we can compare our own performance. I've found stories very comforting when I am ill or stressed, giving me some place else to go. Stories can be vehicles for expressing ideas, and sometimes these ideas give us new frames for understanding our challenges and healing our emotional wounds. Presenter: Can you describe your working space for us? Anna: Over the years, I've made a nice office space for myself, with an L-shaped desk that is like a starship control centre, with different areas dedicated to the current projects. For inspiration, I have many models of medieval castles, and a wall of shelves covered with toy soldiers from different time periods. Outdoors, there is a golf course near my house, and I walk around it to clear my head. Presenter: Do you have any special quotes or sayings that you keep visible in your work environment to help inspire, motivate and encourage you? Anna: I like to pick a visual image to focus each project and I keep that within my field of vision somewhere on the desk. As for motivating quotes, my favourite is posted above the computer screen and comes from the English sailor Sir Francis Drake who said: 'There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end, until it be thoroughly finished, yields the true glory'. Presenter: What are some of your current and future projects that you can share with us? Anna: I am continuing to develop material for future non-fiction books about story and character, but I also have some fiction projects in the works. I want to revive a book series I started, a fantasy based on Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Ivanhoe'. The first part was published as a Japanese-style manga, or graphic novel, and I want to continue the story in some form. I love working with artists, to add a visual element to my storytelling. Presenter: Thank you very much for talking with us today, Anna, and sharing your experience and insights.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 8. What proverb is closest in meaning to the words of Francis Drake Anna cites? 1) A good beginning makes a good ending. 2) Beginning is easy, to keep going is hard. 3) He who begins too much accomplishes little.

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly writer's workshop programme. Today in our studio we have Anna Brown, a well-known writer and writing consultant. She has just published her new book about writing. Good afternoon, Anna. Anna: Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me. It's a real pleasure being here. Presenter: In your recent book, you speak about the rules of polarity in stories. Could you please explain them to us? Anna: Polarity in stories seems to follow some of the rules of magnetism and electricity. Characters with opposing qualities or objectives can make entertaining stories when they are forced to work together and may even be attracted to one another, as positive and negative magnetic poles are drawn to one another because each side has something the other wants. Audiences seem to enjoy watching this kind of attraction of opposites and are almost magnetically attracted to such stories. Presenter: That's interesting. Anna: There is another rule of polarity. Polarized values sometimes reverse themselves. Many good stories are based on opposition. Let's say we see a tough hero and an emotional sensitive person. Under pressure, they change their behaviour. Thus, the tough hero shows an emotional side and the sensitive character becomes tough. It allows the characters to understand each other better, and it can also provide a lot of comedy and drama. Presenter: You once said stories can heal us. How so? Anna: Stories give us metaphors that help us process and manage our life problems. They give us examples of human behavior against which we can compare our own performance. I've found stories very comforting when I am ill or stressed, giving me some place else to go. Stories can be vehicles for expressing ideas, and sometimes these ideas give us new frames for understanding our challenges and healing our emotional wounds. Presenter: Can you describe your working space for us? Anna: Over the years, I've made a nice office space for myself, with an L-shaped desk that is like a starship control centre, with different areas dedicated to the current projects. For inspiration, I have many models of medieval castles, and a wall of shelves covered with toy soldiers from different time periods. Outdoors, there is a golf course near my house, and I walk around it to clear my head. Presenter: Do you have any special quotes or sayings that you keep visible in your work environment to help inspire, motivate and encourage you? Anna: I like to pick a visual image to focus each project and I keep that within my field of vision somewhere on the desk. As for motivating quotes, my favourite is posted above the computer screen and comes from the English sailor Sir Francis Drake who said: 'There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end, until it be thoroughly finished, yields the true glory'. Presenter: What are some of your current and future projects that you can share with us? Anna: I am continuing to develop material for future non-fiction books about story and character, but I also have some fiction projects in the works. I want to revive a book series I started, a fantasy based on Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Ivanhoe'. The first part was published as a Japanese-style manga, or graphic novel, and I want to continue the story in some form. I love working with artists, to add a visual element to my storytelling. Presenter: Thank you very much for talking with us today, Anna, and sharing your experience and insights.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 9. What are Anna’s current plans? 1) Research Walter Scott’s novels. 2) Make Japanese manga cartoons. 3) Continue the previous project.

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly writer's workshop programme. Today in our studio we have Anna Brown, a well-known writer and writing consultant. She has just published her new book about writing. Good afternoon, Anna. Anna: Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me. It's a real pleasure being here. Presenter: In your recent book, you speak about the rules of polarity in stories. Could you please explain them to us? Anna: Polarity in stories seems to follow some of the rules of magnetism and electricity. Characters with opposing qualities or objectives can make entertaining stories when they are forced to work together and may even be attracted to one another, as positive and negative magnetic poles are drawn to one another because each side has something the other wants. Audiences seem to enjoy watching this kind of attraction of opposites and are almost magnetically attracted to such stories. Presenter: That's interesting. Anna: There is another rule of polarity. Polarized values sometimes reverse themselves. Many good stories are based on opposition. Let's say we see a tough hero and an emotional sensitive person. Under pressure, they change their behaviour. Thus, the tough hero shows an emotional side and the sensitive character becomes tough. It allows the characters to understand each other better, and it can also provide a lot of comedy and drama. Presenter: You once said stories can heal us. How so? Anna: Stories give us metaphors that help us process and manage our life problems. They give us examples of human behavior against which we can compare our own performance. I've found stories very comforting when I am ill or stressed, giving me some place else to go. Stories can be vehicles for expressing ideas, and sometimes these ideas give us new frames for understanding our challenges and healing our emotional wounds. Presenter: Can you describe your working space for us? Anna: Over the years, I've made a nice office space for myself, with an L-shaped desk that is like a starship control centre, with different areas dedicated to the current projects. For inspiration, I have many models of medieval castles, and a wall of shelves covered with toy soldiers from different time periods. Outdoors, there is a golf course near my house, and I walk around it to clear my head. Presenter: Do you have any special quotes or sayings that you keep visible in your work environment to help inspire, motivate and encourage you? Anna: I like to pick a visual image to focus each project and I keep that within my field of vision somewhere on the desk. As for motivating quotes, my favourite is posted above the computer screen and comes from the English sailor Sir Francis Drake who said: 'There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end, until it be thoroughly finished, yields the true glory'. Presenter: What are some of your current and future projects that you can share with us? Anna: I am continuing to develop material for future non-fiction books about story and character, but I also have some fiction projects in the works. I want to revive a book series I started, a fantasy based on Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Ivanhoe'. The first part was published as a Japanese-style manga, or graphic novel, and I want to continue the story in some form. I love working with artists, to add a visual element to my storytelling. Presenter: Thank you very much for talking with us today, Anna, and sharing your experience and insights.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 3. Introducing James Black, the presenter stresses his … 1) personal fulfilment. 2) old age. 3) achievements in advertising career.

Presenter: Hello everybody. Today in the studio we have James Black, one of the most successful musicians and soundtrack writers. At 63, with a new young son, domestic bliss and at least one mega-blockbuster on the horizon to hit theatres soon, James is like an advertisement for a good life. Good afternoon, James. James: Good afternoon. Presenter: Our listeners are always interested in your everyday life. So how's your life going? How's your family? What's your daily life like? James: Well, it's nothing like what your listeners might expect. Usually I go to bed early because I have this young son who was born on the 4th of July this year, named Charlie, and he has a very well-structured routine. In the evening, the three of us get in the bathtub at about 6.20, and then we usually order food in because our kitchen is being remodelled right now. Really, the whole house has been benefiting from our nesting instinct. In the morning I get up, feed the dog and take it out. Presenter: Glossy magazines have never published photos of your house or your dog. We didn't even know you've got one! James: We've got a big red-haired standard poodle named Woody Allen. We call him Woody mostly. Presenter: Are you happy to become a father again? James: Of course, Charlie is lovely. He's got a little safe area playroom where I just watch him play and develop. He's starting to stand up and has just started to say 'daddy' this last week. Then I sit with him on my lap and we play the piano a bit. Presenter: With so many things to do and all the responsibilities of being a father, do you manage to find time for yourself? James: Kind of. Being fit is really important to me. I've got a kind of gym here in the house and I do my routine and try to get my 12,000 steps. We've got a couple of treadmills side by side. Sometimes we walk around the neighbourhood too, with Charlie and with the dog, and that's about it. Presenter: Are you currently working on anything? James: I go over my new script every day. I'm working on a movie that I can't really talk about because they haven't denounced what it is. I mean, the people doing it, but I work on my part every day. I like, if I have enough time, not to cram anything, but just kind of touch it every day. Presenter: I see. I have so many questions connected with your work. When you're playing music, do you feel like it's a separate part of your brain? Do you do it for the audience who's there? Do you get better every night? James: I like the idea of being a student, and I play with very good musicians. So playing with them allows me to get better. My aim is to get better, but I really love it for its own sake. For me, playing is very interactive and it's improvisational. We really don't rehearse as a group, but I get these great musicians and we jam and I don't know what we're going to play until they start to play it. And then I do a lot of talking, playing with the audience. Presenter: What is the busiest part of the day for you? James: I generally think of it as work slash play, because it's the work of play. It's a playtime. And I like how time goes on set. It's almost like time on an airplane or something where people are together. It's a different, very trippy kind of time, I find, because you're together in imaginary time where you're out of time. You're called upon to be present and honour what can happen in the moment. And the whole day can go like that. The whole day can be a kind of meditation. Presenter: Thank you, James.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 4. Which of the following is NOT a part of James’s daily routine? 1) Bathing his son. 2) Cooking dinner. 3) Walking the dog.

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly writer's workshop programme. Today in our studio we have Anna Brown, a well-known writer and writing consultant. She has just published her new book about writing. Good afternoon, Anna. Anna: Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me. It's a real pleasure being here. Presenter: In your recent book, you speak about the rules of polarity in stories. Could you please explain them to us? Anna: Polarity in stories seems to follow some of the rules of magnetism and electricity. Characters with opposing qualities or objectives can make entertaining stories when they are forced to work together and may even be attracted to one another, as positive and negative magnetic poles are drawn to one another because each side has something the other wants. Audiences seem to enjoy watching this kind of attraction of opposites and are almost magnetically attracted to such stories. Presenter: That's interesting. Anna: There is another rule of polarity. Polarized values sometimes reverse themselves. Many good stories are based on opposition. Let's say we see a tough hero and an emotional sensitive person. Under pressure, they change their behaviour. Thus, the tough hero shows an emotional side and the sensitive character becomes tough. It allows the characters to understand each other better, and it can also provide a lot of comedy and drama. Presenter: You once said stories can heal us. How so? Anna: Stories give us metaphors that help us process and manage our life problems. They give us examples of human behavior against which we can compare our own performance. I've found stories very comforting when I am ill or stressed, giving me some place else to go. Stories can be vehicles for expressing ideas, and sometimes these ideas give us new frames for understanding our challenges and healing our emotional wounds. Presenter: Can you describe your working space for us? Anna: Over the years, I've made a nice office space for myself, with an L-shaped desk that is like a starship control centre, with different areas dedicated to the current projects. For inspiration, I have many models of medieval castles, and a wall of shelves covered with toy soldiers from different time periods. Outdoors, there is a golf course near my house, and I walk around it to clear my head. Presenter: Do you have any special quotes or sayings that you keep visible in your work environment to help inspire, motivate and encourage you? Anna: I like to pick a visual image to focus each project and I keep that within my field of vision somewhere on the desk. As for motivating quotes, my favourite is posted above the computer screen and comes from the English sailor Sir Francis Drake who said: 'There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end, until it be thoroughly finished, yields the true glory'. Presenter: What are some of your current and future projects that you can share with us? Anna: I am continuing to develop material for future non-fiction books about story and character, but I also have some fiction projects in the works. I want to revive a book series I started, a fantasy based on Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Ivanhoe'. The first part was published as a Japanese-style manga, or graphic novel, and I want to continue the story in some form. I love working with artists, to add a visual element to my storytelling. Presenter: Thank you very much for talking with us today, Anna, and sharing your experience and insights.