Announcement. Audience member

Pre-listening

Exercise 1.
To understand the announcement better, answer the following questions.
  1. How often do you go to the theatre?
  2. How do you feel while visiting a theatre?
  3. What is the most entertaining performance you've seen in your life?
Possible answers:
  1. I go to the theatre twice a year.
  2. I am curious to see the performance.
  3. The most entertaining performance I've seen in my life is .....
Exercise 2.
Match the parts of word combinations you are going to hear in the announcement.
  1. a tingling —
  2. an inexplicable —
  3. laughing or applauding —
  4. whistling and exuberate —
  5. fancy new —
  6. delicious morsel —
  7. survey entering —
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Exercise 3.
Imagine you are visiting a theatre soon. Make a list of Theatre Etiquette rules (5-7) using the vocabulary from the previous exercise.
Possible answers:
  1. Be sure you're on time.
  2. Don't talk during the performance.
  3. It is forbidden even to whisper loudly.
  4. Review your program.
  5. At the end of the show, remember to meet the actors with obligatory applause.
  6. You shouldn't be noisy at the intermission.
Exercise 4.
Try to predict the context in which the following words might appear. Write down short phrases, word combinations or sentences with the words from the announcement.

Sweaty, rapid, a tingling sensation, a rhythmic fashion, applauding, whistling and exuberate humming, confusion, frustration and rage, bright flashes, temporarily blind, a tummy ache, a drawing for free tickets, try to watch the lighted area, exciting journey into audiencehood, a pro.

Exercise 5.
To develop your memory skills, and with the aim to create acoustic images in your imagination, listen to the set of words and phrases, then repeat them as quickly as possible without changing the order. You have two attempts.
Set of words and phrases:

Tingling, humming, rage, blind, tummy ache, intermission.

While-listening

Exercise 6.
Interpreters possess an incredible ability to memorize the details of the audio or video message, analyze it, making necessary links between the ideas or facts. Taking into consideration the vocabulary list given to you in the previous exercises, listen to the Audience Member Instructional Video and complete the table for Do's and Don'ts given below.
Do's Dont's
Prepare to listen, smile and Never laugh or at the inappropriate times
your hands together in a rhythmic fashion. Always avoid loud
Try some at intermission. Talking, and humming are forbidden.
out our survey. Fangle shouldn't be on.
Watch the lighted area not to A little preparation will help you be like a 10
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Post-listening

Exercise 7.
For any interpreter, the ability to reproduce the details matters much. Answer the questions on the theater announcement. Do you remember:
  1. What is sweaty?
  2. What is exciting to do?
  3. What is tragic?
  4. What is natural?
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Exercise 8.
Organize the sentences into a logical order (put numbers into the boxes from 1-6) according to the announcement.
The sentences
A If you feel shy, you can wait for your neighbor to start slapping.
B Shakespearean tragedies are amazing.
C If your palms are sweaty, you're experiencing anticipation.
D If you complete a survey, you have a chance to get a free ticket.
E You'd better avoid loud noises.
F If you're experiencing a desire to use your hands, slap them together rhythmically.
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Exercise 9.
Fill in a part of the script of the announcement with 1-2 words. Listen to the recording once again and cross-check your notes. Correct the mistakes.

Many of you are experiencing changes in your – you may have or rapid breathing. Some of you are experiencing a tingling sensation. This is due to something we call "". You are feeling this way because the show is about to begin.

To prepare, for this exciting new phase of your day, we recommend taking the following steps: prepare to listen, smile and . During certain points of the production you may experience an desire to do something with your hands. We recommend slapping them together in a fashion. An activity is called "Applause". It's exciting to do this in large group setting.

A little how to react to this sensation? Then wait for a neighbour to start. And join in! You'll both be glad you did. But remember – when not laughing or at the appropriate times. Loud are to be avoided.

Don't talk during the performance. and exuberate humming are also discouraged not to mention a little weird.

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