Based on Reading, exercise 8. Read the text silently and then out loud Pay attention to: your sounds and intonation; logical pauses; the tempo of reading. Ballet is a performance in which dancing and music tell a story without any speaking. But, in my opinion, ballet is very much like a sport. It certainly can tell a story. It can also express a mood. But it is a very controlled form of dancing, with complicated movements that need great skill and a lot of training. This kind of dancing must look effortless and graceful. A lot of movements that ballet dancers make are unnatural for a human body. Ballet dancers achieve the necessary result after many years of hard training, and the steps to it are so difficult! Even experienced dancers must constantly practise or they may lose their skill. Some professionals prefer to practise alone and practically all ballet dancers take daily classes. Classes usually begin with barre [bɑ:] exercises. Dancers use the barre for support, that's why they can concentrate on strengthening muscles. The exercises are not at all easy and dancers do them many times, which is certainly boring, but in this way dancers develop endurance ([ɪnˈdjʊərəns] — выносливость). Isn't the process like regular sports training?

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BasedonReading, exercise8.

Readthetextsilentlyandthenoutloud

Payattentionto:

yoursoundsandintonation;
logicalpauses;
thetempoofreading.

Balletisaperformanceinwhichdancingandmusictellastorywithoutanyspeaking.But, inmyopinion, balletisverymuchlikeasport.Itcertainlycantellastory.Itcanalsoexpressamood.Butitisaverycontrolledformofdancing, withcomplicatedmovementsthatneedgreatskillandalotoftraining.Thiskindofdancingmustlookeffortlessandgraceful.Alotofmovementsthatballetdancersmakeareunnaturalforahumanbody.Balletdancersachievethenecessaryresultaftermanyyearsofhardtraining, andthestepstoitaresodifficult!Evenexperienceddancersmustconstantlypractiseortheymaylosetheirskill.

Someprofessionalsprefertopractisealoneandpracticallyallballetdancerstakedailyclasses.Classesusuallybeginwithbarre[bɑ:]exercises.Dancersusethebarreforsupport, that'swhytheycanconcentrateonstrengtheningmuscles.Theexercisesarenotatalleasyanddancersdothemmanytimes, whichiscertainlyboring, butinthiswaydancersdevelopendurance([ɪnˈdjʊərəns] — выносливость).Isn'ttheprocesslikeregularsportstraining?

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