A. Read the text and give it a title. What do

A. Read the text and give it a title. What do you think the marked words

in the text mean? What helped you to understand their meanings: a) the

way they look and sound, b) the context, c) both?

Yesterday I took my younger sister to the cinema to see Matilda. It is

a fairly old childrens film. I can say it is a family film too because

I think grown-ups can enjoy it as much as children.

The film appeared on the screen in 1996.

Its director was Danny DeVito, a famous

American actor, who starred [sta:d] in the

film. Волшебника Wilson played the leading

role, that of Matilda. David Newman

wrote music to the film.

Matilda is truly enjoyable. It is a grip

ping and moving film. You love every

minute of it. It is a modern American screen version1 of Roald Dahls

novel of the same name.

Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) is a very clever and talented girl.

One of the great things about her is her love of books. Her family do

not understand her and are not interested in her or her wishes. Her fa

ther, who sells old cars, refuses to buy her books. Matilda feels very

lonely. At the age of four she takes matters in her own hands and be

gins to visit the library and read lots of books. Though Matilda is too

young she asks her parents to send her to school and in the end they

agree to do it. At school quite unusual things begin to happen. Matilda

finds out that she can move objects. These wonderful telekinetic powers

help her to punish the terrible and violent School Head Miss Trunchbull

who terrorizes pupils. In the film Matilda believes that when a person is

bad, he or she deserves to get a lesson.

There are two types of grown-ups in Matilda. Mr and Mrs Wormwood,

the girls parents, and the Trunchbull, as the children call her, are not

pleasant people. They are rather cruel and uncaring. Matildas teacher,

Miss Jennifer Honey, is, by contrast, kind and she quickly discovers

Matildas intellectual gifts. The girl develops a warm friendship with

Miss Honey.

I think Matilda is one of the best films I have ever seen. The actors

performance is fantastic, the special effects are great, the music is nice.

But the most important thing about the film is that it is thought-pro

voking2 and helps to develop our imagination and to understand the

world around us better.