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Vocabulary (The Queen)
Released almost a decade after the event, the film depicts a fictional account of the immediate events following the death of
Diana, Princess of Wales on 31 August 1997.
The main plot focuses on the differing views in how to deal with the death of Diana. The Royal Family, while on their summer
residence at Balmoral Castle, sees her death as a private affair, not to be treated as an official Royal death, in contrast with newly
appointed Prime Minister Tony Blair and Diana's ex-husband Prince Charles, who attempt to reflect the public wish for an official
expression of grief. Matters are further complicated by the media, royal protocol regarding Diana's official status, and wider issues
about republicanism.
Review:
I never thought I'd get choked up over a movie about the stuffy upper-crust of the British monarchy, but then along came The
Queen. This film offers an incisive and utterly persuasive glimpse behind the scenes of recent history. The fictionalized script
expands on these historical truths. We see not only the inner corridors of power, but also sense the inner workings of the royal
mind. I thought this movie was going to be really boring, but it was really an intriguing retrospective about the royal family...
Demystifies Diana and shows a woman who has come through the War and the Depression but still finds the strength to grow and
change.It was really well done and worth the time and money.
Exercises and tasks you are to with the vocabulary you can see below.
1. Write a review of yours. That will improve your way of thinking in English.
2. Read the words using transcription and their translation from each part before watching.
3. Try to paraphrase those you find difficult.
4. Read and translate contextual sentences after watching so you could make sure you’ve got all the words properly.
5. Ask your partner questions around each part, using new words and phrases.
6. Remember who said each phrase or word, in what situation.
7. Retell each situation. Especially those that are important for better understanding of the plot.
8. Put as many questions as you can to each part so that your partner could find the answers and vocalize them.
9. Discussion: Please state your ideas about what monarchy really are. Define this word.
10. Description: Describe Elizabeth II – appearance, character, habits, things he goes for
11. Describe Elizabeth II as if you were Phillip / Charles / Cherie Blair / English people
12. Describe Tony Blair as if you were Elizabeth II / Elizabeth the mother / Alastair
13. Would you like to be a prince/princess yourself? Why?
14. What do you think about idea of being conservative or reformative? What of these two ideas is more appropriate for you and what’s
more interesting – why?
15. Split into groups: Your task is to have 2 columns on a sheet of paper you have and write bad points about preserving such institution
as Royal family in one column and good points about it in another one. Make remarks whether the thing you take is possible in a real
life or not. The team that names more such things wins.
16. Express your ideas: about the film, about the idea of it, about the music and script.
17. Name all the plot lines. What lessons have you taken out this film? Discuss them in your group.
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Phrasal Verbs Prepositions, grammar constructions
Verbs
Nouns
Popular adjectives
Conversational patterns
Idioms
1 To fuck off Проваливать, убираться с глаз долой 7. Brief story of Princess Diana.
2 God knows Бог его знает! Tony Blair, Cherie Blair, the news’ narrators
3 Whatever Что бы ни… - Thank you very much for coming, now fuck off! - I know, what
4 Something to do with… Нечто, имеющее отношение к… was all that about? - God knows. Diana. Whatever it is it will be
5 To embroil Ввязываться something to do with Diana.
6 Controversy Конфликт, ссора - Princess Diana embroiled in more controversy as she pulls out
7 To pull out of… Отказываться от… of a meeting with MP's. Princess Diana moved today to patch
8 MP Член парламента (сокр. от Member of up her relations with the former royal nanny. Princess Diana
Parliament) flew to Milan today for the memorial service for the murdered
9 To patch up Уладить (ссору) Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace. Where tonight, another
10 Former Бывшая royal controversy sparkles after finding herself embroiled in her
second controversy this week. - I am not a political figure.
11 Nanny Бабушка
Princess Diana sailed out into the Mediterranean in one of Mr.
12 To fly (flew, flown) Улететь
Mohamed al-Fayed's yachts today with his son. A quarter of a
13 Murdered Убитый
million pounds, for photographs which appear to show the
14 To sparkle искриться, сверкать; полыхать
couple embracing. Once again, her judgment is under scrutiny.
15 To sail out Выплывать под парусом
16 Quarter ['kwɔːtə] Четверть
17 To appear Оказываться; возникать
18 To embrace Обниматься
19 Judgment ['ʤʌʤmənt] суждение; взгляд
20 Scrutiny Пристальное внимание
1 Royal Королевский штандарт (личный флаг монарха; 16. Prince Charles comes to the body.
Standard вывешивается над Букингемским дворцом, когда монарх Charles, Stephen
находится в Лондоне) - Did we remember the Royal Standard? - Yes, Sir. -
2 Undertaker Сотрудник похоронного бюро And flowers? - Yes, Sir. - Good, 'cause if we leave it
3 Wooden Деревянный to the royal undertakers they'll bring her back in a
4 Crate Ящик wooden crate.
1 Lord Chamberlain Лорд-гофмейстер (высшая 17. A phone call from Lord Airlie.
придворная должность) Tony Blair, Tony Blair’s secretary, Lord Airlie
2 In charge of… Ответственный за… Hello? This is Lord Airlie; may I speak with the Prime Minister, please? - One
3 Job Работа moment, please. Lord Airlie. The Lord Chamberlain in charge of the funeral,
4 Event Событие you're meeting him at the airport. - Lord Airlie. - Good afternoon, Prime
5 Simply Попросту Minister, it's my job to organize all the ceremonial events. There is simply
6 Precedent Прецедент no precedent for the funeral of an ex-HRH. - Perhaps we shall plan for any
7 Contingency Случайность; непредвиденное contingency. - Yes, I propose a meeting at o'clock tomorrow morning at
обстоятельство Buckingham Palace, officials from all three Palaces, representatives from
8 To propose Предлагать the Spencer family, the emergency services - would you send some of your
9 Representative Представитель people? - Absolutely, of course. Precedent!? Where do they find these
10 Emergency service Скорая помощь people?
11 Absolutely Безусловно; совершенно
1 To stand (stood, stood) up Вставать 18. Tony Blair’s conversation with Prince Charles
2 To drive (drove, driven) past Проезжать Charles, Tony Blair
3 To remove Снимать; удалять Prime Minister. - I'm so sorry, Sir. If there's anything
4 Hat Шляпа, головной убор I, or my government, can do… - They stood up, as we
5 Busy Оживленный; занятой drove past, in cafés, in restaurants, removed their
6 You could hear a pin drop Можно было услышать, как муха пролетит hats - this was Paris, one of the busiest cities in the
(Вы могли бы услышать падение булавки) world - and you could hear a pin drop. - I imagine it
7 To prefer Предпочитать will be the same here. The Palace would still prefer
8 To present Представлять, преподносить to see this as a private funeral. What are your
9 Difficulty Трудность feelings on that? - I… I think that will present us with
10 Generation Поколение difficulties. - So do I. My mother, The Queen comes
from a generation not best equipped, she grew up in
11 To equip Давать (знания, образование); снаряжать
the war. I think… what we need… what this country
12 To grow (grew, grown) up Расти
needs is a more modern perspective, if you follow -
13 To need Нуждаться, испытывать потребность
Balmoral is - I think I understand.
1 To leave (left, left) Оставлять, покидать 20. People about the princess Diana.
2 To hurt Причинять боль; болеть Charles, Stephen, people at the streets
3 To wake up Просыпаться I'll ring the Lord Chamberlain's office. Say we are going to send representatives for
4 Bad dream Кошмар, плохой сон the meeting tomorrow morning, 10 o'clock. Thank you, Stephen. She gave us so
much. Why couldn't we have given her a little something and left her alone? It just
hurts me so much. I've never experienced anything like this. I can't I keep waiting to
wake up, like it's a bad dream.
1 Wise Мудро 22. Elizabeth the Queen and Elizabeth the mother
2 Soon Скоро, быстро Elizabeth II , Elizabeth the mother
3 Fresh air Свежий воздух Do you think it's wise for the boys to go stalking so soon? Anything that
4 To send out the Давать неверные предпосылки gets them into the fresh air, is a good thing. Maybe they shouldn't take
wrong signal (посылать ложный сигнал) their guns? I mean, if a photographer were to see them, it might send
5 Kill Убийство out the wrong signal? If there is a photographer out there he could be
6 To bury Хоронить the first kill of the day. I see Mr. Fayed was buried last night. At
7 Midnight Полночь
midnight. No cameras, no fuss. Very dignified. Why do they do that?
8 Fuss Суета, суматоха
Why do they bury their bodies so soon after their death? Islamic
9 Dignified Обладающий чувством
собственного достоинства tradition, something to do with the heat. It stops the body
10 Something to do with Имеет какое-то отношение к… decomposing.
1 To agree Соглашаться 27. A problem with the flag over Buckingham palace.
2 Crash barrier Аварийное заграждение Alastair, Tony Blair, people in the streets.
3 To predict Предсказывать The good news is that the Palace has agreed to video screens in the Royal Parks. -
4 Enough Достаточно And the bad news? - Crash barriers. - What about them? – Well, they're now
5 Route Маршрут predicting more than two million people in the center of London. There aren't
6 To tap into Связаться с enough barriers to line the route. So we've gone tapping into the French for theirs.
1 Firelight Жар, свет от костра 28. The Sovereigns arguing about the flag.
2 Damp Сырой, влажный Elizabeth II , Phillip, Charles, Elizabeth the mother
3 Stew Рагу Come on dogs, come on. - Is the firelights alright? - A bit damp. Well, I brought some
4 Just in case На всякий случай stew, just in case. I think it's lamb. We could always have that cold. No, we'll be alright.
5 Lamb Ягненок Stay. Robin had a call from the Prime Minister, who expressed his concern. About what?
6 To express Выражать About the flag above Buckingham Palace. He thinks it should be flying at half-mast. I
7 Concern Обеспокоенность, hope Robin told him there isn't a flag above Buckingham Palace. There's the Royal
беспокойство Standard, which flies for one reason - only to denote the presence of the monarch.
8 Reason Причина Since you're here, the flag pole is bare, which is as it should be. - Isn't it possible, that
9 To denote Обозначить for some people the Royal Standard is just a flag. And that the flag pole being bare,
10 Flag pole Флагшток sends out the wrong signal. No, that's not the point. The point is it's more than 400
11 Bare Голый, пустой years old. It hasn't been lowered for anyone. Your grandfather didn't get the flag at half
12 To lower Спускать, опускать mast, when he died. If your mother died tomorrow, she wouldn't either. Yes, granny.
13 Granny Бабушка But sometimes, in a situation like this, one has to be flexible. It is just a flag. What about
14 Flexible Гибкий the Union Jack? Was Mr. Blair's next suggestion. - For heaven’s sake! The next thing
15 Union Jack Юнион Джек (государственный he'll be suggesting you change your name to Hilda and mine to Hector. Who does he
флаг Великобритании) think he's talking to? You're the Sovereign, the Head of State, you don't get dictated to.
16 To dictate to Диктовать You've conceded the idea of a public funeral, you've opened up the parks, that's
17 To concede Уступать, признавать enough. - Shh, the boys. - You wait. In 48 hours, this will all have calmed down.
18 To calm down Успокоиться
1 To stand (stood, stood) up to Выдерживать 30. Tony and Cherie Blair beside the TV
2 Detached Обособленный; изолированный Tony Blair, Cherie Blair
3 Elitist Человек, принадлежащий к элите Di was wonderful, because she stood up to the
4 To get out Выбираться, выходить establishment we have no-one doing that now she said
5 Amongst Среди you're detached, elitist people. We are paying millions
6 Compassionate Сострадательный; полный сочувствия of pounds to be better than us and you gotta get out
7 Tory establishment Стоящие у власти консерваторы (тори - there amongst the people we have a wonderful new
английская консервативная партия) Prime Minister in England, Tony Blair - a
8 To toil С трудом идти, тащиться compassionate young man, who after years of Tory
9 To row Работать вёслами; идти на вёслах establishment toil and row is such a breath of fresh air,
10 Stirring Побуждение, стимул, толчок and I feel he will do something about this in England..
1 Stalking party Охотничий отряд 31. Robin watches through the headlines.
2 Can't help wondering Невозможно не задаться вопросом… Robin, woman
3 Advice Совет That's the stalking party off. Right, I'd better have a look at those
4 Clearly Явно papers. "Show us there's a heart, in the house of Windsor", says
5 To take that personally Не принимать это на свой счет The Sun. "It's proof the royals are not like us", The Mirror. "Time
to change the old guard at Buckingham Palace", Express. "One
can't help wondering who's advice they're taking for it's clearly
the wrong advice". - I'll try not to take that personally.
1 The clocks go back Часы переводятся назад 48. Going out for a walk.
2 Dark Темно Tony Blair, Elizabeth II
3 Walker Ходок, пеший путешественник So, shall we get on with the business in hand? Oh, look I do love this time of
4 Success Успех day. Shall we walk, while there is still light? You know the clocks go back
5 As a matter of fact Фактически, на самом деле next week, it will be dark before five. I do hope you're a walker? - I am.
6 To sit around Рассиживаться без дела Good, I always think these meetings have a far greater chance of success if
7 Endlessly Бесконечно the Prime Minister is a walker. As a matter of fact, that's how I think best on
8 Sorts everything out Решает все проблемы my feet. I've never been one for sitting around endlessly, a good walk and
fresh air sorts everything out. One in four, you said, wanted to get rid of me.
9 To get rid of… Избавиться от…
- For about half an hour. But then you came down to London, and all that
10 Glamour шарм, привлекательность; гламур
went away. - I've never been hated like that before. - Then, that must have
11 Tears Слезы
been difficult. – Yes, very. Nowadays people want glamour and tears, the
12 Performance Представление grand performance. I'm not very good at that, I never have been. I prefer to
13 To prefer Предпочитать keep my feelings to myself. And foolishly I believed that was what people
14 To wear one's heart не скрывать своих чувств wanted from their Queen - not to make a fuss, nor wear one's heart on
on one's sleeve one's sleeve - duty first, self second. That's how I was brought up, that's all
15 Duty first, self second Сначала долг, лишь затем - свои I've ever known. - You were so young when you became Queen. - Yes. Yes, a
интересы girl. But I can see that the world has changed and one must modernize. -
16 To get ahead of Забегать вперед Well, perhaps that's where I can help. - Don't get ahead of yourself, Prime
onerself Minister, and remember I am the one supposed to be advising you.