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honestly think she'd want you when she had someone like me?

(BEAST has been provoked enough. He emerges and they fight again.)

GASTON: It's over, beast! Belle is mine!

(This time, however, BEAST picks up GASTON by the neck and holds him out over

the edge of the roof. GASTON pleads with BEAST.)

GASTON: Put me down. Put me down. Please, don't hurt me! I'll do

anything! Anything!

(BEAST's anger slowly melts off his face, and the look of compassion returns.

He pulls GASTON back onto the roof.)

BEAST: Get out!

(He shoves GASTON to the ground. Above, BELLE comes out on a balcony.)

BELLE: Beast!

BEAST: Belle!

(BEAST begins to climb the tower (very much like King Kong) until he reaches the

balcony. He hangs over the side.)

BEAST: Belle? You came back!

(BEAST and BELLE stare passionately at each other, but the moment is interrupted

when GASTON sneaks up and stabs BEAST in the back. BEAST roars in pain, and

BELLE is helpless. GASTON pulls the knife out and swings back for another shot.

BEAST starts to fall, knocking GASTON off his balance. BELLE reaches forward

and pulls BEAST back, while GASTON falls off never to be seen again. BELLE helps

the injured BEAST up onto the balcony, where he lies down on the floor. The

OBJECTS come rushing out, but stay out of sight.)

BEAST: You came back.

BELLE: Of course I came back. I couldn't let them...Oh this is all my

fault. If only I'd gotten here sooner.

BEAST: Maybe it's better this way.

BELLE: Don't talk like that. You'll be all right. We're together now.

Everything's going to be fine. You'll see.

BEAST: At least I got to see you one... last...time.

(BELLE pulls BEAST's paw up to her cheek. He holds it there for a second, then

drops it. His head falls back, and his eyes close. BELLE drops the paw and puts

her hands to her mouth. She can't believe this has happened.)

BELLE: (Crying) No, no! Please! Please! Please don't leave me! I love

you!

(Cut to OBJECTS, who watch the last petal fall off the rose. They all look down

at the floor, and COGSWORTH puts his arm around MRS. POTTS. Cut back to BELLE

and BEAST. The rain continues to fall. But one beam of light falls, like a

shooting star. Then another comes. And another, and another. BELLE finally

notices what is happening. She stops crying for a second, then starts to back

away. We cut A fog begins to enshroud BEAST. We see the OBJECTS looking on in

extreme anticipation. BEAST rises up into the air magically and begins to turn.

He is enveloped in a cloud of light, and becomes wrapped in his cloak.

Underneath, we can see BEAST's body shifting and forming. A fore paw comes out

and the claws turn into fingers. A hind paw emerges and develops into a foot.

Finally, a wind blows across his face and the fur melts away to reveal a young

prince. He gradually descends and is laid on the floor again. The fog

disappears and BELLE reaches out to touch him. She jerks her hand back,

however, when the figure begins to move. It stands, then looks at it's hands,

then turns to face BELLE. It is a human, with the same blue eyes as BEAST. It

is obviously BEAST, transformed. BELLE gives him a mysterious look.)

PRINCE: Belle! It's me!

(She continues to look at him skeptically,but then she sees the blue eyes, and

instantly knows it is him.)

BELLE: It is you!

(They kiss. A fireworks display explodes around them. The gloom surrounding

the castle disappears, revealing a blue sky. The castle is transformed, with

the gargoyles changing into cherubs. Finally, we return to the balcony, where

the OBJECTS hop out to meet the PRINCE and BELLE. One by one, they are

transformed back to their original human conditions.)

PRINCE: Lumiere! Cogsworth! Oh, Mrs. Potts! Look at us!

(CHIP comes riding in on FOOTSTOOL.)

CHIP: Mama! Mama! (The pair transforms back into a boy and dog.)

MRS. POTTS: (Picking up her boy) Oh my goodness!

LUMIERE: It is a miracle!

(The PRINCE picks up BELLE and swings her around. The ruffles of her skirt wipe

to the ballroom, where all are gathered to celebrate. The PRINCE and BELLE

dance around the room as the rest of the characters get in their last lines.)

LUMIERE: Ah, l'amour. (He says this, and a maid, obviously the former

FEATHERDUSTER walks by, brushing him on the chin.) Heh heh! (He

starts to chase after her, but COGSWORTH stops him.)

COGSWORTH: Well, Lumiere, old friend. Shall we let bygones be bygones?

LUMIERE: Of course, mon ami. I told you she would break the spell.

COGSWORTH: I beg your pardon, old friend, but I believe I told you.

LUMIERE: No you didn't. I told you.

COGSWORTH: You most certainly did not, you pompous parrafin-headed

pea-brain!

LUMIERE: En garde, you overgrown pocket watch! (He takes off his glove and

slaps COGSWORTH across the face with it. They begin to fight.

Cut to BELLE and the PRINCE who continue to dance around the

floor. The camera stops on MRS. POTTS, CHIP and MAURICE, who

is beginning to cry.)

CHIP: Are they gonna live happily ever after, mama?

MRS. POTTS: Of course, my dear. Of course.

CHIP: (Looks happy for a moment, then puzzled.) Do I still have to

sleep in the cupboard?

(MAURICE laughs and MRS. POTTS hugs her child and laughs. Cut to a camera

looking over the entire ballroom with all in the shot. It slowly zooms out with

BELLE and the PRINCE dancing around the room, and fades into the final stained

glass window, this one with BELLE and the PRINCE in the center, surrounded by

the rest of the characters.)

CHORUS: Certain as the sun

Rising in the east

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme

Beauty and the beast!

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme

Beauty and the beast!

(Fade out into credits. The end.)

BELARUS ECONOMY

Starting-up:

1) Where is Belarus situated?

2) What is its population?

3) Is Belarus a stable country? Prove it.

4) Does the state of economy influence the people well-being?

5) What is Belarus famous for?

Explain the meaning of the following words:

well-developed, GDP, to contribute, miscellaneous, unemployment, a lack of, underdeveloped, inflation, to compete.

Read and translate:

Belarus has a well-developed economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) of Belarus is about $23 billion. Trade and other services account for 41 percent of GDP; industry, including mining and manufacturing 46 percent; and agriculture and forestry 13 percent.

Approximately 5.3 million people contribute to the economy of Belarus. Of this total, 42 percent are employed in industry: 21 percent in agriculture and forestry; 17 percent in culture, education and health services; 17 percent in trade; 7 percent in transportation, and 6 percent in miscellaneous pursuits. Unemployment is officially estimated at 2.1 percent.

NATURAL RESOURCES

Belarus is relatively poor in terms of natural resources. It does not have vast amounts of most of the minerals used in modern industrial production. The country has small reserves of petroleum and natural gas.

In the south-west there are small reserves of hard coal, brown coal and petroleum, but they are not easily-accessible and remain undeveloped. The country has large forest reserves. About one-third of the republic is covered in forest.

Belarus does possess, however, one of the world's largest reserves of potassium salts discovered in 1949 south of Minsk and exploited from the 1960s around the new mining center - Soligorsk. Although exports of potash to other former Soviet republics declined significantly in the 1990s, exports to other countries remained at a high level.

The country also is a world leader in the production of peat, which is especially abundant in the Pripyat Marshes. Peat is used as a mulching material in agriculture. In briquette form it is used as fuel.

Among the other minerals recovered are salt, an important deposit of which, near Mozyr was opened in the 1980s; building materials, chiefly limestone, quartz sands for glassmaking and small deposits of gold and diamonds.

Belarus is heavily reliant on oil and gas supplies from Russia. These fuel imports reach Belarus via two major pipelines: the Friendship Pipeline carrying oil, and the Natural Lights Pipeline carrying natural gas. The government is attempting to accelerate the development of its raw-materials base, but Belarus remains dependent on Russia for most of its fossil-fuel requirements.

ENERGY

Belarus generates only about 12 percent of its own energy needs. Nearly all electricity is generated at thermal power stations using piped oil and natural gas; however, there is some local use of peat, and there are a number of low-capacity hydroelectric power plants.

INDUSTRY

Belarus is highly developed industrial country. The main industries include machine building, instrument making, chemicals, timber processing, textile and clothing manufacture and food processing.

Manufacturing contributes most of the country's industrial output. The country is known for its heave-duly trucks, transport vehicles, and tractors. Belarus also manufactures computers, engineering equipment, metal-cutting tools, and such consumer goods as clocks and watches, motorcycles, bicycles, refrigerators, radios, television sets and others. Forests yield wood products, including furniture, matches, plywood, and paper goods.

Heavy industry is the most highly developed sector of the economy. Machine-building industry is the most concentrated in Minsk. It makes various types of tractors, heavy-duty trucks, other heavy machinery and electrical equipment. Minsk's satellite town, Zhodzino, produces large-capacity dump trucks. Dump trucks arc also made in Moghilyov.

Chemical industry produces chemical fibers, mineral fertilizers, petrochemicals, plastics, soda ash and synthetic resins. The chief chemical product is potassium fertilizers.

The Minsk area is Belarus' leading manufacturing centre. Its factories produce chemicals, electrical equipment, electronics, motor vehicles, processed foods and textiles. Metal processing and machinery production are important in Moghilyov and Gomel. Most oil refining takes place in the Novopolotsk and Mozyr regions. Light industry, particularly textile production, is centered in Brest and Vitebsk.

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