Vocabulary

• impossible to live without – неможливо жити без

• a masterpiece – шедевр

• to enrich knowledge – збагачувати знання

• to look at the achievements of mankind – дивитись на досягнення людства

• to satisfy your taste – задовільняти свій смак

• to be in touch with – бути на зв'язку з

• to find out something new – довідуватись про щось новее

• to find out a lot of interesting things about history, traditions and habits – довідуватись про багато цікавих речей про історію, традиції та звички

• an experience – досвід

• to appreciate – цінувати

• to reflect the inner world – відображати інутрішній світ

• a museum-goer – любитель ходити в музей

Exersice 1: Read and translate the text:

Art plays an important role in the life of a man and sometimes it is next to impossible to live without it. It is natural that the first thing that comes to my mind at the mention of the word ‘art’ is museums.

A museum is a stock of the world’s masterpieces, it is the place, where you can enrich knowledge, you can look at the achievements of mankind, you can satisfy your aesthetic taste. Museums give the possibility to be always in touch with the past and every time find out something new for yourself. Besides, museums play an important role in the life of any nation. A museum is just the right place to find out lots of interesting things about history, traditions and habits of different people. One may find in museums papers, photos, books, scripts, works of art, personal things of famous people etc. All this helps us to better understand historical events, scientific discoveries, character of well-known personalities. Visiting the museums has a lot of advantages, benefits: They are a great learning experience – we can find out a lot of things and better understand them. They help us to appreciate all of the wonderful and sometimes not-so-wonderful qualities of humans.  It is so important to never forget the mistakes we humans have made in the past. Nobody wants to repeat what has already happened.

I think museums somehow reflect the inner world of personality, his outlook. Every educated person is sure to understand the great significance of museums in our life, especially nowadays, when after the hard day you may go to your favourite museum, relax there with your body and soul.

I am a regular museum-goer. In fact I visited no less than 20 museums. Among them: the Louver, the National Gallery, the Shakespeare House in Stratford-on Avon, the Oxford story exhibition, Museum of Reading, Madam Tussaud’s Exhibition ,the Tretyakov Gallery and others. We can hardly find a town in our country without its «Fine Arts» Museum.

Questions

1. Do you like going to the museums?

2. Do you often go to the museums? 3. What museums do you know?

4. What museums do you prefer to visit? 5. Do you generally go alone or on a conducted tour? 6. What museums are there in you native city? 7. Where can you get spiritual food? 8. Why do people go to the museums?

9. What is the museum for you?

10. What are the benefits of any museum?

11. How can museum reflec the inner world of a person?

12. Are you a regular museum-goer?

Exersice 2: Fill in the blankes in the text:

There are a lot of historical and art museums and … in my town. Now I’d like to tell you about pictures, … and other works of art I’ve seen in the Hermitage Gallery.

A great number of wonderful pictures are situated there. Everyone can find some kind of pictures to enjoy, for example, the pictures by the world’s greatest masters and… : Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandts, Rubens and many others. All great schools of paintings are represented there: Italian, Spanish, and German etc. A few words about sculptures. There are a lot of vases and statues in the Hermitage Gallery. Most of all I like antique statues, for example, statue of Aphrodite, and wonderful painted vases from ancient Greece. 

The collection of West-European … has the worldwide fame. It covers a span of about seven hundred years, from the 13^th to the 20^th … , and includes works by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Velasques, … paintings by Rembrandt, Vandyke, Rubens; a remarkable group of French 18-centure canvases, and Impressionist and Post Impression paintings.

The West-European collection illustrates the art of Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Britain, Holland and some other countries. The West-European Department also includes the fine collection of European sculpture containing works by Michelangelo, Falconet, Rodin and many other eminent masters. In addition to the works of Western masters, the Hermitage has sections devoted to the arts of India, China, Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Also … come to admire the collection of weapons, pottery, porcelain and furniture. A lot of tourists … the Hermitage every day. In conclusion I’d like to say that no one can see everything for one visit. To enjoy the whole Hermitage Gallery you should visit it several times.

1) artists 2) centuries 3) galleries 4) visitors 5) sculptures 6) paintings 7) visit 8) outstanding

Exersice 3: a) Look at the photos of the well-known museums. Do you recognize any? Why?

b) Match the names of the museums (1 -6) to the cities (A-F) where they are located.

1	The Khanenko Western and Oriental Art seum	AA	London
2	The Prado	B	Washington,
3.	The Tretyakov Gallery	C	Paris
4.	The National Gallery of Arts	D	Kyiv
5.	The Louvre	E	Madrid
6.	The British Museum	F	Moscow

Grammatical Topic

THE VERB (Дієслово)

• Дієслово – це повнозначна самостійна частина мови, яка означає дію, стан, процес.

• В англійській мові є 4 групи часових форм дієслова: Indefinite tenses (неозначені часи), Continuous tenses (тривалі часи), Perfect tenses (перфектні або доконані часи) та Perfect Continuous tenses (перфектно-доконані часи). У кожній групі є теперішній (Present), минулий (Past) та майбутній (Future) часи.

• В англійській мові дієслова в неозначеній формі вживаються з часточкою to: to go, to read, to think. I like to read books. – Я люблю читати книжки. Українською мовою неозначена форма дієслова (інфінітив) відповідає на питання «що робити». Дієслова не вживаються з часточкою to, коли 1. дієслово в реченні йде одразу після іменника-підмета: I go home. She does her homework. 2. після модальних дієслів (can, may, must, have to, shall, will): I can do it. They must go to this theatre. 3. після дієслів to make та to let: Let me introduce myself. Our teachers make us learn this topic. 4.після виразів would rather, had better (краще б): I’d better go there – Я краще піду туди.

• В англійській мові є такі модальні дієслова can, may, must, ought, shall, should, would, need, dare. Вони не мають усіх основних форм дієслова і тому не є самостійними і вживаються лише з дієсловом. Після третьої особи однини вони не мають закінчення – s: I can, she can.

Exersice 1: Insert the particle to where necessary:

1. I hope… see you tomorrow.

2. I …want … go with my friends.

3. He decided … go alone.

4. I am happy … see all of you.

5. I am sorry … hear it.

6. It is pleasant … be there with you.

7. You must …go to doctor.

8. I … can… do this task by myself.

9. If you see him, let me …know.

10. Ann and John … like…go to disco.

11. … be healthy, you need…go info sports.

12. … Read this text!

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Огляд колекцій музеїв світу. Дієслово.