
- •Даричева м.В., Малинина и.А. English for designers
- •Введение
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Match the translation:
- •3. Match the verbs with their definitions:
- •1. Match the translation:
- •2. Match the nouns with their definitions:
- •3. Make up your own sentences with these nouns.
- •1. Match the translation:
- •2. Match the nouns with their definitions:
- •4. Make up your own sentences with the nouns from ex.1.
- •1. Match the adjectives with their synonyms:
- •3. Make up your own sentences with the adjectives from ex.1. Part I
- •1. Read the text.
- •The History of Interior Design
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •True or false:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •3). One ___ the purposes ___ studying design history is to make sense ___ the spaces ___ which modern life is lived.
- •Grammar
- •1. Find in the text the sentences in Passive Voice. Determine what tenses they are in. Transform these sentences from Passive into Active Voice:
- •2. There are a lot of words in the English language that can be nouns and verbs without changes in spelling. Translate these pairs of words:
- •3. Find a word from each pair in the text and say what part of speech it is. If it is a verb state what tense and voice it is.
- •Read the text. Antoni Gaudi
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •Read the text. Gerrit Rietveld
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •1. Read the text. Alvar Aalto
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •1. Read the text. Pierre Chareau
- •Philip Johnson
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •1. Read the text. Walter Gropius
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •True or false:
- •Grammar
- •Thanks to … we are …
- •10. Speak about the color schemes you would like to have in you room and explain why. Part 2
- •1. Read the text.
- •8. Describe the style of Art Deco using the phrases from the text:
- •1. Read the text.
- •7. Make up a dialogue “An interview with the organizers of the antiques fair in Monaco”.
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Match the synonyms:
- •4. Find the synonyms in the text:
- •5. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Choose the most suitable title to the text:
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Match the synonyms:
- •5. Make up your own sentences with the following verbs and phrases:
- •6. Change the sentences into Passive.
- •7. Match the parts of the sentences:
- •8. Translate into English:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. In what meaning are the underlined words used in the sentences? In what meaning are the words used in the text?
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Find the synonyms in the text:
- •5. True or false?
- •6. Answer the questions to the text;
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Project “An advertising agency”. Work in small groups and create an advertising design of a product.
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. True or false?
- •4. Answer the questions to the text:
- •5. What word is not a synonym?
- •6. Match the definitions to the words:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •6. Match the words to their definitions:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Give your own design recommendations using the following phrases from the text:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Choose two synonyms for the words:
- •4. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Describe the design of a room for a child. Use the following phrases:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. True or false?
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Match the words to the definitions, then fill in the gaps with these words in an appropriate form:
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. Answer the questions to the text:
- •6. Match the words to their definitions, then fill the gaps with the appropriate form of these words. Some of these words can be used twice and some of them are not used at all:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Compare up-to-date and classic styles in interior design.
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents:
- •3. True or false?
- •4. Match the words with their synonyms or definitions. Then fill in the gaps with the necessary form of these words.
- •5. Translate the sentences:
- •6. Describe any interior from the point of combination of colours. The following words and phrases may help you:
- •1. Read the text
- •6. Match the words to their synonyms:
- •7. Match the definitions to the words:
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. In what meaning are the underlined words used in the sentences? In what meaning are the words used in the text?
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. Translate the sentences:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. True or false?
- •4. Match the synonyms to the words:
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •6. Translate the sentences:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. Match the parts of the sentences:
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. Translate the sentences:
- •8. Project “The décor of a restaurant’. What are your design ideas about decorating a restaurant? Use the following words and phrases:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. Match the words to their synonyms:
- •6. Combine the words into phrases:
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. Match the words to their synonyms:
- •6. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
- •7. Answer the questions:
- •8. Translate the sentences:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •5. Dialogue. A friend of yours has got tired of his/her room and wants to renew the interior. He/She asks you to give a piece of advice. Part 3
- •Read the text. Where dreams begin
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Choose the most suitable heading from the list a-f for each paragraph:
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Choose the most suitable answer:
- •Find the opposites in the text to the following words:
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •Read the text.
- •In search of the perfect home
- •Read the text. Digging it down under
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Answer the questions:
2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
вторая волна, карьера, конец 19-го века, напоминающее коробку внутреннее пространство, из первых рук, деревянные полоски, дополнительный, предусматривать проекцию фильмов, экспонат, несмотря на, невыгодное месторасположение, очень благосклонный.
3. Answer the questions:
What is Alvar Aalto?
Who influenced the works of Alvar Aalto?
What was his introduction into design?
What did a wall of wood strips help to make?
What disadvantages did his work face at the New York World's Fair of 1939?
What kind of comment did his work get at the New York World's Fair of 1939?
Part 4
1. Read the text. Pierre Chareau
Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) is best known for his 1928-32 Maison de Verre (House of Glass) in Paris that made use of steel framing and large areas of glass block and plate glass.
His furniture designs included both chairs of rich woods and heavy upholstery and simple folding seating with metal framing and wicker seats and backs, suggesting a move from Art Deco to the International Style.
framing – рамка, обрамление
plate glass – зеркальное стекло
upholstery - обивка
folding - складной
wicker - плетеный
2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
использовать, большие стеклянные полотна, дизайн мебели, дорогие сорта древесины, складные сидения, плетенные спинки, переход.
3. Answer the questions:
What is Pierre Chareau best known for?
What was he the first to use?
What move did his furniture suggest?
Find the synonyms in the text:
To be famous for, a sash, to contain, as well as, weighty, easy, to offer, a step.
Part 5
1. Read the text.
Philip Johnson
In 1949, aware of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth house, Philip Johnson designed his own house at New Canaan, Connecticut, as an all glass-walled box with only a small cylindrical brick enclosure to house a bathroom and to provide a location for a fireplace.
The kitchen was a counter with lift tops giving access to equipment. The furniture was all of Mies's design, using brown leather on chrome frameworks, while major works of art introduced a variety of less rigorous forms into the space. The red tiles of the floor and the outward view into surrounding greenery establish color.
This "Glass House" has become a famous example of the possibilities of an open plan carried to its logical, extreme conclusion.
enclosure - ограждение
to house - размещать
a counter - стойка
access - доступ
leather – кожа
rigorous - строгий
tile - плитка
greenery - зелень
to establish – устанавливать, основывать
possibility - возможность
to carry – осуществлять, приводить в исполнение
2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
коробка с полностью стеклянными стенами, единственное небольшое кирпичное заграждение, предоставить место для камина, поднимающийся верх, доступ к оборудованию, хромированный каркас (рамка), разнообразие менее строгих форм, напольная плитка, внешний вид, окружающая зелень, доводить до логического заключения.