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Exercise 1. Read the text about Philippe Patrick Starck.

Philippe Patrick Starck (born January 18, 1949, Paris) is a well-known French product designer. His designs range from interior designs to mass produced consumer goods such as toothbrushes, chairs, and even houses. His home town is New York.

He can create both expensive and relatively inexpensive product designs for large American retailer stores. His most recent notable designs include an optical mouse for Microsoft, yachts and new packaging for a beer company. His wireless speakers for the iPod and iPhone known as the Zikmu Parrot are very popular. He can re-design the interior of some Eurostar trains. He can also design information panels which we can see in the streets of Paris.

Now Starck is under an exclusive contract with a nightclub mogul Sam Nazarian. He must design Nazarian’s new hotel brand in Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. He must also work with the Pramac energy group. He must produce a design for windmills.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Starck

Exercise 2. Match the words (1-8) with their translations (A-F).

1. product designer

2. consumer goods

3. retailer store

4. optical mouse

5. packaging

6. wireless speaker

7. information panel

8. windmill

1. беспроводной динамик

2. магазин розничной торговли

3. потребительские товары

4. табло

5. разработчик продукта

6. оптическая мышь

7. упаковка

8. ветряная мельница

Exercise 3. Find in the text the words which mean

1. famous

2. special, great

3. inside

4. cheap

5. new, latest

6. important

7. well-know

8. more or less

Exercise 4. Say whether these sentences are true or false. Use the phrases:

That’s right. That’s correct. That’s true.

It’s false. It’s incorrect. It’s not true.

1. Philippe Patrick Starck is a famous French product designer.

2. He designs only mass produced consumer goods.

3. He can create inexpensive product designs for the large French retailer stores.

4. He can’t design the interior of Eurostar trains or the information panels in the streets of Paris.

5. His most popular designs are wireless speakers for the iPod and iPhone known as the Zikmu Parrot.

6. Now Starck is under an exclusive contract with a British designer Sir Jonathan Paul “Jony” Ive.

7. He designs hotels at Beverly Hills.

8. He must also create a design for windmills.

Exercise 5. Answer the questions about the text.

1. Where does Philippe Patrick Starck come from?

2. Is he a popular product designer?

3. What does he design?

4. Are his designs cheap or expensive?

5. What do his most recent notable designs include?

6. Are his wireless speakers for the iPod and iPhone very popular?

7. What contract is Starck under now?

8. What must he design for Nazarian?

Exercise 6. Read the dialogue. Reproduce the dialogue in pairs.

• Do you know Philippe Patrick Starck?

• Yes, I do. He is an American product designer.

• No, he isn’t. He is a French product designer. But his home town is New York. His designs range from toothbrushes, chairs and new packaging for a beer company to yachts and houses.

• That’s right. His wireless speakers for the iPod and iPhone known as the Zikmu Parrot are very popular. I would like to have them.

• You can’t buy them. They are very expensive.

• Yes, I know. He designs things for wealthy people. In fact, he designs exquisite things.

• What else can he design?

• Well, he can design the interior of Eurostar trains and the street information panels.

• Great.

• Who does he work with now?

• He works with the nightclub mogul Sam Nazarian.

• What must he do for him?

• He must design his new hotel brand in Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.

• Oh, it is very interesting.

Exercise 7. Work in pairs. Ask each other questions about Philippe Patrick Starck’s projects.

Exercise 8. Translate the text about Philippe Patrick Starck from Russian into English.

Филипп Патрик Старк – знаменитый французский дизайнер. Он проектирует как сравнительно дешевые изделия, так и очень дорогие. Вы можете купить его изделия в магазинах розничной торговли в Нью-Йорке. Но он более популярен среди состоятельных людей. Он может проектировать изысканные зубные щетки, стулья и даже дома. Он также может создавать интерьеры для очень дорогих поездов, информационные табло. Вы можете видеть эти информационные табло напротив известных музеев Парижа. У него много целей и планов на будущее. Сейчас Старк должен сотрудничать с очень влиятельным человеком, который владеет сетью отелей в Лос-Анджелесе на Беверли Хилс. Старк – очень уважаемый человек.