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Exercise 1. Read the text about Giorgio Armani’s house in Milan.

Giorgio Armani lives and works in a 400-year-old palazzo (or palace). The palazzo not only encompasses the design studio and Armani’s bi-level apartment; it also has its own indoor pool, an apartment for Armani’s widowed mother, and an apartment for his partner, Galeotti. And there is a columned amphitheater where Armani shows his latest collections.

Exercise 2. Match the words (1-6) with their translations (A-F).

1. palazzo (palace)

2. design studio

3. bi-level apartment

4. indoor pool

5. widowed mother

6. columned amphitheatre

1. дизайн-студия

2. амфитеатр с колоннами

3. дворец, особняк

4. двухуровневая квартира

5. овдовевшая мать

6. крытый бассейн

Exercise 3. Find in the text the adjectives which mean

1. with tall vertical round posts

2. having two levels

3. belonging to somebody

4. inside

5. her husband is dead

6. new

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. Giorgio Armani lives in a large beautiful expensive house.

2. Giorgio Armani’s father is dead.

3. There isn’t a design studio in Armani’s palace.

4. Every day Giorgio Armani goes to the city swimming pool.

5. His mother doesn’t live in Armani’s apartment.

6. Armani’s partner is Galeotti.

7. There is a round hall with tall vertical posts in Armani’s apartment.

8. Armani shows his new collections in his palace.

Exercise 5. Answer the questions about the text.

1. How old is Armani’s palace?

2. Does he work in his house?

3. What does the house encompass?

4. Has Armani’s mother got a husband?

5. Has Armani got a small apartment?

6. Does Galeotti live in Armani’s apartment?

7. Is there a columned amphitheatre in Armani’s palace?

8. What kind of collections does Armani show in his amphitheatre?

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

• Where does Armani live?

• Oh, he lives in a beautiful palace.

• How many rooms are there?

• I know that there are apartments for Armani, his mother and even his business partner there.

• I agree it is large.

• What else has Armani got in his house?

• He has got an indoor swimming pool and an amphitheatre.

• What is amphitheatre?

• It is a large round hall with vertical posts.

• How does Armani use it?

• He shows his latest collections there.

Exercise 7. Work in pairs. Ask each other questions about Giorgio Armani’s palace.

Exercise 8. Translate the text about Giorgio Armani’s house in Milan from Russian into English.

Джорджо Армани – очень богатый человек. Он живет в огромном особняке. В нём есть апартаменты для Армани, его овдовевшей матери и его партнера по бизнесу. Армани живёт и работает в особняке. Особняк вмещает крытый бассейн. Армани любит поплавать в нём. В особняке есть амфитеатр с колоннами. Здесь Армани показывает свои новые коллекции одежды.