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Exercise 1. Read the text about Giorgio Armani’s holiday home in Sicily.

Giorgio Armani has a holiday home in ancient Cossyra, an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. There is the 17th century-style salon there. There are wall-to-wall French windows. They overlook the terrace and garden. Giorgio Armani’s Sicilian home is a perfect spot for a family get-together, Armani style. It is the antithesis to his hectic life in Milan as a fashion designer. The house is exquisite. But as he says himself “I would like to fill it with personal objects, pictures and remove that aesthetically ‘too perfect’ look. And I would like to make some mistakes. I would like to bring the house closer to human nature.” He likes to do things himself.

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

1. a holiday home

2. an island

3. a French window

4. a spot

5. a get-together

6. hectic life

7. personal objects

8. human nature

1. место, зона

2. двустворчатое окно, доходящее до пола

3. человеческая природа

4. личные вещи

5. недвижимость за границей

6. встреча, вечеринка, сбор

7. беспокойный образ жизни

8. остров

Exercise 3. Find in the text the words which mean

1. very old

2. a lounge, a living room

3. busy

4. ideal

5. elegant

6. own, individual

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 has a holiday home in a very old city on an island.

2. There is the 17^th century-style lounge in his holiday home.

3. The lounge overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.

4. Giorgio Armani’s home is an ideal place for the family parties.

5. The house is very simple.

6. The life on the island is slower than in Milan.

7. Giorgio Armani likes his house.

8. There are many personal things in the palace.

Exercise 5. Answer the questions about the text.

1. Is Armani’s holiday home on an island in Italy?

2. Where is the island?

3. What kind of salon is there in Armani’s house?

4. Are French windows in Armani’s house big?

5. What do they overlook?

6. Does Armani have a hectic life on the island?

7. Is his house exquisite?

8. Does it look perfect?

9. What would Armani like to change in his house?

10. What does he like to do in his holiday home?

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

• You know, Giorgio Armani has a big house in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Yes, I do. It is on an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily.

• It is a beautiful place. Does he work there?

• No, he doesn’t. It is his holiday home.

• What does he do there?

• His life isn’t hectic. He swims in the sea, he meets his family. It is an ideal place for a family get-together.

• But he doesn’t like the exquisite look of the house. He wants to fill it with personal things.

• Yes. He says he would like to bring it closer to human nature.

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

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

Когда Джорджо Армани находится в Милане, он много работает. Его жизненный ритм очень напряженный. Но он имеет недвижимость на острове в Сицилийском проливе. Это изысканное место для отдыха. Там есть салон с французским окном во всю стену. Оно выходит на террасу и в сад. Недалеко от дома море. Он плавает в нём. Иногда он принимает гостей. Его семья часто приезжает к нему потому, что дом – идеальное место для семейных встреч. В доме много элегантных вещей и мебели, но Армани хочет наполнить его своими личными вещами. Он не хочет быть идеальным. Ему бы хотелось иногда совершать ошибки.