V. Supplementary vocabulary:

renewal оновлення

to attract attention привертати увагу

complicated складний

execution виконання

T. Shevchenko prize winner лауреат Шевченківської премії

contempory сучасний

to demand вимагати

gradual остаточний

along with разом з

teaching staff викладацький склад

to implement втілювати в життя

VI. Answer the following questions:

1. When was the chair founded?

2. What was the reason to open the chair?

3. It is the only chair in Ukraine of this kind, isn’t it?

4. What prominent artists in the sphere of art glass do you know?

5. Who is S. Tymchak?

6. Is the main task of the chair to continue or to renew huta glass school tradition?

7. Who was the first head of the chair since 1963?

8. When did A. Bokotey head the chair?

9. What are the achievements of the chair?

VII. Fill in the gaps with prepositions:

1. ___ the beginning teaching _____ glass production was rather complicated but magnetism ____the material attracted attention ____many teachers.

2. They are favoured ____ functioning ____ the only one glass-founding furnace ____ training and experimenting ____ Ukraine.

3. The teachers ____ the chair base their work ____ contemporary scientific knowledge ____ the sphere ____art glass.

4. A famous Ukrainian artist R. Selskyi’s participation ____ the chair work was very important ____ the chair development.

VIII. Ask several questions with interrogative who? when?

IX. Match words in a with their antonyms in b:

A B

1. started a) trivial

2. opened b) unknown

3. complicated c) part-time

4. important d) ancient

5. high e) finished

6. full-time f) easy

7. famous g) closed

8. contemporary h) low

X. Find the English equivalents of the following Ukrainian words:

складний, передумова, мета, рівень, творчий, досвід

XI. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. З часу заснування на кафедрі працювало 540 спеціалістів у різних

сферах декоративно-прикладного мистецтва.

2. Робота викладацького складу базується на сучасному науковому знанні

у галузі роботи зі склом.

3. Основним завданням викладачів кафедри є продовження традицій

школи гутного скла та підготовка висококваліфікованих спеціалістів.

XII. Speak on:

1. reasons for founding such chair in Lviv.

2. the achievements of the professors and students of the chair.

3. the obstacles on the way of making glassware.

III. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian :

a) In 1997 the chair started training specialists according to a multilevel form of education (Bachelor's degree, Specialist’s degree, Master's degree).

b) Most of the graduates work creatively, and constantly take part in different exhibitions not only in Ukraine but also abroad.

c) The chair has a high enough indicator of the personnel provision with the training of such experts (80 percent).

d) It will acquaint them with the basic theoretical principles, categories and laws of building different kinds of plastics, which have esthetic shapes, constructions and are convenient for using exclusive furniture ensemble or separate product for home or office.