- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Choose the correct preposition:
- •V. Choose the correct form of the verb:
- •VI. Match the beginnings of the sentences to their ends using the information from the text:
- •VII. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words:
- •VIII. Translate from English into Russian:
- •IX. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the text and translate the sentences:
- •V. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and words combinations:
- •VI. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •Prombank
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the suitable adjectives and participles from the text:
- •VI. Prove the following using the information from the text:
- •VII. Match the words and their definitions:
- •VIII. Retell the text.
- •(Regional administration)
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Choose the correct preposition:
- •V. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Translate the following words and expressions from English into Russian:
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •IX. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •Vocabulary
- •V. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •VI. Say in connection with what, these dates are given:
- •VII. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VIII. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words and word combinations:
- •IX. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb:
- •V. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VI. Match the words and their definitions:
- •VII. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •VIII. Retell the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
- •II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •VI. Translate the following expressions from Russian into English:
- •VII. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words:
- •VIII. Retell the text. House of culture and science (Opera and Ballet Theatre)
- •Vocabulary
- •VI. Choose the correct preposition.
- •VII. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •VIII. Retell the text.
Vocabulary
a sort of - что-то вроде
lower portion - нижняя часть
redo (redid) - переделывать, перерабатывать
inexpressive - невыразительный
working draft - рабочий график
meeting hall - зал заседаний
to be set apart - выделить(для чего-либо)
vestibule -вестибюль
lobby - коридор, фойе
glazing - остекление
staircase - лестница
the volumetric and spatial composition - объёмно-пространственная композиция
peculiarity - особенность
semi-circular flanking protruding portion - полукруглый фланговый выступ-ризалит
relief dip point - значительное понижение рельефа
yield - добывать, извлекать
Commissariat of Land - Наркомат Земледелия
apart from - помимо
exposure - выявление, выделение
bay - window - эркер
volume-layout structure- объемно-планировочное решение
lengthy balcony-протяженный балкон
gallery-rostrum- галлерея-трибуна
Exercises
I. Try to translate the following words without using a dictionary:
Committee, Region, propaganda, socialist, idea, regime, professor, corridor, asymmetry, fragments.
II. Define the part of speech of the following words:
Executive, national, rapidly, public, totally, inexpressive, expressiveness, spatial, neighborhood, German.
III. Answer the following questions:
1.When was West-Siberian region with Novosibirsk as a capital city established?
2.Why were new buildings needed?
3.What was a competition organized for?
4.Who was the author of the lower portion of Regional Executive Committee building?
5.Who redid all the facades of the building?
6.How many offices did the building contain?
7.Where were the most important areas set apart?
8.What were there in the right wing of the building?
9.What is the volumetric and spatial composition of the building determined by?
10.What was the source of the «Shchusev's enriched Constructivism»?
11.Where can a similar composition of the entrance part be seen?
IV. Choose the correct preposition:
1. …29 July 1930 the National Executive Committee resolved to establish West-Siberian Region with Novosibirsk as a capital city.
a) in
b) at
c) on
2. New buildings were needed … government bodies, rapidly growing in number.
a) for
b) with
c) to
3. … that time the architecture of public buildings was to become a sort of drive to educate people, propaganda of socialist ideas and embodiment of powerful Soviet regime.
a) on
b) at
c) in
4. But Grinberg's project was not implemented … Novosibirsk.
a) in
b) to
c) from
5. The most important areas were set apart …the center: the amphitheater of the meeting hall attached to the main volume, a vestibule with a cloakroom and a lobby … .
a) to; from
b) in; above
c) for; through
6. The corridor running …the entire main part of the building ended in staircases lighted up through bay windows with five-story high glazing.
a) by
b) across
c) through
7. This ensured silhouette expressiveness of the construction and distinguished it …the row of buildings constituting Krasnyi Prospect.
a) on
b) for
c) in
8. The sharp asymmetry of the construction, in general, follows the main axis of the facade exposed by a stained- glass window … the central entrance and by a gallery- rostrum attached to it.
a) above
b) between
c) under