Unit 1. Painting art is long, life is short

Exercise 1. Discuss the following questions.

1. Look at the title. Look at the cartoon. What do you think the issue of the unit will be?

2. What is the message of humor of the cartoon?

I. Basic vocabulary: painting genres

Exercise 2. Paintings are traditionally divided into five categories or 'genres'. Match A with B.

A	B
1) portrait 2) genre painting 3) still life 4) history painting 5) landscape	a) everyday scenes b) a picture of natural scenery c) a painting of inanimate object d) a picture of a person usually showing a face e) works with message or moralistic content

REMEMBER!

Painting, films, music, and literature are all forms of art. Painting is the practice of applying paint to different surfaces such as walls, paper, canvas, etc.

Exercise 3. What is the genre of the picture. Do you know the painter’s name?

1. 2.

3. 4.

5.

Exercise 4. Match A with B.

A	B
1) drawing 2) sketch 3) mosaic 4) fresco	a) a painting executed on walls or ceilings b) a decoration made by setting small pieces of glass or stone of different colors into another material c) the art of making a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines d) a rough outline showing the main features to be painted

Exercise 5. Read the text below. Use the word in brackets to form a word that fits in the space. Write five questions to the text and discuss them with the partner.

Charlie Chaplin was visiting the studio of his friend Pablo Picasso. Chaplin (1) ……… (raise) in the (2) ……… (poor) of London's East End and the lessons of childhood never left him. Picasso made a (3) ……… (suddenly) gesture and accidentally spilt some paint on Chaplin's white slacks. He said, 'I'm so sorry, Charles! I'll get some spirit and (4) ……… (removable) it.' And Chaplin said, 'Please don't! Just leave the paint where it is and (5) ……… (signature) my trousers.'

Exercise 6. Match A with B.

A	B
1) brush 2) canvas 3) chalk 4) charcoal 5) crayon 6) easel 7) india ink 8) oil paint 9) palette	a) олійні фарби b) полотно c) палітра d) мольберт e) кольоровий олівець f) вугільний олівець g) туш h) пензель i) крейда

Exercise 7.

A) Do you know these idiomatic expressions? Match A with B.

A	B
1) to be colourless 2) to be off colour 3) to give/lend colour to 4) a highly coloured report 5) with flying colours 6) to nail your colours to the mast 7) to paint in bright/dark colours	a) to make (an account, story, explanation, etc.) more credible or more believable b) a report that is exaggerated or biased c) to lack personality, to be boring d) to describe something in a flattering or unflattering way e) to be not quite at one’s best, to feel ill f) with great success, with distinction g) to publically state your opinions about a subject

B) Now use the idiomatic expressions given above to complete these sentences. Nobody knows which way he's going to vote because he has so far refused ……… .

1. Jane passed her exam ……… .

2. Chris is a little ……… today because he was up very late last night.

3. George is a dull, ……… .

4. The broken window on the ground floor ……… to her story that her house had been burgled.

5. I read their ……… on the great state of the health services.

6. My brother pretended he was doing well financially and ……… his life ……… .

Exercise 8. Remember these 'red' idioms. For sentences (1-5) choose thr correct answer (a, b or c).

1. She saw red when asked for more money. She was ……… .

a) happy b) angry c) sad

2. Anna’s gold ring was in his pocket. The police caught him red-handed. He was ……… .

a) doing something illegal b) cooking something c) painting

3. He took the red eye from Paris to London. He took a ……… .

a) sick person b) colorblind person c) night flight

4. The company is in the red. The company ……… .

a) is doing well b) is not doing well c) is closed

5. The Yankees were red hot yesterday. They ……… the game 11-0.

a) won b) lost c) delayed

Exercise 9.

A) Read the text and then proceed to the tasks.

You want to get a driver's license. You need to answer a lot of questions and fill in a lot of forms. Your friend says, "I know the head of the license department. I'll help you cut through the red tape." What does cut through the red tape mean? Can you guess where the idiom comes from?

B) Use these words to complete the sentences.

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When we have a lot of paperwork, we say we have a lot of "red tape." The (1) ……… "red tape" began in England in the 18th century. At that time, lawyers and government officials (2) ……… their papers together with tape that was red. When someone spoke about "cutting through red tape", they (3) ……… it. By the 19th century, lawyers (4) ……… using red tape, but the expression "red tape" was still used to mean (5) ……… paperwork.

C) Discuss with the partner the origin of the expression “cut through the red tape”.