I. Musical instruments

1.1. Wide possibilities of folk instruments active words and word combinations

1. accordion [q’kLdjqn]	аккордеон, баян, гармонь
2. astounding [qs’tQundiN]	поразительный
3. attend [q’tend]	посещать
4. call round	заходить
5. chord [kLd] ‘	аккорд
6. complicated [,kOmplI’keItId]	сложный
7. cover [’kAvq]	покрывать
8. delight [dI’lQit]	удовольствие, наслаждение
9. design [dI’zQIn]	1) замысел, план, проект; 2) проектировать, конструировать
10. equally [’JkwqlI]	в равной степени
11. exclaim [Iks’kleIm]	восклицать
12. impatient [Im’peISnt]	нетерпеливый, беспокойный
13. improve [Im’prHv]	улучшать, совершенствовать
14. incidentally [,InsI’dentqlI]	случайно, между прочим
15. issue [’IsjH]	выпускать, издавать
16. Jupiter [’GupItq]	Юпитер
17. keep on	продолжать
18. keyboard	клавиатура
19. mainly	главным образом
20. necessary [’nesIsqrI]	необходимый
21. originally [q’rIGnqlI]	первоначально, оригинально
22. preset [prI’set]	готововыборный
23. retain	сохранять, удерживать
24. self-instruction manual	самоучитель
25. sound	звук, звучать
26. stage	зд. cцена
27. take smth. apart [...q’pRt]	разобрать что-либо на части
28. timbre [tFmbr]	тембр
29. vary [’vFqrI]	изменять, разнообразить
30 .weigh [weI]	весить

Before you read the text

1. Give the three forms of the following irregular verbs.

be, become, begin, bring, come, do, get, give, go, grow, have, hear, keep, know, make

2. Practise aloud.

accordion – accordionist; polyphony – polyphonic, base – basic, tradition – traditional, possible – impossible, patient – impatient; equal – equally, main – mainly, incidental – incidentally

3. Pronounce correctly.

idea, type, folk melody, nature, accordionist, innovation, kilogram, organ, concerto, orchestra, variation, theme, factory, conservatory, collection, copy, firm, guest, secret, combine, polyphonic, basic, traditional, popular

4. Read the sentences and translate them paying special attention to the italisized words.

1. Yuri Kazakov improved the accordion. 2. I like to play folk melodies. 3. At first it was impossible to understand him. 4. A new student appeared in our group. 5. The main feature of his character was love of music. 6. Times change. 7. It takes me an hour to learn new words. 8. She performed in many concerts. 9. Nikolai Chaikin is a composer who wrote works for the accordion. 10. His songs are extremely popular today. 11. Most of all he is famous as a performer of folk songs. 12. He explained his design in detail.

5. Translate into Russian analysing the predicates.

1. The old type of accordion was not very good. 2. The accordion is like a small organ. 3. I play Bach’s “Toccata”. 4. He played classical music in Italy. 5. They come home late on Monday. 6. The head of the firm came to the concert. 7. He teaches his pupils to play different instruments. 8. The accordion is taught at many music schools. 9. Many self-instruction manuals for the guitar are written every year. 10. Many newspapers write about his success. 11. Kazakov-designed accordions are made at a factory in Moscow. 12. He made his instrument himself.

6. Look through text A and tell in a few words what it is about.

7. Read text A carefully.