- •Даричева м.В. English for designers
- •Введение
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Match the translation:
- •3. Match the verbs with their definitions:
- •1. Match the translation:
- •2. Match the nouns with their definitions:
- •3. Make up your own sentences with these nouns.
- •1. Match the translation:
- •2. Match the nouns with their definitions:
- •4. Make up your own sentences with the nouns from ex.1.
- •1. Match the adjectives with their synonyms:
- •3. Make up your own sentences with the adjectives from ex.1.
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Choose the most suitable title to the text:
- •8. Describe the style of Art Deco using the phrases from the text:
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. True or false?
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Match the synonyms:
- •4. Find the synonyms in the text:
- •5. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Choose the most suitable title to the text:
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Match the synonyms:
- •5. Make up your own sentences with the following verbs and phrases:
- •6. Change the sentences into Passive.
- •7. Match the parts of the sentences:
- •8. Translate into English:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. In what meaning are the underlined words used in the sentences? In what meaning are the words used in the text?
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Find the synonyms in the text:
- •5. True or false?
- •6. Answer the questions to the text;
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Project “An advertising agency”. Work in small groups and create an advertising design of a product.
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. True or false?
- •4. Answer the questions to the text:
- •5. What word is not a synonym?
- •6. Match the definitions to the words:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •6. Match the words to their definitions:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Give your own design recommendations using the following phrases from the text:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Choose two synonyms for the words:
- •4. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Describe the design of a room for a child. Use the following phrases:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. True or false?
- •3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Match the words to the definitions, then fill in the gaps with these words in an appropriate form:
- •5. Translate into English:
- •6. Work in pairs and discuss season decorating of the interior. Use the following phrases:
- •7. Project. Work in groups and draw up a design project of decorating the room for a season (winter, spring, summer and autumn), represent your design solutions.
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Compare up-to-date and classic styles in interior design.
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents:
- •3. True or false?
- •4. Match the words with their synonyms or definitions. Then fill in the gaps with the necessary form of these words.
- •5. Translate the sentences:
- •6. Describe any interior from the point of combination of colours. The following words and phrases may help you:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Choose the most suitable title to the text:
- •7. Match the definitions to the words:
- •9. Match the parts of the sentences:
- •10. Translate the sentences:
- •11. Retell the part of text which concerns the design of the rooms on the ship, use the following phrases:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. In what meaning are the underlined words used in the sentences? In what meaning are the words used in the text?
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. Translate the sentences:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. True or false?
- •4. Match the synonyms to the words:
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •6. Translate the sentences:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. Match the parts of the sentences:
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. Translate the sentences:
- •8. Project “The décor of a restaurant’. What are your design ideas about decorating a restaurant? Use the following words and phrases:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. Match the words to their synonyms:
- •6. Combine the words into phrases:
- •7. Answer the questions:
- •8. Find any picture or photo of an office. Describe the design of the room from the point of feng shui. Use the following phrases in your description:
- •9. Project. Draw a sketch of a study (office, working place) where objects and furniture are arranged in accordance with feng shui directions. Describe it using phrases from the text and ex.8.
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •1. Read the text, then think of the title to this article.
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. True or false?
- •5. Match the words to their synonyms:
- •6. Make up sentences with the following phrases:
- •7. Answer the questions:
- •8. Translate the sentences:
- •1. Read the text
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •5. Dialogue. A friend of yours has got tired of his/her room and wants to renew the interior. He/She asks you to give a piece of advice.
8. Describe the style of Art Deco using the phrases from the text:
- elegant furniture - the expressiveness of the materials
- exotic décor - the blue, red, brown and gold colours
- the abundance of sculpture - the creation of prosperity and luxury
- the beauty of line - the genuine smell of money
The following phrases can help you:
Nowadays Art Deco is one of the most popular styles of design…
The best traditions of Art Deco style are …
The interior in traditions of Art Deco can be…
The interior designed and decorated in art Deco style is usually…
The most expressive evidence of Art Deco style is…
The colours used in Art Deco are …
TEXT 2
1. Read the text.
Museums come in different categories: there are treasure houses of world importance and small provincial museums on the other.
Every second summer, Monaco hosts a true festival of all the arts. Since 1975, Monaco has held a biennial antiques fair, which attracts all the most expensive art of private collections. Everything on sale here has to pass a tough selection procedure, and this turns the fair into a parade of top-quality world art.
The Monaco Antiques Fair is the brainchild of three towering figures from the European antiques world — Mario Bellini, Jacques Perrin, and Maurice Segoura. They based the event on a very clear concept: a limited number of participants and objects of truly exceptional quality.
Visitors have the opportunity to feast their eyes on canvases in gilded frames; graphic art by French, Italian, and Flemish masters; contemporary painting; and a great quantity of furniture, pieces of applied art, old gobelins, carpets, and some lavish sculptures.
The antiques dealers display their treasures in the Sporting d'Hiver, building in the Art Deco style. The fair is visited by up to 20,000 antiques aficionados.
treasure house – сокровищница
biennial – повторяющийся каждые два года
antiques fair – ярмарка антиквариата
to turn into – превращать
brainchild – замысел, изобретение, идея
towering – возвышающийся
to feast one’s eyes on – испытывать наслаждение от, радоваться от
lavish – чрезмерный, богатый
aficionado – приверженец, ревностный поклонник
2. True or false?
1) The antiques fair is held in a European museum by Monaco.
2) The organizers of the festival pick out the objects for the fair very strictly.
3) At the fair one can find antiques of high quality only.
4) The idea of this fair is the following: the more participators, the better.
5) The next festival of antiques will be in two years.
3. Find the English equivalents in the text:
мирового значения, принимать (гостей), частный, высокое качество, идея (x2), полотно, большое количество, прикладное искусство
4. Find the synonyms in the text:
to hold a celebration, two-year, to captivate (to fascinate), high-priced, personal, strict, outstanding, modern (present day), to show, fans.
5. Answer the questions to the text:
1) When did the tradition of this biennial antique fair start?
2) Can any antiques collection be displayed at the fair in Monaco?
3) What is the main concept of the festival?
4) What pieces of antiques can visitors see at the fair?
6. Translate the sentences into English:
1) Ярмарка антиквариата в Монако привлекает многих посетителей.
2) На ярмарке представлены предметы антиквариата высокого качества.
3) Антиквариат на ярмарке в Монако известен своим действительно исключительным качеством.
4) Ревностные поклонники антиквариата испытывают наслаждение от полотен в позолоченных рамках, старинных гобеленов, богатой скульптуры.
5) Здание, где проводится ярмарка, спроектирован в стиле арт деко.
7. Make up a dialogue “An interview with the organizers of the antiques fair in Monaco”.
TEXT 3
1. Read the text
Gareth Williams, London’s trendiest museum curator, speaks about the Victoria and Albert museum in London:
“The Victoria and Albert Museum was established as a collection showcasing industrial design; it was never a museum of fine arts. The driving idea is to inspire designers and the industry in general to create beautiful things. Today, we are returning to these origins; we are in the very centre of the creation of style. The museum has undergone some appreciable changes: it’s become a more fascinating place to work. We now pay more attention to contemporary design and architecture. Open evenings and fashion shows at the museum attract visitors who only five to ten years ago had never even heard of it. The museum has become more responsive to new developments and is part of a programme for promoting British designers…”
The Victoria and Albert Museum – a museum in central London that has valuable decorative objects of all styles and periods and from all over the world, such as paintings, glass, clothes and jewellery.
to showcase – выставлять, демонстрировать
to undergo some changes – переносить некоторые изменения
appreciable – заметный, существенный