Autonomous Learning for 3d Year Students. Лабораторные работы для студентов-бакалавров к «Практическому курсу английского языка. Часть 3». Учебное пос
.pdfa ghostly replica of your first curious glance a few seconds earlier. Bruges explains that the work was inspired by the tale of Echo and Narcissus, in which the latter falls in love with his reflection. “People really like seeing images of themselves,” Bruges says. “Which is why I’ve been looking at digital narcissism. Without anybody standing in front of it, it would be nothing.” The glass cabinets are actually filled with a mixture of water and glycerine, which changes the way light and images are refracted, although it appears to be a dusty nothingness. It is quite surprising finding a “peasouper” — such a quintessential^ British description of a London fog — in Russia’s second capital. But with the icy temperatures outside, it is also quite appropriate.
A trip up to the fourth floor reveals yet another British gem. Chris Levine works with lasers, LEDs and optics to produce sculptural light displays, the most famous of which is a 3D hologram of the Queen. For Yota, he’s taken a subtler route. At first, the small room he’s been allocated looks like it contains only three strip-light bulbs. Positioned vertically in the centre of each wall, their strong light sends blobby imperfections across your eyes. If you keep your head still, nothing happens. But the second you look away an image of Buddha quite shockingly appears out of nowhere. Blinkingly asking “Did you see that?” a look at the next bulb pops the word “Love” inexplicably, ephemerally into your mind. “It works by scanning through an image which has been cut into strips really quickly, so that the full image is played out on your peripheral vision,” Levine says. “This technique is called ‘persistence of vision’— it has been in the public domain for a while. I’ve just taken it to the next level.” EntitledAlright Now, there is something very baffling about the piece. Unlike Volume or Body Paint, which kept visitors amused for hours, Levine’s piece prompted a quick exit.
An entire floor of the Yota festival was curated by Britain-based digital-arts organisation Onedotzero. Weaving in and out of the small curtained spaces, visitors are greeted with a variety of interactive offerings on a smaller scale.
Shane Walter, Onedotzero’s creative director, says that the reason Britain has become a digital-arts hub is that there’s a community of
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artists who happily share technology and code and work in a “collaborative” way. Onedotzero’s best piece was London-based, Italian-born artist Quayola’s Strata series. Taking inspiration from the ornate ceiling of Rome’s Chiesa del Gesu, he has produced animations splintering the “geographical formations” of classical paintings, so that the colours, shapes and gestures of hundreds of years ago mutate into a movable digital form.
Brian Eno is one of Britain’s more familiar digital-art names, although he is probably more famous for his Roxy Music days than his light displays. Yota persuaded him to bring his most famous work, 77 Million Paintings, which filters (yes, you guessed it) 77 million paintings through a set of colourful shapes, like an onyx — the same pattern of which could mathematically never be repeated in our lifetime. Eno’s work is a crucial example of the fusion between music and digital art that has taken place in the last two decades in Britain. He says digital art and music have a “natural cohesion”. But anyone who’s been to a “new media” art festival in this country knows that the emphasis is much more on the music.
It will take a long time for digital art to be considered commercially in the same way that other modern art is in Britain. Elmsly claims that calling it digital art has rather “ghettoised” the movement, which adds to the scepticism and smallmindedness among critics. This emphasis on experience over the aesthetic is possibly one of the reasons digital art is received somewhat scathingly in Britain, as purists judge it as a sort of arts theme park rather than something Saatchi might invest in.
Selling digital art is still an extremely difficult area in Britain as mainstream galleries are often loath to represent it. This, coupled with the fact that you can replicate the code of a digital piece endlessly without additional costs (meaning works can be installed in many places at once and not bought outright), makes pricing a bit of a minefield. As technology advances, the potential for digital artists becomes infinitely greater. But as the building blocks evolve, the cost of producing such work increases massively. And with Britain’s arts spending being hacked into, it is becoming more
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important for our home-grown digital artists to form relationships with commercial sponsors like Yota — something which may further devalue a critical response to such work. For now we can only wonder where this art form will go. At Yota Space the British artists seem pleased just to have a forum in which to share ideas. It will be interesting to see, once Britain has been hailed abroad as a hub of digital pioneers, if the art world and public at home will take more of an interest.
2.Find in the article the English equivalents for the following.
1.ветхий фасад, 2. зловещее направление в оформлении интерьера, 3. объявленная как самая большая выставка мирового цифрового искусства, 4. идея, разработанная компанией, 5. заказывать художнику его работы, 6.в день открытия, 7. инсталляция, состоящая из…, 8. буйство красок, 9. соответствовать своему названию, 10. приводящая в страх копия, 11. проходила под кураторством, 12. основной центр цифрового искусства, 13. традиционные галереи.
2.Answer the questions.
1.Where was one of the most innovative art festivals Yota Space held? What kind of transformations took place inside the building that housed the festival?
2.Whose brainchild is Yota Space?
3.Are the greatest digital artists Russian or British? What makes this nation a “digital arts hub”?
4.Yota Space has been the largest digital festival of the world, hasn’t it?
5.What’s Volume installation like?
6.What company presented at the festival really manages to live up to their name? Prove this opinion.
7.Jason Bruges explains that he «has been looking at digital narcissism». What is the result of his experience?
8.What optical effects in Chris Levine’s room prompt, according to the author of the article, «a quick exit»?
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9.What is Onetotzero? Why is it mentioned in the article? What is its best piece like?
10.What artist says that digital art and music have a “natural cohesion’? Did he present music or light display at the Yota ?
11.What is mainstream galleries’attitude to digital art?
12.What factor makes pricing of these works of art “a bit of a minefield”?
13.Why does Matilda Battersby consider that the potential for digital artists becomes infinitely greater?
14.What is your attitude to this modern trend in art? Have you visited any exhibitions of modern art? Share your impressions.
3.Find in the article several compound words and say what parts of speech they are, how they were formed and what they mean.
Some examples of compounds are: billboards, brainchild, broadband, makeshift, bollard-sized, motion-tracking, awestruck, Londonbased, Italian-born, peasouper, lifetime, small-mindedness, mainstream, minefield, home-grown.
4.Translate from English into Russian the passage from “It will take a long time ...” to the end of the article.
5.Imagine you’ve just visited the Yota exhibition. You have either been greatly impressed by it or disliked it completely. Share your impressions and a) write down a letter to your friend describing the visit b) be ready to speak about your impressions for 2–3 minutes.
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PART SIX
UNIT SIX
VOCABULARY SECTION
1.Complete the sentences with the appropriate function words.
1.His dad was a man ... fine, honorable character.
2.He slipped ... his shoes and lay down.
3.Have you taken leave ... your senses?
4.The threat ... a storm was in the air.
5.She seemed to contradict you ... sheer malice.
6.The actors stayed ... character 24 hours a day.
7.What is required ... you is required ... all those present.
8.The sun sinks ... the west.
9.Badly designed chairs can cause injury ... the spine.
10.He confessed ... the threat ... imprisonment.
11.Red and gold are the characteristic colours ... autumn.
12.Young people are very sensitive ... their appearance.
13.Such behavior is not ... character ... him.
14.His hat had slipped ... his eyes.
15.Stir nuts ... the dough.
16.Are you threatening me ... bodily harm?
17.His ageing sister was an interfering old busybody who was always in the way … pure spite.
18.My eyes are overly sensitive ... bright light.
19.The newspapers caution ... overoptimism.
20.He characterized her ... a few well-chosen words stirring his coffee ... a spoon.
21.He revenged himself ... his enemies
22.She slipped ... the new sweater and left.
23.Harry was aware that his last night’s cowardice would always be a stain ... his character.
24.It was past midday when Mrs. Weasley finally sank ... a sagging armchair.
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2.Suggest the active vocabulary items instead of their definitions.
1.The aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing
2.a warning against danger or evil; anything serving as a warning
3.to fall, drop, or descend gradually to a lower level
4.a low shoe that can be slipped on and off easily and is usually worn indoors
5.a person or thing that threatens
6.having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloe
7.a feeling or perception produced through the organs of touch, taste, etc.,orresultingfromaparticularconditionofsomepartofthebody
8.a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
9.a symbol as used in a writing system, as a letter of the alphabet
10.take the rough with the smooth
11.a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results
12.letterscontainingthreats,especiallythosedesignedtoextortmoney, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters
13.to lose one’s foothold, as on a smooth surface
14.a person represented in a drama, story, etc.
15.not capable of sinking or being sunk
16.to set in tremulous, fluttering, or irregular motion
17.having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment
18.having acute mental or emotional sensibility
19.to wound or offend
20.a written statement from an employer concerning the qualities of a former employee
21.to inflict punishment in return for an injury or insult
22.menacing
23.to make a mistake or error
24.a person, esp. with reference to behavior or personality
25.callous
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3.Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
1.It takes character to face up to a bully.
2.Why don’t you try gentle cosmetics for your sensitive skin.
3.A Fox passing by asked him why he thus sharpened his teeth when there was no danger threatening from either huntsman or hound.
4.Exercise adequate precaution when out in public.
5.Brian holds a sensitive position in the State Department.
6.Never make a threat you cannot carry out.
7.She rushed outside in her dressing gown and slippers.
8.Wipe the oil off before it sinks into the wood.
9.The words just slipped out.
10.Please don’t threaten me with Uncle Herman!
11.In a sense it may have been the only possible solution.
12.Astory like that could injure his reputation.
13.Generosity is his chief characteristic.
14.Mind you, even amoeba are sensible creatures!
15.Is there any news stirring?
16.The battleship sank within two hours.
17.Everyone in the house was stirring.
18.We should drop this sensitive topic at once.
19.I think that is blackmail. You are asked to give your testimony under the threat of being jailed if you don’t.
20.This is purely a safety precaution.
21.He said it four times before the words really sank in.
22.«Why didn’t you tell me before?» he said in an injured voice.
23.Landslides ahead — proceed with caution!
24.He injured his arm when he fell.
25.The actor stepped out of character.
4.Translate the sentences from Russian into Englis.
1.Что за подозрительный тип этот парень!
2.Гари только горько улыбнулся в ответ.
3.Если взаимопонимание в семье отсутствует, родители остаются равнодушными к проблемам своих детей.
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4.Его нога увязла в грязи.
5.Лёгкий ветерок шевелил листья деревьев.
6.Насколько я знаю, ты не ошибся ни разу.
7.Полиции следовало бы предъявить им обвинение в поведении, представляющем опасность для окружающих.
8.Он бы и пальцем не пошевелил, чтобы помочь им.
9.Последние несколько дней в Москве стоит очень холодная погода.
10.Нет смысла переживать из-за того, что уже произошло.
11.Метафоры характерны для его поэтического стиля. Он отомстил за своего убитого брата.
12.Я должен был перезвонить, но это вылетело у меня из головы.
13.Не забудь помешать суп прежде, чем пробовать его.
14.Убийца ускользнул от полиции.
15.Все верили, что гигантский «Титаник» был не потопляемым.
16.Прошли годы.
17.Это была очень холодная ночь.
18.Мы перехватили план наступления неприятеля.
19.Они приняли все меры предосторожности, чтобы их путешествие было безопасным и приятным.
20.Его гордость уязвлена.
21.Отношение Барбары к этому делу не понятно.
22.Некоторые консервативно настроенные политики равнодушны к нуждам неимущих, потому что убеждены, что бедные ленятся и не желают трудиться.
23.При виде своего обидчика она в отчаянии бросилась вон из комнаты.
24.Пёс пошевелился во сне.
5.Explain the meanings of the following maxims and make up a story to conclude it with one of those given below. Write the story in
200words.
1.Revenge is a dish best served cold.
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2.Don’t get mad, get even.
3.Revenge is sweet.
4.Take the bitter with the sweet.
5.Revenge is like a boomerang. Although for a time it flies in the direction in which it is hurled, it takes a sudden curve, and, returning, hits your own head the heaviest blow of all. (John M. Mason)
6.Translate the sentences from English into Russian. Pay attention to the words describing feelings.
1.Shame can make you so angry you can barely function.
2.With guilt there is a motivation to change, to make amends, and pay the dues.
3.It is the rage you feel when someone slights you because of the color of your skin, your accent or the clothes you wear.
4.Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.
5.Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.
6.Fear as opposed to anxiety, has a definite object (as most authors agree), which can be faced, analyzed, attacked, endured. But this is not so with anxiety, because anxiety has no object, or rather, in a paradoxical phrase, its object is the negation of every object. Therefore he who is in anxiety is, insofar as it is mere anxiety, delivered to it without help.
7.Nagging guilt is like gray paint splashed over life’s sparkling moments.
8.In spite of the convenient textbook criteria that specialists set forth, the distinction between the madman and the jealous man is a difficult one. We know too little of the organic determinants of pathologic mental states, but I would wager that when these become clarified, the disturbance will be shown to be the same in paranoia and in the fits of jealousy. Where does jealousy end and paranoia begin?
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9.Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior.
10.To those who despair of everything reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that lay at the root of the despair, namely humiliation and hatred.
11.My speaking is irregular. Sometimes quite good, sometimes not, but generally will do.... I am too far along in experience and years both for this business. I do not go into it with the zest of old times. Races, baseball, and politics are for the youngsters.
12.Vanity and prideare different things, though the words are often used synonymously.Aperson may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
13.The myths about what we’re supposed to feel as new mothers run strong and deep. . . . While joy and elation are surely present after a new baby has entered our lives, it is also within the realm of possibility that other feelings might crop up: neediness, fear, ambivalence, anger.
14.The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes serious and studious at six all seem to surprise their parents. It is difficult to let go of one’s image of a child, say goodbye to the child a parent knows, and get accustomed to this slightly new child inhabiting the known child’s body.
15.Justiceinthehandsofthepowerfulismerelyagoverningsystem like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice, but of a sly effective order, based entirely on cruel knowledge of the resistance of the weak, their capacity for pain, humiliation and misery. Injustice sustained at the exact degree of necessary tension to turn the cogs of the huge machine-for-the-making-of- rich-men, without bursting the boiler.
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