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In the Museum, Picture Gallery

1 Уровень

Задание 1. Переведите слова с английского языка на русский

a historical museum, a picture gallery, sculpture, impressionist, a museum-apartment, in the middle ground, world-famous, expose, I am interested in.

Задание 2. Прочитайте и переведите предложения

1. Peter is interested in painting of Gothic art. 2. I would like to visit this photo-show, I think its very interesting. 3. Excuse me, how can I get to a museum of modern art? 4. He belongs to the realistic trend in painting.5. B. Kustodiev, a talented genre-painter, worked a lot to create a new socialist culture.

Задание 3. Прочитайте и переведите текст

The British Museum

Sir Hans Sloane was a great collector. He filled his house with rare books and pictures, precious stones, stuffed ani­mals, birds and butterflies, and ancient remains from all over the world. There had never been a collection quite like it, and visitors were amazed by what they saw.

When Sir Hans Sloane died in 1753, his will let the King buy the whole collection for just £ 20,000 so that it could belong to the nation for ever. This was the start of the British Museum.

It took thirty years and thousands of tons of stone to complete the building and the forty-four massive columns which decorate the front. The building of the British Museum was finished in 1948.

The British Museum started as a museum which collected everything. At first it was particularly famous for its natural history collection and its vast library of books.

Three stuffed giraffes used to stand at the top of the stairs in old Montagu house.

In the 1880s all the museum's stuffed animals and birds were moved to the new Natural History museum at South Kensington.

Children today are sometimes surprised not to find any dinosaurs in the museum ... but there are plenty of other ancient and marvellous things to look at.

2 Уровень

Задание 1. Прочитайте, переведите текст и ответьте на вопросы

Alexander Pushkin Museum Flat

The Museum is situated at No. 12 Moika Embankment in St. Petersburg and was opened in 1925. The poet lived there from September 12, 1836 till his death on, January 12, 1837.

The sad news that Pushkin had been seriously wounded spread around the city at once. He died two days later.

Thousands of people walked to the house to bid farewell to their dear poet. In 1987 the museum was restored after long repairs. Unfortunately there are few of Pushkin's things and most of them are in his study, where he died. The study is a large, light and clean room. There is a desk with an armchair, bookshelves with four thousand books in 14 languages, a writing bureau, a fireplace with a mantelpiece clock showing the time of the poet's death. One can see some sheets of paper, books, a goose-quill pen and a bronze inkstand with a figure of a Negro boy. The figure reminded him of his great grandfather Ibrahim Hannibal.

In his study there are portraits of his fellow poets Anton Delvig, Jevgeny Baratynsky and Vasily Zhukovsky.

The bookshelves with different books occupy much space. During his life the poet was fond of collecting old and rare books.

In the hall visitors can see the poet's waistcoat he was wearing at the duel, his death-mask and the locket with a lock of hair.

Tourists from different countries of the world visit and admire the Pushkin Museum Flat. If you're in St. Petersburg do visit this museum.

Вопросы

1. Where is the Pushkin Museum Flat situated?

2. Whom was the duel with?

3. Why did people mourn on January 29, 1837?

4. Whose portraits are there in the study?

Задание 2. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту “The British Museum”

1. Who started the collection which grew into the British Museum?

2. How many columns were built along the front of the new British Museum building?

3. What collections can you find in the British Museum?