Тема 4. Art in Ukraine

Ukrainian nation is very talented. Ukrainians have created many masterpieces in music, painting, cinema and theatre arts.

Music is one of the oldest arts in Ukraine. Ukrainians are known as a musical people with a lot of folk-songs. Now there are 6 opera houses, 3 operettas and many song-and-dance groups. Ukrainian orchestras, choirs and performers often appear on tours in Europe, Asia and the USA. The pop music is rather developed in Ukraine. Pop singers like T. Povalii, I. Shynkaruk, S. Rotaru, and I. Bilyk are known in Ukraine and abroad.

The oldest paintings in Ukraine are frescoes. Some of them are about a thousand years old. Famous frescoes of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv attract many tourists from Ukraine and abroad. Some Ukrainian painters are also famous all over the world. Among them is Ilia Repin (1844—1930). Many of his works show his love to Ukraine, its people, and its history. Among them there is a famous painting "The Zhaporozhian Cossacks write a letter to the Turkish Sultan" He also painted many portraits of Russian and Ukrainian famous people, like T. Shevchenko, M. Kosto-marov and others.

Ukrainian theatre became popular during the 19th century. From the end of the 18th century Ukrainian landlords organized theatres at their estates. The Ukrainian plays were performed by serfs. Nowadays the Ukrainian theatre is also very popular Among theatre stars are B. Stupka, A. Rogovtseva.

a choir — хор

a serf— кріпак

folk-songs — народні пісні

a portrait — портрет

a masterpiece — шедевр

Ukrainian Art

— Hi, Dima!

• Glad to see you, Pasha!

— Did you know, there will be a concert of a pop singer Irina Bilyk?

— Really! That's one of my favourite singers!

— She has a single concert in Kyiv!

— Yes, Ukrainian pop singers as well as many Ukrainian orchestras and choii often appear on tours in Europe, Asia and the USA.

— That means that Ukrainian music art is popular not only in Ukraine.

— Ukrainian people have always been very talented.

— I know a lot of Ukrainian actors, who are well-known in the world.

— And painters, for example, Ilia Repin. His painting "The Zhaporozhian Cossacks write a letter to the Turkish Sultan" is very famous.

— Lets hope, that Ukrainian art will be developed and popular for many

years.

— I hope so. See you at the concert!

— See you later!

Тема 5. Sports and Games in Our Life

People all over the world are fond of sports and games. That is one of the things in which people of every nationality and class are united. All kinds of physical exercises are very useful to make our bodies strong enough to keep ourselves fit and healthy. The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting and hockey, in the I countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow- skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skat­ing and ski-jumping. It's so nice to go to the skating-rink or to the forest on a frosty sunny day!

Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other sports. Among outdoor I games football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all countries of the world. The other games that have firmly established themselves in favour in different countries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, and so on. Badminton is also very popular.

All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, ath­letics, gymnastics and track and field events. Scores of young girls and women go in for callisthenics. Over the last few years aerobics has become popular with young girls. It helps them to be slim, healthy and strong. The founder of this kind of sport was a well-known American actress Jane Fonda. Being a great enthusiast of aerobics she has been trying to initiate many young women from all over the world into this sport. Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table-tennis, I draughts and some others, but the great international game is chess, of course. The results of. chess tournaments are studied and discussed і by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries all he can to be healthy. Physically inactive people get old earlier than those who have plenty of exercises. If you do daily exercises you feel refreshed, have a good posture, and that makes you good. I can add that good health is better than the best medicine. You have “A sound mind in a sound body”, as the old Latin saying goes. The English proverb “ sickness in the body brings sickness to the mind expresses a similar idea, but from a different point of view.

Word List on the Subject "Sport and Games"

to be fond of smth. — полюбляти, подоба­тися

to unite [ju:'nait] — об'єднувати

outdoor winter games — зимові ігри на відкритому повітрі

shooting — стрільба

hunting — полювання

tobogganing — санний спорт

to afford excellent opportunities for smth. — надавати чудові можли­вості для чого-небудь

yachting ['jo:tin] — вітрильний спорт

gliding — планерний спорт

to establish oneself in favour — бути в пошані

golf — гольф

lawn-tennis — теніс

to indulge in smth. — захоплюватися чимось, займатися (спортом)

boxing — бокс

wrestling — боротьба

track and field events — легка атлетика

to go in for smth. — захоплюватися чимось

callisthenics — рит­мічна гімнастика

enthusiast — ентузіаст

to initiate [I'nifieit] into smth. - прилучати кого-небудь до чого-небудь

indoor games — ігри під дахом

tournament — турнір

to make smb. kin — робити кого-небудь близьким

inactive — бездіяльний, пасивний

to feel refreshed — почувати себе освіженим

mind — дух

similar — подібний

archery — стрільба з лука

artistic gymnastics - художня гімнастика

boxing — бокс

car (motorcycle) racing — автогонки (мотогонки)

cycling — їзда на велосипеді

diving ['daivin] — стрибки у воду

fencing ['fensin] — фехтування

figure-skating -— фігурне катання

gliding — планерний спорт

gymnastics — гімнастика

mountaineering — альпінізм

rowing and canoeing — веслування

skating — катання на ковзанах

ski-jumping — стрибки на лижах

sky diving (parachuting ) — стрибки з парашутом

swimming — плавання

weight-lifting — піднімання штанги

wrestling — боротьба

yachting — вітрильний спорт

athletics (track-and-field) — атлетика (легка атлетика)

discus (hammer, javelin) throwing — метання диска (молота, списа)

high (long, triple) jump — стрибки у висоту (у довжину, потрійні)

hurdle races ['ha:dl'reisiz] — гони з перешкодами

marathon — марафонський біг

pole vault (vaulting) — стрибки з упором або жeрдиною

race (run) — біг