- •Text I The Santa Crose Frescoes
- •Expressions to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •1. Form adverbs from the following adjectives by means of the suffix -ly and translate both adjectives and adverbs into Russian:
- •2. Link adjectives with suitable nouns:
- •3. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •4. Translate from Russian into English using expressions from the text:
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Text II Britain and Fashion
- •Expressions to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •1. Give English equivalents for the following words and end expressions :
- •2. Give words of the same root and translate them into Russian :
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Find English equivalents for the Russian expressions in brackets :
- •5. Answer the following questions :
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Text III The Unforgivable disadvantage of being English in England
- •Expressions to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •1. Give synonyms or synonymous expressions for the following words:
- •2. Give words of the same root:
- •3. Insert suitable prepositions and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •4. Put questions to the text using the following verbs:
- •5. Make up sentences with the following words and expressions:
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Text IV The Discoveries in Crete
- •Exercises
- •1. Look up the phonetical transcription of the following words and learn to pronounce them properly:
- •2. Give English equivalents for the Russian expressions given in brackets and translate the sentences into Russian:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from the following list:
- •4. Link adjectives with suitable nouns:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
- •Text V Paul Gauguin
- •Notes to the text
- •Expressions to be memorized
- •Exercises
- •1. Translate the following words Into Russian, memorize them, and use them in sentences:
- •2. Substitute an English word or expression from the text for the Russian join in brackets:
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English, using the expressions from the text. Pay special attention to the prepositions:
- •4. Retell Gauguin's biography using the following questions as an outline of your story:
- •Vocabulary to be memorized
Expressions to be memorized
fashion house – дом моды
highly skilled dressmaker – высококвалифицированный портной
fabric salesman – продавец готовой продукции
to be responsible for – быть ответственным за что-либо
fabric-makers – товаропроизводители
women’s fashion – женская мода
court dressmaker – придворный портной
fashion-setters – законодатели моды
codes of high society – законы высшего общества
in the minutiae of etiquette – этикет в миниатюре
to exert a powerful influence – оказывать большое внимание
domestic fashion industry – отечественная индустрия моды
high-profile ceremony – церемония на высшем уровне
Exercises
1. Give synonyms or synonymous expressions for the following words:
to adorn, design, to create, decoration wide, occasion, dressmaker, to consolidate, the Ball, patron;
2. Give words of the same root:
to examine, to decorate, to advertise, attraction, to dominate, establishment, fashionable, influence, creation, direction, skill;
3. Insert suitable prepositions and translate the sentences into Russian:
The seasons runs _____ May _____ the end of July and opens _____ the private view _____ the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
The top end _____ the British fashion trade was dominated _____ court dressmakers.
The fashion designers founded their fashion house _____ 1858.
_____ Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball became an essential event _____ the debutante’s calendar.
The occasion has effectively taken _____ the role _____ the court presentation.
The wealthiest European and American women purchased their clothing direct _____ the couture houses.
This supremacy was promoted _____ all market levels.
The coterie of court dressmakers was well-versed _____ the minutiae of etiquette and _____ the rigorous sartorial codes _____ high society.
Highly talented British designers were to follow _____ Worth’s footsteps, opening branches _____ Paris and working _____ part _____ the haute couture industry.
Worth’s legendary rise to fame, _____ fabric salesman _____ the London department store _____ the couturier, has been examined in depth.
4. Put questions to the text using the following verbs:
to depend (on), to create, to consist (of), to examine, to rise (to), to base (on), to promote (at), to determine (by), to know, to design, to record;
5. Make up sentences with the following words and expressions:
to be established in, prior to this, to rise to fame, to examine in depth, fashionable society, stylistic guidance, highly talented, to be widely accepted, in honour, to be revived, to be promoted at, haute couture industry, design ideas;
Vocabulary to be memorized
advertise – рекламировать
adorn – украшать
appoint – назначать
aplomb – апломб
arbiter – судья, арбитр
attract – привлекать
boast – хвастать
branch – отрасль
base – основывать
cease – прекращать
consolidate – укреплять, объединяться
court – двор
coterie – Кутюрье
curtsey – реверанс
client – клиент
craftspeople – мастера
crinoline – кринолин
create – создавать
conceive – постигать, понимать
clientele – постоянные покупатели, заказчики
decoration – украшение
defend – защищать
determine – определять
dictate – диктовать
dominance – доминировать
direct – направлять
dressmaker – портниха, портной
dress – одеваться
department store – магазин (большой)
establish – основывать
emphasize – придавать особое значение
examine – рассматривать
etiquette – этикет
essential – основной
event – событие
fashionable – модный
found – основывать
fraction – часть
hue – цвет, оттенок
huge – огромный
honour – честь
hierarchy – иерархия
impose – облагать пошлиной
influential – влиятельный
importance – важность, значимость
link – связь
level – уровень
look for – искать
manufacturer – производитель
market – рынок
monarchy – монархия
occasion – случай
original – подлинный, оригинальный
outset – начало
present – представлять
partner – партнер
premise – предпосылка
prestigious – престижный
promote – продвигать
price – цена
pinnacle – вершина
patron – хозяин
purchase – покупать, делать покупки
rise – поднимать
record – записывать
rue – сострадание, милость
relationship – родство
rigorous – суровый, строгий
revive – возрождать
sartorial – портняжный, портновский
suitable – удобный
tinge – оттенок
wide – широкий