- •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
Exercises
1. Look up the phonetical transcription of the following words and learn to pronounce them properly:
catastrophe, sacrificial, sarcophagus, draughtboard, sword, convenient, sculpturesque, polychromy, scene, spiral, triglyph, steatite, bas-relief;
2. Give English equivalents for the Russian expressions given in brackets and translate the sentences into Russian:
1. The boy's bright eyes spoke of his intelligence (точно так же, как) his ready smile was a token of his good nature.
2. Andersen's fairy tales are enjoyed by children and grown-ups (в равной степени).
3. The building shows elements of the old classic tradition (наряду) with features of the new style.
4. The corner medallions on the facade (окаймлены) in wreaths of laurels.
5. We had better start ahead at once; (остальная часть группы) will join us at the foot of the mountain.
6. The hybrid style in English architecture labelled 'King Jamie's Gothic' (уступил место) to what may be called the English Renaissance.
7. Painting on wooden panels (широко применялось) since ancient times.
8. (Любопытной особенностью) about the finger-ring in our possession is that it is said to have belonged to Ceasar Borgia and contained poison.
3. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from the following list:
to remove, to succeed, to precede, to blend, to reach, to borrow, to suggest, to survive, to introduce, life-sized.
1. A lengthy period of rains ___ the short period of sunshine.
2. The Gothic style ___ the Baroque style.
3. The walls of the dining-rooms in Oxford. University colleges are hung with ___ portraits of past dons.
4. Only a few monuments have ___ to us from that distant epoch.
5. When the dirt was ___ from the surface of the picture it became clear that it was an authentic Goya.
6. The members of the expedition___the place of their destination late in the night
7. In the 17th century a French enameller___a new method of producing imperishable portraits in fusible colours on a metal base.
8. The recent discoveries ___ that the objects in question are of a much earlier date.
9. It is a well-known fact that conquerors often ___ manners and customs from the people they have conquered.
10. In this little marine the colours of the sky and the sea are exquisitely ___.
4. Link adjectives with suitable nouns:
Adjectives: graceful, simultaneous, general, sacrificial, contemporary, con- ventional.
Nouns: pottery, design, writing, imagination, surface, figure, procession action, art, aspect, animal, spectator, statuette;
5. Answer the following questions:
1. What facts suggest that Middle Minoan III was closed by a general catastrophe? 2. What masterpieces of art characterize Late Minoan I?
3. What features are peculiar to that period?
4. What features characterize the pottery of that period?
5. What designs were most popular at that time?
6. When was the great architectural period of Minoan art reached?
Vocabulary to be memorized
area — пространство, площадь
basilica — базилика
blade — лезвие
blend — сливаться (о красках)
border — кайма, бордюр
borrow — заимствовать
carved — резной
carving — резьба, резные украшения
catastrophe — катастрофа
clay — глина
close [klous] — близкий, тесный
close [klouz]—заканчивать, закрывать
conventional — условный, традиционный
curious — любопытный, интересный
dagger — кинжал
dentil — зубчик
depict — изображать
deposits — отложения
describe — описывать
design — узор
discoverer — тот, кто обнаружил что-нибудь от discover — обнаруживать
draughtboard — шашечная доска
filler — воронка
fishscale — рыбья чешуя
flat-surfaced — с плоской поверхностью
frame — окаймлять, окантовывать, обрамлять
frame-work — окантовка, бордюр, окаймление
glaze—покрывать глазурью
graceful — изящный
ground — фон
grave — могила, захоронение shaft-grave — шахтовая могила
hide — скрывать
introduce — вводить
identical — идентичный
lengthen — удлинять
life-sized — в натуральную величину
light — светлый, легкий
linear — линейный
lozenge — ромб
lustrous — блестящий, глянцевитый
monochrome — монохромный
pink — розовый
pit — шахта, яма
place — зд. относить, помещать
plaster — штукатурка, лепные украшения
polychromy — полихромия
precede — предшествовать
predecessor — предшественник
procession — процессия
reach — достигать
relief — рельеф
high-relief — высокий рельеф
bas-relief - барельеф
remove — удалять
rest — остальная часть, остаток
sacrificial — жертвенный
sarcophagus — саркофаг
scheme — схема, план
sculpturesque — скульптурный
shape — форма
simultaneous — одновременный
slip — облицовка, ангоб
spectator — зритель
spiral — спираль
stretch — простираться
succeed — следовать за чем-либо
suggest — наводить на мысль
survive (to) — сохраниться, дожить
touch — прикосновение
trace — след
triglyph — триглиф
varnish — лакировать
variety — разнообразие
vary — варьировать
vase — ваза