Part 2. Nature Sang in Painting

Study the list of vocabulary and pronounce the words after the teacher:

V ocabulary:

painter [’peintə] – художник, живописец

scenery [’sinəri] – обстановка, окружение, пейзаж

to reveal [tə ri’vi:l] – показывать, открывать

countryside [’kлntrisaid] – сельская местность

poetry [’pəuitri] – поэзия

daily life [’deili laif] – повседневная жизнь

to reflect [tə riflekt] – отражать

mood [mu:d] – настроение

to depict [tə di’pikt] – рисовать, изображать

to transfer [tə træns’fə:] – переносить, перемещать

feeling [’fi:liŋ] – чувство

canvas [’kænvəs] – холст, полотно

to introduce [tə ‚intrə’dju:s] – вводить, помещать

remote [ri’məut] – отдалённый, дальний

indifferent [in’difər(ə)nt] – равнодушный

path [pa:θ] – тропинка

loneliness [’ləunlinis] – одиночество

to influence [tə ’influəns] – оказывать влияние

picturesque [‚pikt∫ə’resk] – живописный

subtle ['sʌtl] – нежный; утончённый, изысканный

residence [’rezidəns] – проживание, местожительство

tenderness [’tendənis] – нежность

to re-estimate [tə ri:’estimeit] – переоценить

gratitude [’grætitju:d] – благодарность, признательность

Exercise 1. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right:

1. painter a. a track for walking

2. scenery b. an emotional state or reaction

3. poetry c. a person who draws pictures, an artist

4. mood d. a state of being alone

5. feeling e. an art of writing poems

6. canvas f. a home or a house

7. path g. a temporary state of mind behavior

8. loneliness h. a landscape

9. residence i. a feeling of being thankful

10. gratitude j. a heavy coarse cloth used for painting

Exercise 2. Discuss vocabulary of the previous exercise using the following models:

Model 1:

1. – Andrew, explain me the meaning of the word scenery, please?

B. – Oh, it is so simple. It means a landscape.

1. – Oh, does it? That’s really simple. Thank you.

B. – Glad to help you.

Model 2:

1. – Andrew, tell me please what does the word residence mean?

B. – Sorry will you repeat it again? Which word?

1. – Perhaps, I’ve made a mistake in my pronunciation. I’ve said residence.

2. – Ah, residence. No, you haven’t made a mistake. This is my fault. I haven’t listened to you attentively. Sorry. It means a home or a house.

A. – OK, now I understand it. I’m very much obliged to you, Andrew.

B. – No, problem. Ask any time you need.

Exercise 3. Listen to the text “Isak Ilych Levitan” twice and decide true or false are the following statements:

Statements:

1. Isak Ilych Levitan was the Great Russian portrait painter.

2. He painted Russian scenery revealing all its beauty.

3. He deeply felt what he wanted to depict.

4. He was a master of painting people’s figures.

5. A woman’s figure in the picture “The Autumn Day in Sokolniki” looks very lonely.

6. “The Autumn Day in Sokolniki” wasn’t painted by Levitan.

7. Levitan hadn’t ever been on the Volga.

8. His canvases are full of sentimentality.

9. He painted many of his landscapes abroad.

10. His paintings of the Russian countryside have won the love and gratitude of people.

Study the list of vocabulary and pronounce the words after the teacher: