Lesson 7

8. Read the words in columns paying attention to the reading of oo.

oo
[u:]	[u]	[ʌ]
in some words before d, k, t, l
too boot cool fool choose Zoo	book foot wool cook look wood	blood flood bloody bloodless flooding flooding-gate

9. Read the words and word combinations with the translation.

art [a:t] – мистецтво

an artist [´a:tist] – художник, митець

a painter [´peintə] – художник

a sculptor [´skΛlptə] – скульптор

painting [´peintiŋ] – живопис

a gallery [´gæləri] – картинна галерея

an exhibition [ِeksi´bi∫n] – виставка, експозиція

to exhibit [ig´zibit] – виставляти, експонувати

to display [dis´plei] – виставляти, показувати

masterpiece [´ma:stəpi:s] – шедевр

to depict [de´pikt] – зображати

to reveal [ri´vi:l] – відкривати, показувати

a delight – захоплення, захват

to make an impression – справляти враження

10. Which branch of the art do you think these people are talking about?

1. “It’s called Peace. It stands on the main square.” 2. “Animation doesn’t have to be just a Disney, you know.” 3. “It was just the pure movement, with very exciting rhythm.” 4. “It must rhyme to be good.” 5. “Oils to me don’t have the delicacy of water-colors”. 6. “Her design for the new shopping center won an award”. 7. “I read them and imagine what they’d be on the stage”. 8. “The first chapter was boring but it got better later”. 9. “I was falling asleep by the second act”.

11. Using the following words and word combinations make up sentences.

A rich variety of works; a genuine piece of art; to be rich in colors; to posses a magnificent collection; to include; to be on display; to be a delight to the eye; to depict vividly; to reveal; to make an impression.

12. Read the small extract of the text and answer the questions after it.

We can say that Art is everywhere! No matter how ordinary a thing might seem we can still call it exceptional by just realizing how nice and unique it is. Wonderful things surround us and those who cannot see them neglect the fact that they are wonderful by themselves. Everything starts with something. When an artist wants to paint he always think of a beginning. When a builder wants to construct he has to start with something. It is impossible to create wholesome things immediately as by a magic wand. The results can be different, and indeed they are! But that’s the finest thing that could have happened to us. Imagine the world with millions Mona Lisas, thousands of Venuses and hundreds of Swan Lakes! What it would be like, to live in a world without a unique brilliance of masterpieces around us?!

1. Have you got a certain criteria of what can be called a masterpiece?

2. What piece of art impresses you mostly and why?

3. Have you ever thought of what is easier: to paint a picture, to build a palace, to compose a sonata, to write a poem, to model a sculpture or to sing an opera?

4. Does the sense of beauty affect our lives? In what way?

5. Do you think our college curricula have subjects developing understanding of arts?

13. Read the dialogues in pairs and make up your own ones.

─ I’d like to visit the picture gallery (the art museum, the fine arts museum, the art gallery, the exhibition hall). And what about you?

─ Oh, I’d gladly go with you.

─ What gallery would you like to visit?

─ I’d like to visit the National Art Museum. I’ve never been there.

─ Do you know where it is?

─ Certainly. It is 6, Hrushevskyi Street.

─ What do they display?

─ I don’t know. But we can ring them up.

14. Put the verbs in brackets into the necessary form.(Consult §17, 19, 20)

1. The children (not like) to drink coffee in the evening. 2. When you (start) learning English? – We (begin) to learn it two years ago. 3. He (not go) on the exhibition tomorrow. He (be) there yesterday. 4. This picture (make) a great impression on me. 5. The works of this artist (be) rich in colors.6. This museum (posses) a magnificent collection of pictures?