Speak about different colors. Say how each of them influences us and our mood.

Example: I find red an exciting color. I’m excited by red.

 

5. Match the color and the effect it has on people:

1)red 2)orange 3)yellow 4)blue 5)green 6)white

a) talkative, adventurous b) calm, confident c) relaxed, refreshed d) cheerful, happy e) isolated, withdrawn f) active, excited

 

6. Make up your own sentences, using the following phrases:

… makes us …

… helps us …

Thanks to … we are …

Due to … we can be …

Example: Red color makes us active and excited.

 

What color would you paint these rooms? Why?

1) a dining room

2) a child’s room

3) a play area

4) a living room

5) a bedroom

6) a study

Example: I would paint a dining room orange because it stimulates the appetite.

 

8. Study the following idioms with different colors:

a red-letter day – a holiday

to do smth. in a blue moon – to do smth. very seldom

black and white – clear and simple

to be green – to be inexperienced

to tell a white lie – to deceive smb. In order not to hurt

to have green fingers – to be good at gardening

9. Fill in the correct idiom:

1. Sophia goes to the cinema once ………. She doesn’t like it very much.

2. Angela definitely ……… – everything in her garden grows really well.

3. He is a bit ……… - he hasn’t done much of that job before.

4. They knew that if she found out the truth it would hurt her feelings so they told her a little ……….

5. She doesn’t want to say anything until she has seen the facts in ……… and ……….

6. I’m always looking forward to ……… day.

10. Speak about the color schemes you would like to have in you room and explain why.

PART 2

TEXT 1

Read the text.

Architect Yury Andreev says he likes simple things and sim­ple, ordinary food; but VILLA, the restaurant he has designed on Moscow's Myasnitskaya street, offers only refined European cuisine. He also says he does not like to travel doing so only when absolutely necessary and preferring a little evening reading, especially of architectural albums, to a change of scenery. But since the disappearance of the Soviet Union, he has spent his life travelling between two countries: Russia and Latvia. Yury is convinced that an interior decorator is simply an architect in truncated form, and for this reason never engages decorators to take part in his projects. He designed and decorated VILLA, his latest creation, from start to finish entirely on his own in the best traditions of Art Deco. The simple, but elegant furniture combined with the exotic decor; the abundance of sculpture in the interior; the beauty of line; the expressiveness of the materials; the blue, red, brown, and gold: all this is evidence of style. Add the genuine smell of money in the air and what you get is Art Deco, a style " whose main goal was the creation of prosperity and luxury in the years of the lost generation, " as Soviet art critics used to write. They, of course, hated Art Deco as a class enemy — but we love it.

 

art deco – арт деко (декоративный стиль, популярный в 1930-е годы; отличается яркими красками и геометрическими формами)

refined European cuisine – изысканная европейская кухня

to a change of scenery – зд. для смены обстановки (scenery – 1) декорации сцены; 2) вид, пейзаж; ландшафт)

in truncated form – в усеченной форме

to engage – зд. нанимать (Syn. to hire)

abundance – изобилие, богатство

genuine – истинный, подлинный

2. Choose the most suitable title to the text:

1) The life of the architect Yury Andreev.

2) The style of architecture in Moscow.

3) The best traditions of Art Deco in modern architecture.

4) The style of restaurants in Moscow.

 

True or false?

1) Yury Andreev thinks that an interior decorator and an architect are the same.

2) He designed and decorated the restaurant “Villa” without assistance.

3) The restaurant he has designed is famous for its simple, ordinary food.

4) Art Deco is remarkable for its rich decoration.

5) Yury Andreev is fond of traveling very much.

6) He used the ideas of Art Deco in that project.

4. Find the English equivalents in the text:

Предлагает, особенно, архитектурный, дизайнер интерьера, архитектор, принимать участие, последнее творение, самостоятельно, изысканная мебель, изобилие скульптуры, выразительность, признак стиля, процветание и богатство.

 

5. Find the synonyms in the text:

Elementary, to originate, landscape, to be confirmed (to be sure, to be persuaded), a designer, to participate (to collaborate), indication of style, an aim, real (true, authentic).

 

Translate the sentences into English.

1) Ресторан «Вилла» в Москве спроектирован архитектором Юрием Андреевым.

2) Дизайн интерьера выполнен в лучших традициях стиля арт деко.

3) Декораторы никогда не принимают участия в его дизайнерских проектах.

4) Интерьер ресторана поражает изобилием скульптуры, красотой линий, выразительностью материала и цвета.

5) Идея автора заключается в создании атмосферы процветания и богатства.

 

7. Make up sentences with the following phrases:

1) project (проект, план; программа (строительства и т. п.)

to take part in a project – принять участие в проекте

to carry out a project — осуществлять план, выполнять программу

to shelve a project — откладывать проект " в долгий ящик"

 

2) tradition (традиция; старый обычай)

in the best traditions of – в лучших традициях

to break with tradition — порывать с традицией

to establish, to start a tradition — устанавливать традиции

to maintain, to preserve a tradition — поддерживать, хранить традицию

 

3) furniture (мебель, обстановка)

antique furniture — старинная мебель

garden, lawn, outdoor, patio furniture — мебель для сада

modern furniture — современная мебель

office furniture — офисная мебель

secondhand, used furniture — мебель, бывшая в употреблении

a piece of furniture — предмет мебели/обстановки

 

4) sculpture (изваяние, скульптура)

to cast a sculpture — отливать скульптуру

to create, produce a sculpture — создавать скульптуру

5) style (стиль, манера)

to develop style — развивать/улучшать стиль

to polish one's style, to refine one's style — шлифовать стиль

 

6) sketch (набросок, схематичный рисунок, эскиз)

to draw, make a sketch — сделать набросок

composite sketch — сложный эскиз

rough sketch — предварительный набросок

 

8. Describe the style of Art Deco using the phrases from the text:

- elegant furniture - the expressiveness of the materials

- exotic dé cor - the blue, red, brown and gold colours

- the abundance of sculpture - the creation of prosperity and luxury

- the beauty of line - the genuine smell of money

The following phrases can help you:

Nowadays Art Deco is one of the most popular styles of design…

The best traditions of Art Deco style are …

The interior in traditions of Art Deco can be…

The interior designed and decorated in art Deco style is usually…

The most expressive evidence of Art Deco style is…

The colours used in Art Deco are …

 

TEXT 2

Read the text.

Museums come in different categories: there are treasure houses of world importance and small provincial museums on the other.

Every second summer, Monaco hosts a true festival of all the arts. Since 1975, Monaco has held a biennial antiques fair, which attracts all the most expensive art of private collections. Everything on sale here has to pass a tough selection procedure, and this turns the fair into a parade of top-quality world art.

The Monaco Antiques Fair is the brainchild of three towering figures from the European antiques world — Mario Bellini, Jacques Perrin, and Maurice Segoura. They based the event on a very clear concept: a limited number of participants and objects of truly exceptional quality.

Visitors have the opportunity to feast their eyes on canvases in gilded frames; graphic art by French, Italian, and Flemish masters; contemporary painting; and a great quantity of furniture, pieces of applied art, old gobelins, carpets, and some lavish sculptures.

The antiques dealers display their treasures in the Sporting d'Hiver, building in the Art Deco style. The fair is visited by up to 20, 000 antiques aficionados.

 

treasure house – сокровищница

biennial – повторяющийся каждые два года

antiques fair – ярмарка антиквариата

to turn into – превращать

brainchild – замысел, изобретение, идея

towering – возвышающийся

to feast one’s eyes on – испытывать наслаждение от, радоваться от

lavish – чрезмерный, богатый

aficionado – приверженец, ревностный поклонник

 

True or false?

1) The antiques fair is held in a European museum by Monaco.

2) The organizers of the festival pick out the objects for the fair very strictly.

3) At the fair one can find antiques of high quality only.

4) The idea of this fair is the following: the more participators, the better.

5) The next festival of antiques will be in two years.

 

3. Find the English equivalents in the text:

мирового значения, принимать (гостей), частный, высокое качество, идея (x2), полотно, большое количество, прикладное искусство

 

4. Find the synonyms in the text:

to hold a celebration, two-year, to captivate (to fascinate), high-priced, personal, strict, outstanding, modern (present day), to show, fans.

5. Answer the questions to the text:

1) When did the tradition of this biennial antique fair start?

2) Can any antiques collection be displayed at the fair in Monaco?

3) What is the main concept of the festival?

4) What pieces of antiques can visitors see at the fair?

 

6. Translate the sentences into English:

1) Ярмарка антиквариата в Монако привлекает многих посетителей.

2) На ярмарке представлены предметы антиквариата высокого качества.

3) Антиквариат на ярмарке в Монако известен своим действительно исключительным качеством.

4) Ревностные поклонники антиквариата испытывают наслаждение от полотен в позолоченных рамках, старинных гобеленов, богатой скульптуры.

5) Здание, где проводится ярмарка, спроектирован в стиле арт деко.

 

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