intrinsic присущий
amass собирать
hereby при сем
distinctive очевидный
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intend намереваться
palatial дворцовый
carry out осуществлять
substitute заменять
scheme схема
throng трон
lavish щедрый
wing крыло
lay out располагать
ill-fated несчастливый
attempt попытка
mulberry tree шелковица
dignity достоинство
suitor поклонник
eccentrisity эксцентричность
remedy лекарство
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chain of fortification цепь укреплений
access доступ
proximity близость
timber строевой лес
alteration перемена,
изменение
improvement улучшение
reddent of chivalry носитель рыцарства
non-metropolitan нестоличный
austerity строгость
sequence последовательность
wainscot обшивка
inspiration вдохновение
marble мрамор
association ассоциация
inherit наследовать
apogee апогей
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reorient переориентировать
legitimate законный
descendant потомок
spiritual духовный
inlaid инкрустированный
depict описывать,
отражать
disuse неупотребление
subsequent последовательный
LIST OF WORDS
monk монах
consecration посвящение
burial погребение
demolish разрушать
shrine храм
reerect перестроить
clumsy неуклюжий
fan-vaulting веерный свод
predecessor предшественник
buttress опора
underneath под
grave могила
chaplain капеллан
confer присуждать
bequeath завещать
intricate сложный
embelish украшать
effigy портрет
regalia регалия
depict отражать
dormitory спальня
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commemoration память
occur at иметь место в
vanished исчезнувший
obsqurity препятствие
deprive лишать
abolition уничтожение
reinforce укреплять
conquest завоевание
sovereignty монархия
accordance соответствие
insignia знаки различия
congregation община
realm власть
EXERCISES
I. Choose the correct definition to the following:
1. take up a) careful study or
investigation, esp.in order to
discover nnew facts or information
2. due to sth or sb b)to become or make sth completely
full
2. fill up c)to fill or occupy an amount of space or
time
3. research on d)caused by sth,sb; because of sth,sb.
4. carry out e)to do sth,as required or
specified; to fulfil sth.
Exercise II. Make all the changes necessary to produce five sentences:
I. /The collections/ are distributed/ and/ possessed/ by/ among/
departments/ over forty/ exhibition/ the museum/ its/ permanent/ seven/.
2. /An important/ the museum/ part/ is taken by/ collection/ among/ the
numismatic/ possessions/.
3./The aquisitionn of complete/of individual works/ in the 19th/ the
previous/ century/ period/ was continued/ but/ collections/ of art/ and/
on a more modest scale/ during/ than/.
4. /The Hermitage/ section/ of the very/ on the Continent/ contains/ for /
pictures/ is/ which/ a special/ few/ English/ one/.
4. /Joshua Reynolds/ all/ in/ by/ is/ 1780s/ represented/ the/ canvases/
painted/ four/.
Exercise III.Fill in the blanks with the following pronouns:
in of from on by
1. The collection has no paintings __ William Hogarth, but some __ his
prints selected ___ a large and representative collection possessed __
the Museum are usually ___ show.
2. The State Hermitage __ St Petersburg ranks among the world’s most
outstanding art museums.
3. The Museum numbers among its treasures monuments __ ancient Greece and
Rome and those__ the Greek settlements __ the North coast __ the Black
Sea.
4. Most helpful __ the Museum’s research work is the Hermitage Library.
5. It is open to every student __ art.
6. A number __ 17th -18th century works are __ show too.
EXERCISES
Exercise I. Choose the correct sentence:
1. a/ The Tretiakov Gallery was founded by a Russian painter - Tretiakov.
b/The Tretiakov Gallery was founded by a Moscow merchant and art
patron - Tretiakov.
2. a/The Gallery’s centenary was widely celebrated throughout Russia in
June 1956.
b/The Gallery’s centenary was widely celebrated throughout Russia in
May 1856.
3. a/The Gallery’s collection has grown considerably in the years since the
Revolution.
b/The Gallery’s collection has not grown since the Revolution.
4. a/The early Russian Art department and the collections of sculpture and
drawings were constant.
b/The early Rassian Art department and the collections of scylpture and
drawings were enlarged.
5. a/Tretiakov spent his life collecting the works of Russian painters.
b/Tretiakov spent 10 years collecting the works of Russiann painters.
Exercise II. Read the informatuion about the Tretiakov Gallery and answer
the following questions:
I. Is the Tretiakov Gallery one of the best-known picture galleries of the
world? Why?
2.What do you know about the history of the Tretiakov Gallery?
3.Who was it founded by?
4.When and how did Tretiakov begin his collection?
5.Did he collect antique icons?
6.He was on friendly terms with many progressive, democratic Russian
painters, wasn’t he?
7.Why did his collection grow rapidly?
8.What pictures do you know from the Tretiakov Gallery?
9.What do you know about the Tretiakov Gallery’s collection of
«Peredvizniki»?
10.What were the first pictures of Tretiakov’s collection?
EXERCISES
Exercise I. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
1. Buckingham Palace is the official /residence,home/ of the Her Majesty
The Queen.
2. The Queen’s House was gradually /ruined, modernised/.
3. John Nash had rightly /predicted,promised/ that the Palace would prove
too small, but this was a fault capable of remedy.
4. In 1847 the architect Edward Blore /added, took away/ the East front.
5. It /isn’t, is/ the centre of a large office complex.
6. The business of monarchy /sometimes, never/ stops.
7. Buckingham Palace became the /administrative, juriditial/ centre of the
monarchy.
8. Buckingham Palace /is, was/ built for Jihn, first Duke of Buckingham,
between 1702 and 1705.
9. The director of the Royal Collection is /responsible, look after/ for
one of the finest collections of works of art in the world.
10. The Royal collection is a vast assemblage of works of art of all
/sizes, kinds/
Exercise II. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and
expressions and use them in your own sentences:
1.potent symbols 2.carry out 3.suitor 4.predict
5.coronation
6.ill-fated 7.dignity 8.eccentricity 9.accredit 10.require
EXERCISES
Exercise I. True or false?
1. Windsor Castle is the youngest royal residence.
2. The Castle covers an area of nearly 30 acres.
3. The Castle was founded by William the Conqueror in 1080.
4. Norman castles were built to a special plan.
5. Queen Victoria spent the smallest part of a year at Windsor.
6. St George’s Chapel is the spiritual home of of the Prodder of the
Garter,Britain’s senior Order of Chivalry.
7. Windsor is only the place of beauty without any functions.
8. St George is the patron saint of the Order.
9. The Valley Gardens are open only in summer.
10. The vaulted ceiling of the Albert Memorial Chapel is decorated in gold
mosaic by Antonio Salviati.
Exercise II. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms of the
verbs in brackets:
In many ways Windsor Castle ____(enjoy) its apogee in the reign of
Queen Victoria. She ____ (spend) the largest portion of every year at
Windsor, and in her reign it ____(enjoy) the position of principal palace
of the British monarchy and the focus of the British Empire as well as
nearly the whole of the royal Europe. The Castle____(visit) by heads of
state from all over the world and ___(be) the scene of a series of splendid
state ____ (use) for their original purpose by royal guests.
Exercise III.
Retell the text about St George’s Chapel using the following:
spiritual home; founded by; medieval style; to bury; represented by.
EXERCISES
Exercise I. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and
expressions from
the text about Westminster Abbey and use them in sentences of your own:
1.reerect 2. clumsy 3.grave 4. intricate 5.the domer staircase 6.
Commemoration 7.
abolition 8. conquest 9. congregation 10. an auburn wig
Exercise II. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions:
of on from for by
1.Westminster Abbey is one __ the most famous, historic and widely
visited churches not only ___ Britain but ___ the whole Christian world.
2.___ 1920 the body ___ another unknown soldier was brought back ___ the
battlefields to be reburied ___ the Abbey ___ 11 November.
3.The Henry YII Chapel, beyond the apse, was begun ___ 1503 as a bural
place ___ Henry YII, ___ the orders ___ Henry YII, but it was Henry YII
himself who was finally buried here, ___ an elaborate tomb.
4.At the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ___1953 ,___ the first time
the service was televised and millions ___ her subjects could see and hear
the ceremony taking place.
5.The last three coronations have demonstrated continuing respect ___ the
religious significance ___ ceremony and recognition ___ the importance ___
such a public declaration ___ sovereign ___ his or her personal dedication
to the service ___ the people.
Exercise III. Answer the following questions:
1.Why is Westminster Abbey so popular not only in Britain but in the whole
world?
2.When was the Lady Chapel rebuilt as the magnificent Henry YII Chapel?
3.The Nave was begun by Abbot Litlington, wasn’t it?
4.What was originally the part of the Abbey where the monks worshiped?
5.Where does the High Altar stand?
6.Who was the first poet buried in the Abbey?
7.What do you know about processes of coronation today?
8.Have coronations always followed an identical pattern?
9.Who was crowened no less than three times?
10.What was special in the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II?
WORLD’S PAINTERS
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519, an Italian painter
Manet 1832-1883,a French painter
Michelangelo 1475-1564,an Italian
sculptor,painter,poet
Millet 1814-1875,a French painter
Monet 1840-1926,a French painter
Murillo 1617-1682,a Spanish painter
Phidias 5th cent.BC,a Greek sculptor
Pissaro 1830-1903, a French painter
Potter 1625-1654,a Dutch painter
Raphael 1483-1520,an Italian painter
Rembrandt 1606-1669,a Dutch painter
Reynolds 1841-1919,an English painter
Roerich 1874-1947,a Russian painter
Rubens 1577-1640,a Flemish painter
Sargent 1856-1925,an American painter
Scott,Gilbert 1811-1878,an English architect
Show, Norman 1831-1912,an English architect
Titan 1477-1576,an Italian painter
Turner 1775-1881,an English landscape painter
Van Der Helst 1613-1676,aDutch portrait painter
Van Gogh 1853-1890,a Dutch painter
Vasari 1511-1571,an Italian painter and art
historian
Velasques 1599-1660,a Spanish painter
Whistler 1834-1903,an American painter
Zurbaran 1598-1662,a Spanish painter
Лицей №6
КАФЕДРА ИНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ
РЕФЕРАТ
НА ТЕМУ:
“WORLD’S MUSEUMS”
Выполнила:
Ученица 11-А класса
Криворотько И.Н.
Проверила:
Койлис Н.Г.
В О Р О Н Е Ж
1999
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