Урок 4. Роль мистецтва в житті людини. Відвідування музеїв, галерей, виставок.

Task 1. Presenting Vocabulary- For visiting museum we will need some new words.

 Try to guess the meaning of the words:

An exhibition          А) выставка                                            В) расположение

An exhibit               a) экспонат                               в) экземпляр

An exponent           А) образец                                              В) оппонент

An exposition         А) экспедиция                                      в) выставка

An item                   а) список                                    в) отдельный предмет

   To contain              а) состоять                                 в) отделять

To display               а) размещать                          в) показывать

To hold                   а) пугать                                      в) держать

To include              а) включать в себя                                 в) улучшать

To offer                  а) предлагать                           в) случаться

Task 2. Fill in the gaps with the new words

1) The Van Gogh Museum will ____135 of his paintings. display

2) The curriculum__ courses in art history. includes

3) This___ dates from the 17^th century. exponent

4) The museum has over 5000___ of historical interest. items

5) The museum ___ a number of original artworks. Contain

6) The guide book ___ a great choice of interesting places which are worth visiting. offers

7) Our new art gallery displayed some unusual ___ last week. exhibitions

Task 3.  Reading (read the text about the famous world museums and say which one would you like to visit and why)

The Louvre Museum. Originally built as a 12^th- century fortress, it was converted into a royal palace in the 14^th century. And only at the end of the 18^th century the Louvre became a public museum.

   There are about 35,000 objects on display spread over tree wings of the former palace. The museum has a diverse collection ranging from the antiquity to the mid-19^th century. Some of the most famous works of art in the museum are the Venus, The Nike of Samothrace, the Dying Slave by Michelangelo and of course Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

London has an amazing gallery known as The National Gallery. This gallery boasts of some of the finest examples of European art, including paintings by Raphael, Manet, Leonardo da Vinci, Renoir and Monet. This gallery has a very large number of paintings and some of the most famous are: Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh, The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci, and Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli.

The Hermitage. The State Hermitage in St Petersburg is one of the world’s most outstanding art museums. World famous exposition of West-European paintings is displayed here. It covers a span of about seven hundred years, from the 13^th  to  20^th  century

and contains brilliant works by Leonard da Vinci, Raphael. It includes paintings by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens, a remarkable group of impressionist paintings. The collection exhibits the art of Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany, Britain and some other countries.

Task 4. Listening (text about National Gallery)

Listen to the text about the National Gallery and choose the right variant

• National Gallery is located…

1. a) near the Houses of Parliament b) in the Trafalgar Square          c) in Madrid

2) National Gallery was opened in

1. a) 1838         b)    1824        c) 1831

3) The Gallery first came into the being in

1. a) 1824 b)    13^th century        c) 1900

4) The Gallery consists works from

1. a) 13^th century b) 20^th century         c)15^th century

5) The entry

1. a) costs 20 pounds      b)   is 2300 pounds         c) is free of charge

6) It includes pieces from

1. a) Raphael, Michelangelo b )Rembrandt, Monet, Van Gogh          c) both variants

Task 5. Imagine, that we have arrived to London and we are going to visit a museum. How would we act? Let’s practice. Let’s make a dialogue. – Making up a dialogue using phrases.

Task 6. Make up sentences using Conditional II:

• If I were a painter, I would draw…

Colour – character prediction.

Red – You are impulsive, active and ambitious.

Pink (Rozy) – You are imaginative, sensitive and romantic.

Orange – You are original, fun-loving and independent.

Yellow – You are optimistic, curious and artistic.

Green – You are confident, kind and generous.

Light Blue – You are sociable, hard-working and responsible.

Blue – You are patient, trustful and honest.

Violet – You are a dreamer, creative and idealistic.

Purple – You are intelligent, charming and temperamental.

Brown – You have a good sense of humor, obstinate and persistent.

Grey – You are balanced, practical and reliable.

White – You are careful as well as open-minded and communicative.

Black – You are strong, categorical and critical.