ARTS
Warming up:
Here is a list of the arts. Look at them and say which of them you prefer and which of them you understand better than the others. The following word patterns can help: Personally I am sure that/ As far as I know/ Frankly speaking/ I consider/ In my opinion/ To my mind
Literature
Dancing
Music
Painting and Drawing
Sculpture
Theatre
Cinema
Answer the questions about art.
1. Which of the arts from the list above can you call visual arts ( )?
2. What role do arts play in your life?
3. What countries are famous for great literature, visual arts, cinema, theatre?
4. Can you do anything in the way of the arts yourself? What can you do? Are you really good at it? Would you like to be?
General Vocabulary
Nouns
1. audience ,
2. Baroque
3. collaboration - ,
4. craft - , []
5. creation ,
6. creativity -
7. critics -
8. elite /eı`lı:t/ -
9. ensemble /ənsɔmb(ə)bl/ /a:nsa:mb(ə)l/ -- (., .)
10. founder -
11. genre /`ʒɔηrə/ /ʒa:ηrə/-
12. marble -
13. medium -
14. perception -
15. performance , ,
16. performer -
17. plastic arts
18. Renaissance /rə`neısəns/
19. repertoire /`repətwα:/ -
20. sequel (, )
21. social impact
22. studio ,
23. surrealist /sə`rıəlıst/ -
24. synthesis -
25. technique -
26. tool -
Verbs
1. to cast . , ()
2. to evolve - ,
3. to fire . (, )
4. to impress
5. to influence -
6. to mold . , , ()
7. to score , , .
8. to showcase - , , ( ; )
9. to stage (, )
10. to weld
Adjectives
1. aesthetic -
2. artistic -
3. chamber (theatre, orchestra) -
4. collaborative -
5. humanistic -
6. iconic -
7. repulsive ,
8. sophisticated , ,
Phonetic exercise
Pronounce the words correctly. Pay attention to the way of pronunciation of stressed vowels.
/α:/ - art, craft, cast, marble, drama, march, draftsman
/eı/ - creation, renaissance, collaboration, chamber, bass
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/æ/ - plastic, canvas, camera, jazz, band, clarinet, allegory, ballet
/ıə/ - surrealist
/αı/ - intertitle, icon
/αıə/ - satire, fire
/e/ - aesthetic, repertoire, impress, epic,
/ı:/ - technique, medium, elite, beat, reeded, sequel
/ı/ - symphony, lyrics, synthesis
/ə:/ - verse, circle
/כu/ - mold, composer, oboe, novel, prose, vocal, folk
/ɔ/ - horror, waltz, bandoneon, evolve
/ɔ:/ - performance, stall, audience, orchestra, cornet, chords
/u:/ - cartoons, tool, blues, flute, bassoon
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