VII. Make up your own sentences using the words from the vocabulary of the text.

VIII. Retell the information of the text. Architectural reprographics

The Baroque Einsiedeln Abbey at Einsiedeln, Switzerland

I. Read and translate the text using the words given below.

Reprographics or reprography covers a variety of technologies, media, and support services used to make multiple copies of original drawings. Prints of architectural drawings are still sometimes called blueprints, after one of the early processes which produced a white line on blue paper. The process was superseded by the dye-line print system which prints black on white coated paper. The standard modern processes are the ink-jet printer, laser printer and photocopier, of which the ink-jet and laser printers are commonly used for large-format printing. Although colour printing is now commonplace, it remains expensive above A3 size, and architect's working drawings still tend to adhere to the black and white / greyscale aesthetic.

Architectural styles classify architecture in terms of the use of form, techniques, materials, time period, region and other stylistic influences. It overlaps with, and emerges from the study of the evolution and history of architecture. In architectural history, the study of Gothic architecture, for instance, would include all aspects of the cultural context that went into the design and construction of these structures. Hence, architectural style is a way of classifying architecture that gives emphasis to characteristic features of design, leading to a terminology such as Gothic "style".

Architectural theory is the act of thinking, discussing, or most importantly writing about architecture. Architectural theory is taught in most architecture schools and is practiced by the world's leading architects. Some forms that architecture theory takes are the lecture or dialogue, the treatise or book, and the paper project or competition entry. Architectural theory is often didactic, and theorists tend to stay close to or work from within schools. It has existed in some form since antiquity, and as publishing became more common, architectural theory gained an increased richness. Books, magazines, and journals published an unprecedented amount of works by architects and critics in the 20th century. As a result, styles and movements formed and dissolved much more quickly than the relatively enduring modes in earlier history. It is to be expected that the use of the internet will further the discourse on architecture in the 21st century.

II. Learn the vocabulary to the text:

Reprographics – репрография, факсимильное воспроизведение печатных материалов

Blueprint – синька (чертёж)

Dye-line – светокопия (чертежа), синька

Ink-jet printer – струйный принтер

To adhere – прилипать, приклеиваться, придерживаться, соблюдать, твёрдо держатся чего-либо

To overlap with – перекрываться с

Unprecedented – беспрецедентный, беспримерный, невиданный, небывалый

III. Give the English equivalents to the following word combinations:

Разнообразие технологий, многочисленные копии оригинальных рисунков, широкоформатная печать, цветная печать, оставаться дорогим, с точки зрения, стилистическое влияние, изучение готической архитектуры, все аспекты культурного контекста, характерные черты, ведущие архитекторы, иметь тенденцию к, античность, в результате, более ранняя история.

IV. Give the Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:

Support services, to be superseded, to be commonplace, to emerge from, hence, to give emphasis to, treatise, competition entry, increased richness, to dissolve, enduring mode, discourse of architecture.

V. Answer the following questions using the information from the text:

1. What does reprographics cover?

2. How are prints of architectural drawings called?

3. Do you know any apparatus used for large-format printing?

4. Is colour printing cheap or expensive?

5. How do architectural styles classify architecture?

6. What is an architectural style?

7. What is the architectural theory?

8. Architectural theory isn’t taught in architecture schools, is it?

9. Are there any printed materials with published works by architects?