- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given. How far do you agree or disagree with the statements?
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •7 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •8 Translate the following sentences into either English or Russian using the words and word combinations from Tasks 4 and 7.
- •9 Speaking points. Comment on the following quotations from the episode.
- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given. Explain the words in bold.
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •5 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •6 Render the following text into English using the words from Task 5.
- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given.
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •5 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •6 Render the following text into English using the words from Task 5.
- •7 Speaking points. Comment on the following quotations from the episode.
- •1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given.
- •3 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words. (00:00 – 00:46)
- •4 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •5 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •6 Speaking points. Comment on the following quotations.
- •2 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Who made these remarks on superstitions?
- •5 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •6 Render the following extract into English, using the language of the episode.
- •2 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •6 Render the following extract into English, using the language of the episode.
- •7 Write a summary of the Episode “Superstitions. Part 1&2” in the form of review (no more than 60 words)
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- •2 Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps with the missing information. Write no more than three words.
- •3 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Explain literary reference in the following phrases. Comment on the reference.
- •6 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •7 Render the following extracts into English, using the language of the episode.
- •2 Listen to a short paragraph of the Episode and write it down (classwork).
- •4 Check you know the meanings of the words and phrases given in the box, make use of them when covering the information provided in the episode:
- •5 Render the following text into English using the language of the Episode, using the words from Task 3 and 4.
- •6 Write a summary of the Episode “Diana. Part 1&2” in the from of review (about 60 words)
1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given. Explain the words in bold.
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obscurity portraying renown historical critic suffused painstakingly elusive
Among the great Dutch artists of the 17th century, he is now second in __________ only to Rembrandt, but he made little mark during his lifetime and then long languished in ____________. Jan Vermeer excelled in _____________ comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and ______________ with cool, silver light.
There is a hole at the centre of all biographies of Johannes Vermeer, where the man himself should be. Although his pictures continued to be greatly valued through the 18th and early 19th centuries, Vermeer was then almost lost as a _____________ personage, until his oeuvre was_______________ put back together in the 1860s by a French _____________, Theophile Thore. Even so, the painter's personality and life-story remained ___________, which may be why Thore christened him "the Sphinx of Delft".
Among the great Dutch artist of the 17th century, he is now second in renown only to Rembrandt, but he made little mark during his lifetime and then long languished in obscurity. Jan Vermeer excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and suffused with cool, silver light.
There is a hole at the centre of all biographies of Johannes Vermeer, where the man himself should be. Although his pictures continued to be greatly valued through the 18th and early 19th centuries, Vermeer was then almost lost as a historical personage, until his oeuvre was painstakingly put back together in the 1860s by a French critic, Theophile Thore. Even so, the painter's personality and life-story remained elusive, which may be why Thore christened him "the Sphinx of Delft".
(oeuvre - the total output of a writer, painter, etc совокупность произведений (писателя, художника, композитора), труды, творческое наследие
painstaking - кропотливый, тщательный, старательный, extremely careful, esp as to fine detailж to languish - to lose or diminish in strength or energy; ослабевать; to suffuse (usually passive) to spread or flood through or over (something, a sphinx - any of a number of huge stone statues built by the ancient Egyptians, having the body of a lion and the head of a man)
2 Look through the NOTES and watch the Episode “The World of Vermeer, Part 1”. (Мультимедийный каталог 1556→Unit 9)
Delft, the city Vermeer lived in
Proust, the novelist
Reynier, Vermeer’s father
Delft Charity Chamber, the local social services
Neeltge Goris, Vermeer’s paternal grandmother
Balthasar, Vermeer’s maternal grandfather
Catherina Bolnes, his wife
Schipluyde, the little village outside Delft
Maria Tins, Vermeer’s mother-in-law
Van Der Dussen, the patrician
Ryenier Bolnes, a wealthy brick maker, Vermeer’s father-in-law
Tanneke Everpoel, the kitchen maid
Wilhelm, Maria Tins’s unruly son
Hermanus Taerling, manager in a private house of correction