4.6. Stars of american music active words and word combinations

1. accomplished [q’kOmpliSt]	совершенный
2. audience [‘Ldiqns]	слушатели; публика, зрители
3. be in existence [… ig’zistqns]	существовать
4. budding [‘bAdiN]	подающий надежды, многообещающий
5. circumstance [‘sWkjumstqns]	обстоятельство, случай
6. civilian [si’viljqn]	штатский, гражданский
7. co-author [kou‘LTq]	соавтор
8. countless ['kQuntlis]	бесчисленный
9. decline [di'klQin]	отклонять /предложение/, отказывать /ся/
10. descriptive [dis'kriptiv]	описательный, изобразительный, наглядный
11. duke	герцог
12. fail	потерпеть неудачу, не сбываться, не удаваться
13. flat	бемоль
14. flock	стекаться, двигаться толпой
15. fortuitous [fL‘tjuitqs]	случайный
16. infuse [in'fjHz]	вливать; вселять
17. inherent [in'hiqrqnt]	присущий, прирожденный
18. innocence ['inqsqns]	простота, простодушие, наивность
19. jungle [GANl]	джунгли
20. legacy ['legqsi]	наследство, наследие
21. list	вносить в список
22. outlet	выход, отдушина
23. pose ['pouz]	формулировать, ставить /вопрос/
24. replacement	замещение, замена
25. revere [ri'viq]	уважать, почитать, чтить
26. secure [si’kjuq]	закреплять, получать
27. sideman	соратник, коллега /по оркестру/
28. sophistication [sq,fisti‘keiSn]	усложнённость, утонченность
29. take for granted	считать само собой разумеющимся
30. turn out	выпускать /произведения/

Before you read the text

1. Practise aloud.

lead – leader, exist – existence, replace – replacement, arrange – arranger, combine – combination, record – recording, shape – shaping, primitive – primitiveness, innocent – innocence, innovate – innovation, school – scholarship, free – freedom; describe – descriptive, fruit – fruitful, listen – listenable, count – countless, Cuba – Cuban; actual – actually, precise – precisely, brief – briefly

2. Pronounce correctly.

president, cancer, pneumonia, date, club, minute, band, manner, production, number, talent, jazz, arranger, solo, suite, irony, genius, conservative, serenade, Negro; materialize, tour, experiment, train, compromise, reconstruct; informative, human, Latin, comic; paradoxically

3. Read the sentences and translate them paying special attention to the italisized words.

1. Duke Ellington died of pneumonia which developed when he was at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. 2. The students who get good marks receive scholarship. 3. After he had become famous he often came to his home town to sing for his fellow-townsmen. 4. The birthday of the Queen is a significant date in the life of every English family. 5. After long rehearsals the band achieved harmonious sounding. 6. Luis Armstrong belongs to the galaxy of the foremost American composers and performers. 7. Armstrong did not get any official musical education, but due to his strong love for music and hard musical training he became known as the best jazz player of his time. 8. The power of imagination can make wonders. 9. By his contemporaries Luis Armstrong was considered as the “King of Jazz”. 10. Folk melodies give vast materials for the composer. 11. Gershwin’s music was often used in movie scores. 12. The library has a rare collection of ancient English madrigals. 13. Music is able to express the deepest human emotions in its own terms. 14. New times demand new songs, but classical music belongs to the ages. 15. To Gershwin’s time the Pulitzer Prize was not awarded in the field of music.

6. Look through text A and tell a few words about it contents.

7. Read text A carefully.