Exercise 2 Answer the following questions

What are the most popular arts? 2. What musical genres can you name? 3. What music do you like to listen to? 4. What theatres are there in Moscow? 5. Are you a theatergoer? 6. Are theatres still popular? 7. Are you fond of painting? 8. What is the biggest gallery in the world? 9. What can you see in Great Britain? 10. What museums can you see in the USA?

Exercise 3 Translate and memorize the following expressions from the text

To fascinate, to touch, musical genres, classical music, rock music, pop music, club music, to depend on one’s mood, fast music, hard beat, to be translated into many languages, a theatre-goer, the decorations, history museums, museums of art, archaeological museums, science museums, big popularity, an amateur, to give smth up.

Exercise 4 Find synonyms for the following words.

To feel blue, to leave smth, a cinema, to contain, to propose, to be established, to show one’s feelings, big, to contain, many, to be shown, outstanding, up-to-date, to prefer, to be fond of.

Exercise 5 Write a summary of the text, presenting the content of each paragraph in 2-3 sentences. Use the expressions:

The main idea of the text is... The text deals with one of the most important (urgent) issues... Much attention (consideration) is given to (classification, description)... It focuses on the matters of... The text gives an overview of... The text is mainly concerned with... The aim of the survey is to show (demonstrate, find)... Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of… The text gives a detailed analysis of (reports on)... To sum up... In conclusion...

Индивидуальное задание для студентов заочного отделения к курсу

«Английский язык»

Вариант № 16/1c

Exercise 1 Read the text and translate it in written form.