They can’t make a decision because they’d like to know their father’s point of view.
Lyceum traditions
It is a tradition in our lyceum to plant trees and flowers in spring.
Every day in every group there is a pupil on duty. He usually brings a register to the lessons and helps teachers to mark those who are absent.
In autumn all the trees in our yard become coloured red and brown, yellow and orange, and fall down. It’s a tradition to gather the leaves and clean the ground before winter. When there is much snow in December and January students clean the lyceum roads from snow and ice. They are fond of working outside.
Every Thursday students make their classrooms tidy: sweep the floor, water the flowers.
Twice a week all the students have their training at the lyceum workshops or at the plants of the city of Minsk. They try to receive good skills and in future to become qualified turners, fitters, adjusters and machinists.
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PABLO PICASSO
Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20lh century. He experimented in many different styles and changed the world of art during his time.
Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881. His father was a drawing teacher. At 10 Pablo became his father's pupil and at the age of 13 he held his first exhibition. His family moved to Barcelona in 1895 where Pablo joined an art academy. In his early period the young artist painted life as he saw it around him — in cafes and on the streets. Then they moved to Paris, the centre of art and literature.
In 1901 a close friend of Picasso shot himself. This had a great influence on Pablo. He was very sad and began painting his pictures in grey and blue tones instead of bright, vivid colours. This part of his career is called his Blue Period (1901-1904).
Later on, he changed his painting style and started using more earth colours — rose, pink or brown. He liked to paint pictures of circus life with dancers and acrobats. This Rose Period lasted until 1907.
When Picasso started working with his friend and fellow painter Georges Braque in Paris they started experimenting with a new style that was called cubism. Picasso and Braque didn't want to show nature as it really was. They thought that all objects in nature had geometric forms. In cubism, objects were cut into many flat shapes, which looked like a puzzle. All the sides of a person's face, for example, were shown at once, maybe even with three eyes instead of two.
In 1936 Civil War broke out in Spain. During this period he painted his masterpiece Guernica. It shows the terrified people of the ancient Spanish town which was bombed during the Civil War. Picasso was shocked by this inhuman act and in his painting he shows people running in the streets and screaming with their mouths wide open. To display his sadness and anger he used only black and white as well as shades of grey.
He continued his work up to his death in 1973. For his great imagination and skill he is called 'El Maestro' of modern art.
2. The most famous painting of Picasso is Guernica. Read aloud the extract about it.
3. Where did Picasso learn to paint?
4. Picasso worked in different styles. Which styles are mentioned in the article? What are their typical characteristics?
Пабло Пикассо
Пабло Пикассо был одним из величайших художников 20 века. Он экспериментировал во многих разных стилях и изменил мир искусства того времени.
Пабло Пикассо родился в Малаге, Испания в 1881 отец его был учителям рисования. В 10лет он стал учеником своего отца, а в 13лет он провел свою первую выставку.Его семья переехала в Барселону в 1895,где Пабло поступил в академию искусств. В ранний период молодой художник рисовал жизнь так, как он видел ее вокруг себя - в кафе и на улицах. Затем они переехали в Париж, в центр искусства и литературы.
В 1901 году его близкий друг застрелился. Это произвело огромное впечатление на Пабло. Он стал очень грустным и начал рисовать свои картины в серых и голубых тонах вместо ярких жизненных цветов. Эта часть его карьеры называется его голубым периодом (1901-1904).
Позже он поменял свой стиль рисования и стал использовать более земные цвета-розовые,жизнерадостные или коричневые. Ему нравилось рисовать картины цирковой жизни с танцорами или акробатами. Этот розовый период длился до 1907.
Когда Пикассо начал работать со своим другом и товарищем Георгием Брейком в Париже, они стали экспериментировать в новом стиле, который назывался кубизм. Пикассо и Брейк не хотели показывать природу в реальном свете. Они считали, что все в природе имеет геометрическую форму. В кубизме предметы резались на многие плоские кусочки, которые выглядели как паззл. Все части человеческого лица, например, показывались одновременно, возможно даже с тремя глазами.
В 1936 году в Испании началась Гражданская война. В этот период он нарисовал свой шедевр Гернику. Он показывает запуганных людей древнего испанского города, который бомбили во время Гражданской войны. Пикассо был шокирован этим антигуманным действием и в своей картине он показал людей, бегущих по улицам с широко открытыми ртами. Чтобы показать свою печаль и злость, он использовал только черные и белые цвета,а также оттенки серого.
Он продолжал эту работу до своей смерти 1973 году. За его изумительное воображение и мастерство его называют «маэстро» современного искусства.
1.This text is about one of the greatest artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso. He experimented in many different styles and changed the world of art during his time.His career had some periods. Some facts of his life had a great influence on those periods.
2. (6 абзац.) In 1936 Civil War broke out in Spain. During this period he painted his masterpiece Guernica. It shows the terrified people of the ancient Spanish town which was bombed during the Civil War. Picasso was shocked by this inhuman act and in his painting he shows people running in the streets and screaming with their mouths wide open. To display his sadness and anger he used only black and white as well as shades of grey.
3.Picasso learned to paint from his father and thenin Barcelona in art academy.
4. One of his style was his Blue Period, then his Rose Period and cubism. In his Blue Period he painted in gray and blue tones, in his Rose Period he painted in rose, pink and brown, in the period which was called cubism he didn’t show nature as it really was.
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Interviewer: For most of us, childhood dreams of becoming a dancer stopped at about the time we became teenagers but not for Kerry Jay. Now at the age of 24 she is a dancer in one of the West end’s musicals. Kerry, what’s a typical day?
Kerry: I’m usually not in bed before 2 am, so I get up about 10 am.. I go to the gym or occasionally a jazz class. I meet friends who don’t work by day either – it’s my main chance to socialize. We get to the theatre by 6.15 and put on our make-up. Then we’ll get our hair done and put our costumes on.
Interviewer Do you have to exercise to keep your figure?
Kerry: Not at all! I don’t look after myself as well as I should do! I don’t need to do diets or go to the gym daily – just watch what I’m eating! I eat completely normally, including sweets and chocolates but not much.
Interviewer: How do you see your future?
Kerry: I can’t imagine myself doing anything else! I’d love to get one of the main roles in “Chicago” eventually. As for getting older in the business, I know a lot of dancers in their mid – 30s who are in main parts and doing well.
Interviewer: Any advice for beginners?
Kerry: Be confident and keep practicing – patience is rewarded!
1. Kerry gets up at 10 o’clock, then she goes to the gym and meets her friends. She comes to the theatre at 6.15.