Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 3 курс [calibre 2.43.0]

3. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary:

A.1. The doctor's treatment did not ease his pain. 2. It was a great comfort to know that the children were safe. 3. He felt himself

somehow free of further responsibility. 4. I'm on duty until 2 p. m. And then Peter is coming to take my place. 5. The little boy said,

"I can whistle with my mouth," and was eager to demonstrate his skill. 6. She has a kind of forced smile. 7. They know how to be

pleasant. They've cultivated that accomplishment for centuries.

8. Her beauty attracted them as the moon the sea. 9. She crossed the room, pulled the curtains apart and opened those low windows.

10.1 could not obtain any information from him. 11. Well known as it is, this is a painting one can go back to again and again, without

coming to the end of its fascination. 12. Constable managed to paint the English countryside in all its moods. 13. You look an em-

bodiment of health. 14. This doctor is a mild-looking man, not what I'd imagined at all. 15. I want to execute a really good likeness of

your father. 16. Dirk Stroeve had a taste for music and literature which gave depth and variety to his comprehension of pictorial art.

B.1. She was a dull, undistinguished-looking little thing. 2. Donald blushed violently and then looked away. 3. Monet pre ferred

transparent light tints. 4. She'd be pretty if her complexion weren't bad. 5. The flowers added freshness and brightness to the room. 6.

It's quite certain. 7. I'm uncertain as to what we ought to do under the circumstances. 8. Harris's shirt was in a questionable taste. 9. I

secretly distrusted the accuracy of both descriptions applied to one girl. 10. Having looked through the catalogue the scientist

carefully chose the books which he needed for his research work. 11. The choice of paintings for the exhibition was admirable.

12. The bump on the boy's forehead was as big as a duck's egg.

13. He noticed that Strickland's canvases were of different magnitude. 14. I don't want to camp out and spend the night in a tent no

bigger than a tablecloth. 15. She found it a strain to talk of anything else with Bart. 16. Please try and come. 17. The giant lift ed up

the big rock quite easily. 18. Pouring out the cod-liver-oil she wrinkled her nose in an attempt to keep her nostrils closed.

4. Explain or comment on the following sentences:

A. 1. He relieved Poirot deftly of his overcoat. 2. Mallory's chief reaction was one of relief: he would have hated to have to speak

to him again. 3. But Hilary could not relieve himself of his own burdens in that way. 4. Have you heard the news? What a relief! 5.

Your room is arranged very artistically. 6. The arts of the painter and sculptor had been employed to make the palace beautiful. 7.

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter," said Basil Hallward. 8. It was not long before I

found, to my own surprise, that the difficult art of fishing I was attempting had, indeed, a powerful fascination. 9. When it was over

he drew a deep breath. 10. Beauty drew him irresistibly. 11. If the reporter could not get facts for his stories, he often drew on his

imagination. 12. A considerate host always tries to draw a left-out guest into conversation. 13. Mr. Strickland has drawn the portrait of

an excellent husband and father, a man of kindly temper, industrious habits, and moral disposition. 14. I haven't had my picture taken

for years. 15. "Mousehold Heath" is a magnificent picture by John Crome. It depicts a shepherd-boy and his dog with a few sheep on

a piece of broken, tufted ground. 16. He pictured the house half-way to Plyn hill, ivy-covered and with a view of the harbour, and

Janet waiting for him when the day's work was done. 17. Leonardo da Vinci loved to portray the smile and used it to give life and

reality and the illusion of spiritual depth to his characters. 18. The president wasted no words, yet managed to paint a detailed and

vivid picture of the nation's strength. 19. The Russian art students were anxious to paint national themes and to choose the subjects of

their paintings themselves. Classical subjects did not appeal to them, for their hearts lay in realism and 'purpose' painting. 20.

Cezanne would never have painted his exquisite pictures if he had been able to draw as well as the academic Ingres. 21. She painted

his ingratitude in the blackest colours.

B.1. He met her challenge with a bitter smile though all colour had left his face. 2. Tristram's face went stern as death, and he bit

his lips, while his bride became the colour of the red roses on the table in front of her. 3. His reputation was a trifle off colour. 4.

These pages form the record of events that really happened. All that has been done is to colour them. 5. Mr. Gaitskill never for a

moment doubted his divine right to do, within the accepted limits, exactly what he liked. 6. The weather looks very doubtful.

7. I shouldn't like to live in such a doubtful neighbourhood.8. Doris had now made it clear that she doubted the sincerity of Laura's

deep affection for Conrad. 9. The whole art was to stay silent, to select one's time, and then pick off the enemies. 10. The boy's sailor-

suit had been selected in the thrifty expectation of his "growing into it". 11. Books are often displayed on the counter to let the

customers select what they like. 12. The man who had charge of the canoes was a tremendous fellow, brown all over, who had been

selected for his strength. 13. He felt, as other men felt in her presence, a size larger than life. 14. Harris suggested that George never

ought to come into an ordinary sized boat with feet that length. 15. We saw the ruins overgrown with creepers, half- buried in

vegetation, but still gigantic in size. 16. I myself might have painted the portrait. The forlorn dark eyes gazed steadily back at me,

sharing, or at least understanding, as it seemed, my foolish boyish dreams. 17. The "Young Man" seems to gaze at us with such an

intense and soulful look that it is almost impossible to believe that these dreamy eyes are only a bit of coloured earth spread on a

rough piece of canvas. 18. He made a gentle effort to introduce his friends into Bertolini society and the effort had failed. 19. Roy

became aware that someone was approaching him, and pulled himself together with a strong effort. 20. He abandoned his fruitless

efforts to sleep. 21. Lampton joined in the laughter but it was a considerable effort.

5. Choose the right word:

draw — paint

1. She placed the paper and pencil before me and told me I could ... anything I liked. 2. The picture was ... so that the eyes seem

to follow you no matter where you are.

colours — paints

1. This possible picture she painted in glowing ... , until the child's pathetic dark eyes glistened with pleasure. 2. If you want

cornflower blue you'd better mix these two ... . 3. The warm ... are red, yellow and orange.

picture — portray — represent

1. Roerich's paintings for the Kazan railway station in Moscow ... combats between Russians and Tatars. 2. I could hardly г..

Charlie in this role. 3. The great tragic actress is ... in her day dress. 4. The artist was concerned more with re-creating the radiance of

Venice than with ... the solid structure of its monuments.

choose — select

1. Meg had ... her second daughter to accompany her to the wedding. 2. The books were specially ... to attract and develop the

youthful mind. 3. Members of the committee were ... by election.