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1. pore over; 2. absorb; 3. upright; 4. dominate; 5. furnished: 6. peasant; 7. accomplice; 8, particular; 9. acid; 10. significant; 11. isolated; 12. pool; 13. corruption.

6. Say when people experience such feelings or behave in the following

way. Give examples.

1. Pore over something with delight – to look at and study a book, document, etc. carefully: She spends a lot of time poring over the historical records of the church. 2. Breathe something in – phrasal verb to take air into your lungs → inhale the doctor made me breathe in while he listened to my chest. 3. Miss something – to fail to do or experience something, often something planned or expected, or to avoid doing or experiencing something: I missed the start of the class because my bus was late.

4. Gasp – an act of gasping: a sudden loud intake of breath with one's mouth because of surprise, shock, pain, etc,

5. Have a shock – If you have a shock, something suddenly happens which is unpleasant, upsetting, or very surprising.

6. Find something impossible to put into words – People may feel this way when they encounter something so profound, beautiful, or emotional that they struggle to articulate their feelings. For instance, witnessing a magnificent natural phenomenon like the Northern Lights may leave someone speechless.

7. Catch one's breath – This often happens when someone is momentarily breathless due to surprise, exertion, or strong emotions. For example, a runner might catch their breath after sprinting to the finish line.

8. Feel amazed – Individuals may experience amazement when they encounter something extraordinary or beyond their expectations. For instance, seeing a stunning fireworks display can make someone feel amazed.

9. Feel a lump in one's throat – This sensation can occur when someone is on the verge of tears or feeling deeply emotional. For example, hearing a touching speech at a wedding may cause someone to feel a lump in their throat.

7. Work in pairs.

a) Imagine that you’re Ginny and speak about your interest in art and the first impression of your mother’s picture.

My first impression of mother`s picture was unpredictable even for me. I have never felt such interest in painting. I thought it is only some drawing and there is nothing special in it and everyone can do it. But I was wrong. The picture amazed me and I realized that it is a big peace of work.

b) Speak about a strong impression a particular picture once made on you. Describe the picture.

Once surfing the net I came across a very unusual picture and it was a sudden intake of breath, caused by sheer surprise at the arrangement of shapes. It was a physical shock. It would have affected me the same way whoever had painted it, because it was a masterpiece. Later I knew that it was "Portrait of Daniel–Henri Kahnweiler" by Pablo Picasso, painted in 1910 in genre of Analytical Cubism.

At first glance, I could understand nothing in this two–colored mess of lines and geometric figures. It looked for me like a strange labyrinth. I was right as Picasso pretended to describe the inside world of his friend and to show that the variety of the ways of the labyrinth reflects different sides of the human soul.

Firstly I couldn't see any human shape in it, but, surprisingly, in a few seconds these vague line sturned into a man's figure. I could recognize a smiling face with a careful haircut, dressed in a classical suit. He seemed to be shy and embarrassed.

I caught myself thinking that it was impossible to put together differently would have been another picture, which would have lost its individuality, but put together like this, they made me catch my breath. It was amazing, brilliant!

7. c) Speak about the pictures and artists mentioned in the text.

Use encyclopedias and / or Internet links.

Writing to the sculptor Auguste Rodin after having been astonished by this painting in Paris in 1908, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke described how “splintered light tills the ground, turning it over, tearing into it and bringing up here and there pale green meadows behind the trees standing like insomniacs.” Regarded as El Greco’s greatest landscape, it portrays Toledo, the city where he lived and worked for most of his life. But it is an emotive rather than a documentary vision that not only imaginatively revises the skyline—most notably, the cathedral has been moved—but also distorts architecture and landscape such that they are fully in service of the kind of drama Rilke and other modernists appreciated in his work.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler's Mother or Portrait of Artist's Mother, is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American–born painter James McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler's mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches (1,443 mm × 1,624 mm), displayed in a frame of Whistler's own design. It is held by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa.

8. Complete the sentences. Take turns in pairs.

1. My preference lies with the genre of portrait because it is more interesting for me.

2. I personally like genre paintings. They are always with a deep sense.

3. I prefer landscape to other genres. You see sometimes the nature which you have never seen on your own eyes.

4. I care much for still lives and always see them in the museums.

5. I prefer battle pieces than still life.