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ARTS
There many arts in the world, but the most popular are:
literature, music, theatre, cinema and others. Every person has
his or her own favourite art.
Music has always fascinated people. It touches their hearts and
makes them laugh or cry. Music can be heard everywhere. Nowadays
there are a lot of musical genres: classical music, rock music,
pop music, club music and others. I can listen to any genre of
music. It depends on my mood. When I am sad I listen to
classical music. When I am happy I like listening to energetic,
fast music and hard beat. However, some people listen to one
kind of music only and they listen to it no matter what mood
they are in.
There are a lot of wonderful works of literature. Famous writers
and poets created a big variety of poems, stories and novels
that are read all over the world. Russian poets and writers like
Pushkin, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky are famous all over the world.
Their works are translated into many languages.
Theatre is a popular kind of arts, too. There are a lot of
theatres in Russia, but most of them are situated in Moscow. The
Bolshoi Theatre and the Maly Theatre are world famous. If you
like opera you should go to the Bolshoi Theatre. The tickets are
rather expensive though. The Maly Theatre stages dramas and
plays based on classical novels.
I am a theatre-goer. I prefer going to drama theatres. I do not
like opera and ballet. Not long ago I saw Uncle's Dream by
Dostoevsky in the Vakhtangov Theatre. I liked the play a lot.
The decorations were rich and the famous actors played very
well. There was a storm of applause after the performance.
Nowadays theatres are becoming less and less popular, and cinema
has got big popularity instead. There are a lot of cinemas in
Moscow: modern and old-fashioned, cheap and expensive. Modern
films are full of audio and computer special effects and people
go to the cinema to enjoy them. The so-called home cinemas have
appeared lately. More and more people buy modern TV-sets with
large flat screens and special sound equipment and watch films
at home.
My favourite art is painting. I enjoy going to art galleries to
look at paintings. I think that this type of art will exist
forever. Artists express their feelings and emotions in their
paintings. There are a lot of art galleries in Moscow, but the
most famous one is the Tretyakov Gallery. It has large
collections of paintings by Russian and foreign painters. My
favourite genre of painting is landscape. I think that Russian
landscapists are the best in the world. I love going to this
gallery when I have free time. One of my friends draws very
well. She is going to enter the University of Arts to become a
professional artist. But I think that amateurs are the best
artists.
Unfortunately I do not have any talent for this or that art. I
used to sing in childhood, but then I gave it up. I think that
arts are not for me.
Vocabulary:
amateur ['aemata] любитель
appear [э'рю] появляться
applause [a'ploiz] аплодисменты
ballet ['baelei] балет
decoration [,dek3'rerj(3)n] украшение
depend on sth/sb [di'pend] зависеть от чего-то/кого-то
emotion [1'тэи[(э)п] эмоция
equipment [I'kwrpmant] оборудование
exist [igzist] существовать
express [iks'pres] выражать
fascinate ['feesmeit] очаровывать
flat screen ['fket'skriin] плоский экран (телевизора)
give up ['дгу'лр] сдаваться, бросать
landscape ['kendskerp] пейзаж
mood [mud] настроение
old-fashioned [l3uld'fceJ(3)nd] устаревший
popularity [pttpju'kenti] популярность
stage [steid3] ставить (пьесу)
theatre-goer ['9гэ1э,дэиэ] театрал
touch one's heart ['tAtfha:t] трогать чье-либо сердце (в
переносном смысле)
Questions:
1. What arts do you know? What are the most popular ones?
2. Why is theatre becoming less and less popular? Are you a
theatre-goer? Why (not)?
3. Do you often go to the cinema? Why (not)?
4. What are your favourite arts? Why?
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