2015-04-20
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be for sale продаваться
be prepared to do sth быть в состоянии; готовым; склонным что-н сделать
a pair of scissors (shoes, gloves, trousers, skates, etc) пара ножниц (ботинок, перчаток, брюк, коньков и т.п.)
EXERCISES
COMPREHENSION
Ex 1 Answer the following questions.
1. What brought the stranger to the shop? 2. What kind of shop was it? 3. What did the stranger want to buy there? 4. Why did the stranger think that the price asked for the painting was too high? 5. How much was he prepared to spend? 6. Why did Madame Tanguy decide that she must take the matter in her own hands? 7. How did it happen that the painting was cut up? 8. What instructions did Madame Tanguy give her husband after the customer had left the shop? 9. Why did she speak of Cezanne's paintings as worthless? 10. Why hadn't Tanguy wanted to sell the painting?
Ex 2 Look through the text once again, and:
1. Say when and where the story happened. 2. Find facts to prove that (a) Pere Tanguy had a deep understanding of art; (b) Madame Tanguy had no feeling for art. 3. Explain how it happened that though the stranger admired Cezanne's painting he thought nothing of spoiling the masterpiece. 4. Explain why Pere Tanguy agreed to have his favourite Cezanne cut up. 5. Show by quoting from the text that the author presents his characters by suggestion rather than by description. 6. Say what traits of character are reflected in Madame Tanguy's appearance. 7. Say how the characters of Madame and Pere Tanguy are presented: in parallel or in contrast.
Ex 3 Find in the text the English for the following phrases, and use them in retelling and discussing the text.
натюрморт; продать дешево; неизвестный художник; слишком дорого; внимательно рассматривать картину; отрезать по всей длине; холст; крайнее яблоко; завернуть в бумагу; вручить покупателю; изуродованный шедевр; лежать на прилавке; выставить в витрине; картина (произведение) Сезанна.
