Hobbies. Leisure Time. Бекерова Е.А - 13 стр.

                          2. Hobby: Collector                             masterpieces of Faberge firm. By the way, the collection includes about
                                                                          100 works by Jury Bakhtin made of mammoth tusk and Eugene
2.1. Pre-reading focus.
                                                                          Onishenko.
Do you know anything about collector?
What do people usually collect? What do you know?                                                       Alexander
   - Work in 3 groups
                                                                                 My name is Alexander. I am a Russian policeman. I have my
   - Brainstorm your ideas
                                                                          own web-site, which is about me and my job in the investigative
   - Make out a list of things people usually collect
                                                                          service, it has some pictures of Russian militia and of my native city
                                                                          Vladivostok and talks about many other interesting things.
2.2. Pre-reading task.
                                                                                 I am often asked by my colleagues-collectors to send them
Now, read three texts about the collectors from Russia and the things     Russian police and army insignia. At present time my financial
they collect.                                                             situation does not allow me to give out these items as presents. The
       The 1st group – read the text “Vladimir Andreevich Pelepenko”      reason for that is an extremely high price of postal services in Russia
       The 2nd group – read the text “Alexander”                          and the expensiveness of the insignia itself. I have an access to
       The 3rd group – read the text “Elena Lisina”                       acquiring patches, pins, orders and uniforms of Russian police and
       Add the things these Russians collect to you group’s list of       army at a low price. Besides, I have my own stock of these items. If
things people usually collect.                                            you are interested in getting Russian police, army and KGB patches,
                                                                          pins, decorations and uniforms - I can help you with that.
2.3. Reading.                                                                    Police collectors have a practice of exchanging patches from
                                                                          their departments, and it is like a sign of friendship. I support this
                  Vladimir Andreevich Pelepenko
                                                                          tradition.
       A collector, General chief of UMC «Nedra», owner of «Cameo»
shop, was born in Tumen in 1935. He has been living in Ekaterinburg                                   Elena Lisina
from 1957. In 1962 he graduated from Urals Polytechnical University
                                                                                 Elena Lisina is a designer, the member of the Union of
as an electrician engineer. His passion to natural stone and wish to
                                                                          Designers of Russia since 1988. Since 1989 she has been making
gather a collection appeared at the age of 36. At present time unique
                                                                          unique, one-of-a-kind cloth dolls. She is a member of British Doll
collection includes more than 10 thousand exhibits. There are 1000
                                                                          Artists Association (BDA). Elena Lisina has been collecting dolls since
agates of Chukotka (the most complete gathering), minerals of
                                                                          1989 and exhibiting them. In 1997, on the Convention of the United
excellent beauty from whole USSR and many regions of the world. The
                                                                          Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC) in Los-Angeles, Elena was awarded
collection was first exhibited in Munich (1988) and later in Vienna,
                                                                          with "The Award of Excellence" for the "Exhibit of Dolls".
Dortmund, Hamburg, Denver (1989), London (1993) and Athens
                                                                                 Since 1992 Elena Lisina's dolls collection has been exhibited in
(1994).
                                                                          the Museum of Ural's Writers of Ekaterinburg, Elena also organizes
       Besides minerals the collection represents the products of stone
                                                                          doll exhibits in the other towns - Tumen, Rezh and etc. In the process
made by Urals masters: Anatoly Ovchinnikov, Aleksei Antonov,
                                                                          of collaboration with the Museum of the Ural's Writers the unique form
Anatoly Zhukov, Jury Polovnikov, Viacheslav Obolensky. Their works
                                                                          of a Doll museum was found - the combination of doll exhibit with
of crystal and precious stones are of equal or better quality than
                                                                          literary themes that makes exhibits more educational and informative.

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