This is America. Гришенкова Е.Г. - 85 стр.

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TEXT 15

1 KEY WORDS

Match the vocabulary items with their definitions

1. sick a. an announcement in a public medium promoting a

product, service, or event

2. advertisement b. each of a regular series of publications

3. define c. an amount of a commodity equivalent to a specified

sum of money

4. reflect d. affected by physical or mental illness

5. issue e. dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty

6. movement f. make up or establish the character or essence of

7. reject g. embody or represent (something) in a faithful or

appropriate way

8. own h. calculate or judge the value, quantity, or extent of

9. estimate i. possess

10. worth j. a group of people working together to advance their

shared political, social, or artistic ideas

2 FIND THE INFORMATION

Read the text as quickly as possible and answer the questions:

1. What is Andy Warhol famous for?

2. What was Andy’s childhood like?

3. What school did he graduate?

4. When did he move to New York?

5. How did he start his career in fine art?

6. How is pop art different from fine art?

7. When was Warhol’s first exhibition organized?

8. What directions except from painting was Warhol interested in?

9. When did the Andy Warhol Museum open?

10. How many Warhol’s works does it exhibit?

Andy Warhol, 1928-1987: The Father of Pop Art

Andy Warhol, one of the most influential people in American modern art.

Warhol was best known for his bright colored images of famous people and food