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Complete the sentences. Use -`s or -s` + a noun
1. David and Sue are husband and wife. David is…
2. This car belongs to Ann. It is…
3. The king lives in a very beautiful palace. The … is very beautiful.
4. I was with Elena at her house last night. I was … last night.
5. All the students have put their books on the table. All … are on the table.
6. My sister was born on 28
th
June. The 28
th
June is …
7. Mrs Penn makes delicious cakes. … are delicious.
8. My grandparents have a house next door to us. My … is next door to us.
9. Mr and Mrs Smith have a son, Chris. Mr and Mrs Smith are …
Put in a/an or the
1. We enjoyed our holiday. … hotel was very nice.
2. "Can I ask a question?" "Of course. What do you want to ask?"
3. You look very tired. You need … holiday.
4. "Where is Tom?" "He is in … bathroom."
5. Jane is … interesting person. You must meet her.
6. Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to … city centre?
7. Shall we go out for … meal this evening?
8. It is … nice morning. Let us go for … walk.
9. Amanda is … student. When she finishes her studies, she wants to be … journalist. She lives with two
friends in … flat near …college where she is studying. … flat is small but she likes it.
10. Peter and Mary have got two children, … boy and … girl. … boy is seven years old and … girl is three.
Peter works in … factory. Mary has not got … job at the moment.
Role Play
Discuss the role of the Gothic style in the history of the world architecture
UNIT 2
Warming Up
1. When did the Baroque appear?
2. What famous Baroque buildings do you know?
3. When did the Rococo period start?
4. What characteristic features of the Rococo style can you name?
5. Do you remember any outstanding Baroque&Rococo architects?
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN BAROQUE AND ROCOCO
Quite to the opposite of the Rococo soul, the soul of the Baroque is characterized by austerity that inspires
silence and meditation.
The basic theme of silence is vividly portrayed in the range of works going from Caravaggio to Georges de
La Tour, for instance in the latter's Magdalene with the Smoking Flame. Another striking example is Magda-
lene Meditating, an early 17th-century work from the Neapolitan school. Following in the wake of Caravaggio,
this school of silence would spread everywhere across Europe.
Claude Meylan's "Salome" provides still another depiction of silence, of the most fundamental of dialogues
(that of Life and Death). This work illustrates the repercussions of the message left by Caravaggio, a message
of what is intrinsic to man, in a painting that – in the light-and-dark contrasts of grays surrounding the face of
Salome – conveys the latter's newly awakened horror at the sacrifice of John the Baptist.
During the Baroque period, this concern with the essence of life is to be found even in works by the more
mundane artists. Indeed, among the mundane greats on the Baroque scene, it had become the fashion to adopt
an economy of means, in an endeavor to attain a more informal intimacy, to create works of a more confiden-
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