Ex.13. A. Read and translate the text. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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THE BEST ART CRITICS
I am an `art (student, and I `paint a `lot of (pictures. `Many `people &pretend that they understand `modern (art. They `always &tell you `what the `picture is (about. Of &course, `many `pictures are `not about (anything! They are `just `pretty (patterns. We `like them in the `same &way that we `like `pretty `curtain (material.
I `think that `young &children understand `modern &pictures `better than `anyone (else. They (notice more. My `sister is `only (seven, but she `always &tells me if my `pictures are &good or (bad.
She `came into my `room (yesterday. “`What are you (doing?” she asked. “I am `hanging this `picture on the (wall,” I answered, “it is a (new one. `Do you &like it?” She `looked at it `critically for a (moment. “It is (all &right,” she said, “but `isn't it `upside &down?” I `looked at it (again. She was (right. It (was.
Vocabulary:
| an art student | [`a:t `stju:dnt] | 12. студент художественного отделения |
| to paint | [peint] | рисовать (красками) |
| to pretend | [pri`tend] | притворяться |
| to understand | [žndc`stænd] | понимать |
| just | [®žst] | просто, только |
| pretty | [`priti] | симпатичный, хорошенький |
| a pattern | [pætn] | рисунок |
| in the same way | [in ðc `seim `wei] | также как, таким же образом |
| curtain material | [`kc:tn mc`ticriel] | материал для штор |
| anyone else | [`eniwžn `els] | кто-либо другой |
| to notice | [`noutis] | 13. замечать |
| to hang | [hæ†] | вешать |
| critically | [`kritikcli] | критично |
| upside down | [`žpsaid `daun] | вверх ногами |
| She was right | 14. [•i wcz `rait] | Она была права |