English

Bright colours create the atmosphere of solemnity mixed with the light sadness about the past summer. It’s a fine autumn day. And the birds don’t babble as merrily as in fine summer

days. So as once Ostroukhov preserved for the mankind the beauty of the autumn day, the mankind is appealed to preserve nature for the future generations. The leaves are falling on the ground covering everything around with the splendid gay coloured carpet. Somewhere in the distance through the still dense foliage are seen the blue pieces of the sky. Falling asleep the nature is saying good bye to us till the next spring. It is only heard how the breeze is rustling in the foliage tearing off a leaf after a leaf. Russian Autumn sang in the poems of lots of poets and in the canvases of many painters, finds a place in the heart of each person who loves Nature, Russia, and the Earth. The bees’ buzz is no more heard. Even the magpies, these restless prattlers grew quiet for some time.

 

Task 4. Levitan I.I. “The Golden Autumn”

According to the Russian version of the text copy it in English in the proper order and read it perfectly:

Vocabulary:

to show (showed, shown) – показывать

splendid fading of nature – пышное увядание природы

bright foliage – яркая листва

to use – использовать

combination – сочетание

rich – сочный (о красках)

not so fast – не так быстро

to flow – течь

water murmur – журчание воды

hardly – едва

to be caught – быть уловимым

to shine (shone, shone) – блестеть

to reflect – отражать(ся)

light snow-white clouds – лёгкие белоснежные облака

to float in the sky – плыть по небу

like ships – как корабли

the banks of the river – берега реки

clean and limpid – чистый и прозрачный

to be filled with the fragrance of – быть наполненным ароматом

birch grove – берёзовая роща

still – всё ещё

to babble merrily – весело щебетать

singing of many voices in summer –летнее многоголосье

to make somebody happy – радовать кого-либо

village – деревня

harvesting time – уборочная страда

to be in the full swing – быть в самом разгаре

both … and … – и …, и…

adult – взрослый

in the field – в поле

to be in a hurry – торопиться

a lot of work to do – много работы

countryside – сельская местность

in the living of the artist – в бытность художника