Vocabulary List. – an outcome – результат, последствие, исход

– an outcome – результат, последствие, исход

– to gain – получать, достигать, выигрывать

– a commission – поручение, заказ

– to encumber – препятствовать, мешать, затруднять

– to respond – отвечать, реагировать, нести ответственность

– to assume – принимать (характер, форму)

– artificially – искусственно

– rural – сельский, деревенский

– a catchment area – район охвата обслуживанием

– a contingency – возможность

– to attempt – пытаться, пробовать

– to derive – заимствовать, наследовать

– rectilinear – прямолинейный

– subordinate – второстепенный, подчиненный

– a meadow – луг

– an undertaking – предприятие

– to dissolve – аннулировать, распускать, расторгать

– to erect – устанавливать, сооружать, воздвигать

– a landscape – ландшафт, пейзаж

􀀉 Answer the following questions.

1. What was the aim of school builders in the 1950s and 1960s?

2. During this period one wanted a building that would meet all possible contingencies, didn’t he?

3. What were the distinguishing qualities of the secondary school on the Schafersfeld?

4. Why is it important to build educational institutions in “meadow-like surroundings”?

􀀉 Find the English equivalents in the text.

Родительский дом; быть отрезанным от; поручать; перегородка; до сих пор; подход; располагаться;

строгая последовательность; вместо; быть причиной; получать опыт; второстепенные элементы; объе-

динять.

􀀉 Explain the meaning.

An architectural competition; schools of all-day instruction; democratic architecture; heterogeneous environment;

heavy traffic disturbance; to ameliorate the situation.

􀀉 True or false?

1. The design of schools is usually the outcome of the society demand.

2. Up to the 1980s school design was encumbered very much by ideology.

3. One expression of the concept of mutual respect and individuality is that the teaching spaces should not

be standardized.

4. In the 1980s much attention was paid to a sensible use of materials, a logical form and diversity in unity.

5. The majority of schools are located in green places close to the town center.