Номер 1, страница 81 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

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Olga: You know Brian, there's one thing I haven't done before going home. I haven't been to the Tate Gallery.

Brian: As far as I remember, you have some free time tomorrow afternoon. I can take you to the Tate.

Olga: Can you? Oh, that would be lovely. I've always wanted to see Turner's original works. There are no works by him in Russian art galleries.

Brian: The Tate is the right place for seeing Turner's paintings. By the way, Olga, did you know that there are two Tate galleries in London now?

Olga: No, I didn't. How come?

Brian: In the year two thousand, they divided the collection into the Tate Britain and the Tate Modern.

Olga: In what way are they different?

Brian: The Tate Britain includes the collection of English and foreign art up to the end of the nineteenth century. In turn, the Tate Modern has a collection of European and American paintings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Olga: I see.

Brian: As for Turner, the Tate Britain has a very large collection of his paintings. Personally, I prefer his later works. They have some mystery about them.

Olga: Do you often go to the Tate, Brian? Do you know it well?

Brian: Not as often as I'd like to, but I try not to miss interesting exhibitions, and every time I go there, I see some of my favorite pictures as well.

Olga: What are your preferences? Do you like British or foreign artists?

Brian: It's really difficult to say. I like to look at some paintings by Pablo Picasso and portraits by Modigliani. At the same time, British artists like Stanley Spencer or George Sanger Sergeant are among my favorite.

Olga: Will you show me your favorite pictures tomorrow when we go to the Tate?

Brian: With pleasure. Do you know that there are also some Russian paintings in the Tate collection?

Olga: Really? Russian avant-garde, I guess.

Brian: Mostly. Artists like Larionov and Kandinsky.

Olga: Brian, may I ask you something?

Brian: Yes, Olga, what is it?

Olga: What does the word Tate mean?

Brian: Nothing, it's just a name. As the name of the man who started the collection.