Придумайте 5 вопросов по этому текста и запишите их на английском языке.
New York is often called the cultural capital of the USA.
There are more than 800 museums in New York. One of the best known is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is the largest art museum in the United States. Its magnificent collection of European and American paintings contains works of many of the greatest masters of art world. The second best known is the Museum of Modern Art. The reputation of the «Moma», as the museum is nicknamed, rests on its wonderful collections of modern art and photography. The Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art contains an impressive collection of modern artists ranging from impressionists to abstractionists. No other city in the world offers as much theatre as New York where there is a daily choice of almost two hundred productions. You can see the newest plays and shows on Broadway. But away from the bright lights of Broadway there are many smaller theatres. Their plays are called ‘»off-Broadway» and «off-off-Broadway» and they are often more unusual than the Broadway shows. Some Broadway musicals like «Cats», «Miss Saigon» live for decades, some off-Broadway shows live for a week.
The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Centre (the Met) is known throughout the music world. International stars sing here from September until April. The Carnegie Hall is the city’s most popular concert hall. It was opened in 1891 with a concert conducted by P.I. Tchaikovsky. Music masters such as Arthur Toskanini, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles have made up the Carnegie bill.
New York is famous for its festivals and special events: summer jazz, one-act play marathons, international film series, and musical celebrations from the classical to the avant-garde.
There are a lot of colleges and universities in New York, among them such giants as Columbia University, the State University of New York, the City University of New York, New York University and others.
The New York Public Library is the largest library of the city. You can see a lot of interesting things here: Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington, Charles Dickens’s desk, and Thomas Jefferson’s own handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence.
New York is often called the cultural capital of the USA.
There are more than 800 museums in New York. One of the best known is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is the largest art museum in the United States. Its magnificent collection of European and American paintings contains works of many of the greatest masters of art world. The second best known is the Museum of Modern Art. The reputation of the «Moma», as the museum is nicknamed, rests on its wonderful collections of modern art and photography. The Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art contains an impressive collection of modern artists ranging from impressionists to abstractionists. No other city in the world offers as much theatre as New York where there is a daily choice of almost two hundred productions. You can see the newest plays and shows on Broadway. But away from the bright lights of Broadway there are many smaller theatres. Their plays are called ‘»off-Broadway» and «off-off-Broadway» and they are often more unusual than the Broadway shows. Some Broadway musicals like «Cats», «Miss Saigon» live for decades, some off-Broadway shows live for a week.
The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Centre (the Met) is known throughout the music world. International stars sing here from September until April. The Carnegie Hall is the city’s most popular concert hall. It was opened in 1891 with a concert conducted by P.I. Tchaikovsky. Music masters such as Arthur Toskanini, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles have made up the Carnegie bill.
New York is famous for its festivals and special events: summer jazz, one-act play marathons, international film series, and musical celebrations from the classical to the avant-garde.
There are a lot of colleges and universities in New York, among them such giants as Columbia University, the State University of New York, the City University of New York, New York University and others.
The New York Public Library is the largest library of the city. You can see a lot of interesting things here: Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington, Charles Dickens’s desk, and Thomas Jefferson’s own handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Answers & Comments
2)Which museum contains collection of impressionists and abstractionists?
3)How long<Cats>& <Miss Saigon> do they live for?
4)When do international stars sing at Lincoln Centre?
5)When was Carnegie Hall opened?
6) Who had conducted concert in 1891?
7)What New York is famous for?
8)Where does Columbia University situated ?
9)What is the name for the largest library ?
10) Where can summer jas be seen ?