Обучение чтению на примере текста Мона Лиза.

  The Story of the Mona Lisa                                      

  Материал подготовлен Лесниковой Т.В., учителем английского языка школы 454

       

I. Read the text, complete the information card and ask your partner about the Louvre.                                 

                                         The Louvre Museum                

 The Louvre is a museum and a gallery. The Louvre Museum   is one the biggest museums in the world. The museum is in Paris, France. It is open from Monday to Sunday. The museum has seven departments. The Louvre is big, beautiful and old but the «pyramid»is modern. The entrance fee is € 8.50. The Louvre Museum is a fantastic place where you can see works of art from all over the world.  Every day, 15, 000 people visit the Louvre. Most of them want to see the Mona Lisa.                                                           Information card

What?	The Louvre  museum
Where?
Open?
Small?
Old?
Beautiful?
Departments? How many?
Entrance free?

II.  The Story of Mona Lisa. Read the text and complete the information below.

                  

A lot of people come to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa. But what is the story of this painting?

The artist was Leonardo da Vinci. He started the painting in 1503 and he finished it about four years later. Leonardo was Italian but in 1516 he moved to France with his painting. The king of France liked it and the Mona Lisa stayed in France.

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Artist:

Started painting:

Finished painting:

Moved to France:

III. Read the last part of the story and answer the questions.

Two years later, the police arrested Vencenzo Peruggia. He was the thief. But how did he steal the Mona Lisa?

Vencenzo was in the Louvre on August, 1911. The museum was very quiet. When Vencenzo walked out, the Mona Lisa was under his coat. The painting stayed in Vencenzo’s apartment, near the Louvre, for two years. In 1913, Vencenzo wanted to sell the painting. He wanted to sell it in Italy. The police arrested him in Milan.

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