Hello students!
Last week, we started Unit 2 - Is It Art?, where we talked about art, and learned how to describe a piece of art using adverb adjective collocations. Here is the presentation we saw in-class.
Here are the two dialogues we listened to:
Dialogue One:
[RP accent] ... which is particularly enchanting. Now, over here on our right is an absolutely marvellous example of Impressionism, painted, of course, by Claude Monet quite late in his career. Today, as we look at this utterly exquisite painting, it’s simply impossible for us to imagine the controversy it caused when Monet first presented it. Er, excuse me. The chap in the really appalling baseball cap ... Yes, yes, you! Please refrain from taking photographs or I shall be obliged to ask you to leave the tour! Where was I? Yes, the critics of the time were absolutely horrified and thought the Impressionists were primitive and vulgar. Of course, these famous buildings have been painted by countless artists but the main focus of Monet’s painting isn’t the buildings or the river, but the light itself. The way which Monet has captured the whole atmosphere during a winter sunset is simply remarkable.
Dialogue Two:
Lee: [Ulster accent] How are you feeling now, Karen?
Karen: [Ulster accent] Terribly nervous!
Lee: Don’t worry, love. It’s only a tooth.
Karen: I know, but I’m finding it pretty difficult to keep calm.
Lee: This waiting room can’t be helping. Absolutely atrocious wallpaper...
Karen: Really dire magazines ...
Lee: And why are the paintings in dentist’s waiting rooms always really bad? They always look as though they bought them from a flea market for 50p or something. I mean look at that one. It’s absolutely pathetic! I could paint better myself!
Karen: It reminds me of the birthday cards I used to get from my gran. I’m sure it’s making my toothache worse!
You can try doing the quiz below:
Adverb Adjective Collocations Quiz