1. Answer the following questions: 1) What kind of painter was Thomas Gainsborough? (A painter of only city buildings / A painter of only animals / A painter of portraits and landscapes / A painter of abstract art.) 2) What was Gainsborough’s relationship with nature? (He preferred to paint only indoor scenes / He thought nature was boring / Nature was his best teacher and inspiration / He didn’t like painting nature.) 3) What do people admire in Gainsborough’s paintings? (Their large size and simple shapes / Their harmony between people and nature / Their modern and abstract style / Their bright and dark colors.) 4) How did Gainsborough show his talent as a child? (He learned art only from school teachers / He sold his paintings for a lot of money / He drew pictures that helped catch a thief / He painted famous people as a child.)

Перевод задания: Ответьте на вопросы.

1. A painter of portraits and landscapes. (Художник, писавший портреты и пейзажи.)
2. Nature was his best teacher and inspiration. (Природа была его лучшим учителем и источником вдохновения.)
3. Their harmony between people and nature. (Гармонию между людьми и природой.)
4. He drew pictures that helped catch a thief. (Он нарисовал портрет вора, который помог его поймать.)

Ответы подтверждаются текстом: Гейнсборо писал портреты и пейзажи, называл природу своим лучшим учителем, а гармония человека и природы была характерна для его картин. В детстве он по памяти нарисовал лицо вора, которого затем поймали.