- •Clothes and fashion
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with prepositions if it’s necessary
- •Remember
- •Exercise 9. Minitalks
- •Vocabulary extension
- •Packing for a holiday
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Work in groups. Which clothes would you recommend for the following people?
- •2. Are the following true (never/sometimes/usually/always)? Give reasons and examples.
- •3. Report your conclusions to the class.
- •Vocabulary extension
- •Susan Cheever fashions of the times
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise 24. Answer the following questions
- •Exercise 26. Find out whether these statements are true or false:
- •Exercise 29. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •Vocabulary extension
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise 37. Insert the prepositions if it is necessary
- •Vocabulary
- •Exercise 42. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian:
- •Exercise 43. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
- •T-shirts and tuxedos
- •Exercise 50. Composition
- •Dress in china
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Exercise 52. Answer the following questions:
- •Exercise 53. Find Russian equivalents to the following:
- •Exercise 54. Find English equivalents to the following:
- •Exercise 55. Translate into English:
- •Exercise 56. Render the following text into English:
- •Dressing up in kuwait, sweden and india
- •Indian clothing
- •Traditional vietnamese male attire
- •* * *
- •О национальном платье вьетнамских женщин
- •Traditional korean clothes
- •* * *
- •* * * Hanbok: Korean Tradtional Dress
- •Supplementary texts
- •By Veronique Vienne
- •Trigere. The legendary fashion designer reflects on her past and its impact on elegance today.
- •The uniform
- •Eloquence and bad taste
- •All at sea: the sailor suit
- •Mother's darling: the fauntleroy suit
- •Shorts and knickers
- •The decline of juvenile costume
- •The great designer rip-off
- •Fray chic in the city
- •Vocabulary General part
- •Textiles
- •Men’s clothes
- •Women’s clothes
- •Headgear (Headwear)
- •Footwear
- •Underwear
- •Accessories
- •Expressions
Exercise 37. Insert the prepositions if it is necessary
1. … the morning I take … my pyjamas … . 2. There was no need … you people to get so excited. 3. … the evenings I like to dress … dinner, especially if I am going … … a theatre or a dance. 4. … this dress I wear platinum and pearl ear-rings and a necklace … pearls. 5. Pedro always goes … a good tailor. 6. I always wear … the heels rather quickly. 7. When I heard people shouting that the house was … fire I got … … bed, lit a cigarette, and went … calmly … my dressing. 8. I dress … dinner, generally … a dinner jacket, … black tie, but if I am going … a dance I wear "tails" … a white tie. 9. I usually ask the shoemaker to put iron tips … the heels … my country shoes and rubber tips … my town shoes. 10. Lucille likes to have pretty dresses … the latest fashion and style. 11. When I go … in the winter I put … an overcoat or a raincoat, gloves and a hat, or sometimes, … the country, a cap. 12. I am very pleased to talk … clothes. They are something that I am really interested … . 13. If it is very cold I sometimes wear a scarf … my neck. 14. It pays to choose a good cloth … a suit. 15. Why haven't you put your trousers … ? 16. That reminds me … the story … the famous big-game hunter. 17. My clothes are fine … walking … the country, … climbing or … golf, and they wear … years without getting worn … . 18. I usually go … a fitting … … a week's time. 19. I like a good strong pair … shoes … country wear and a lighter pair … town wear. 20. When I want a new suit I go … the tailor’s and look … the patterns or the rolls … cloth that he shows me. 21. When I had put my tie …, I thought it didn't match … my shirt very well, so I took it … and put … another. 22. The tailor measured him again just to make sure he hadn't got fatter or thinner … his last suit.
Exercise 38. Insert the articles or the pronouns some, any, no (or their derivatives), wherever necessary.
(P. buys … suit)
P: I’d like to see … man’s suit. (Salesman leads … way to … suit racks)
S: Right this way, please. What size do you wear?
P: Size 48.
S: Have you … particular style or colour in … mind?
P: I thought, I’d like to try … in grey flannel.
S: Try this one, please. … sleeves are … little long, but we can shorten them easily.
P: Have you … darker in … colour? This seems too light for … winter wear.
S: Certainly! I can show you … darker. Here is … darker suit. This is … beautiful piece of fabric. Would you like to try it on?
P: … fabric is nice, but … coat seems … little too broad in … shoulders. I don’t think it fits me well.
S: Try … next one. This suit has … different cut and may fit you better.
P: I believe … suit is all right. Make out … receipt, please.
Exercise 39. Translate into English.
S: Чем я могу помочь вам?
Vera: Я хочу взглянуть на платье, такое же как у вас на витрине: голубое для лета.
S: Вот, пожалуйста, последние модели. Можете примерить, примерочная прямо и направо.
Vera: Спасибо. Анна, пойдем вместе, посмотрим, как оно сидит на мне.
(В примерочной)
V: Ну, как? Идет оно мне?
A: Очень милое платье. Оно очень идет тебе. Ты выглядишь в нем чудесно.
V: Да, все очень хорошо, только оно чуточку длинное.
A: О, это пустяки, его можно укоротить.
V: (обращаясь к продавцу) Я возьму его. Заверните его, пожалуйста!
S: Что-нибудь еще?
V: Больше ничего, спасибо.
Exercise 40. Composition exercises:
Tell Hob's story of (a) the big-game hunter, (b) the fire at the country house.
Describe the clothes you are wearing now.
Write a conversation: " A visit to the tailor" (or dressmaker).
Tell what you wear if a) it is warm; b) it rains; c) it is cold.
Describe the clothes men / women wear.
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REMEMBER to buy for a song – купить за бесценок to sell like hot cakes – идти нарасхват to save money for a rainy day – копить деньги на черный день |
Exercise 41. Use these set expressions in your own situations.