Batiste

Batiste was named after the Frenchman Babtiste of Cambrei in the 13^th century. Originally made in linen it is now more commonly woven with mercerized cotton yarns. This is a lightweight cloth in weave with a lustrous finish. It is a very fine quality cloth made of long, staple combed cottons.

Traditionally produced in its undyed natural state it is now bleached white or dyed and is ideal for handkerchiefs, dresses and shirts. A heavy quality batiste is also made for foundation garments. Tamise cloth is another name for batiste.

Terms:

staple – штапель, штапельне волокно, довжина

comb – гребінь, розчісувати, причісувати

bleach – відбілювати

linen – льон, льняне волокно

lightweight – легкий

lustrous – блискучий

undyed – непофарбований

handkerchief – хустинка

garment – одежа

state – стан

originally – спочатку

VI. Comprehension.

Exercise 13. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the origin of the word “batiste”?

2. What fibers was it originally made from?

3. Can you say what fibers are used in batiste wearing nowadays?

4. Is batiste produced in its original undyed state?

5. How else is batiste called?

VII. Oral Practice.

Exercise 14. Speak on the properties on batiste using the following speech patterns: as far as I know, it seems to me, to my mind, in my opinion, it is really so.

Exercise 15. Make up a dialogue:

Я б хотіла купити що-небудь з батисту	I’d like, to buy, something
Цікаво, що тканину було названо на честь француза Бабтиста ще у 13 столітті.	to be called, after the Frenchman, as early as …
Треба відмітити чудові якості батисту: блиск, його легкість, прохолоду.	To be worth, to mention, wonderful, properties, lustre, light, cooling effect

Exercise 16. Read and translate a dialogue into Ukrainian:

A. – Look here, what an interesting text we have read about batiste.

B. – You are right. I liked most that such cloth was named after the Franchman Babtiste who lived in as early as 13^th century.

A. – Oh, such things took place sometimes. For example the cloth makintosh was named after an English chemist Makintosh who made rainproof cloth for raincoats, umbrellas etc.

B. –As for me I’d like to have a dress or a blouse made of batiste. We’ve read that it is lustrous, light and has a cooling effect.

Unit 4 Flax.

I. Vocabulary.

Exercise 1. Remember the following worlds and word-combinations:

1. genus 2. species 3. seed 4. linen 5. linseed oil 6. meal 7. pharmaceutical 8. taproot 9. stem 10. sparse 11. lance 12. sepal 13. petal 14. stamen 15. mottle 16. shroud 17.to adorn 18. gin 19. precipitation 20. (clay) loam 21. silt 22. to ret 23. pile 24. dew 25. to thaw 26. to immerse 27. to crush 28. to tangle 29. to taw 30. upholstery 31. tensile 32. twine 33. lace 34. to mature 35. drought

1. рід, сорт, вид 2. вид, рід, порода 3. зерно, насіння 4. полотно, лляний 5. масляна олія 6. борошно 7. фармацевтичний (засіб) 8. стовбурне коріння 9. стовбур, стебло 10. рідкий, розкиданий 11. спис 12. чашолистик 13. пелюстка 14. тичинка 15. цяточка 16. покров 17. прикрашати 18. джин (бавовноочисна машина) 19. випадіння осадків 20. суглинок, родюча земля 21. мул 22. мочити 23. куча, складати в кучу, груду 24. роса 25. танути 26. занурювати 27. давити, вижимати 28. заплутувати 29. виробляти (шкіру) без дублення 30. обивочна тканина, оббивка 31. той, що розтягується 32. шпагат 33. шнурок, шворка 34. зріти, дозрівати 35. засуха

Exercise 2. Give the initial form of the words and translate them.

Cultivated, threads, ornamental, varieties, completely, effective, unfavorable, promotes, decomposition, retting, wetting, freezing, drying, taller.

Exercise 3. Fill in the table the given words.

Noun	Pronoun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb	Proposition

Common, within, genus, seed, to include, moderately, in order, cyclic, extensively, some, to range, fabrics, to contain, of, most, deep, fiber, primarily, by, flax, straw, to ret, this, various, to produce, products, to separate, its.

Exercise 4. Translate the following word-combinations.

Common name, within that family, fiber products, linseed oil, linseed meal, completely symmetrical, most cultivated varieties, a temperate-region plant, temperature and moisture conditions, high precipitation, moderately fertile silt, refined for planting, on a limited scale, linen cloth.

Exercise 5. Find the meaning of the polysemantic word “plant”.

1. Flax plants range in height from 30 to 100 cm (12 to 40 in.)

2. In California, India and Argentina seed flax is planted in the fall.

3. The Pharmaceutical plant has been recently built not far from the city of Kyiv.

Exercise 6. Match the following words and word-combinations with the corresponding parts:

a). Flax b). Both fiber and seed flaxes c). A temperate-region plant d). Flax for seed

1) have narrow, alternate, lacelike leaves 2) grows under a wide range of temperature and moisture conditions 3) is a common name for a family of plants and for plants of a genus within the family 4) is produced and harvested in about the same manner as wheat and other small grains.