Bathroom and toilet

a bathtub

a shower

a jacuzzi

a shower curtain

a bidet

a towel rail

a bathmat

a medicine cabinet / a first aid kit

a tap

a mixer tap

a diverter

a plug-hole

a drain plug

a washbasin

a faucet

a bar of soap

face (toilet) soap

laundry soap

liquid soap

scented soap

a soap-dish

to soap

washing powder / detergent

a laundry-basket / a linen bin for dirty linen

a sponge

a washcloth

a razor

a nailbrush

a tube of toothpaste

a hairbrush

a comb

a terry towel

a terry bathrobe

a cistern

a toilet / a lavatory / WC / loo

a toilet pan

a toilet roll holder

a flush

a ventilator

a sauna

sanitary engineering

Exercise 11

Part A. Complete these good bathroom rules. There may be more than one answer.

1. Hang up the ________ _________ when you've finished with your bath.

2. Put the soap back in the ________ ________ when you've done washing.

3. Put all your dirty clothes in the ___________ .

4. Clean out the _________ after you take a bath.

5. Don't splatter toothpaste all over the ___________ .

Part B. Circle the word that does't belong and tell why.

1. hamper bathtub tile wastepaper basket

2. shampoo drain plug soap toothpaste

3. sponge washcloth mirror towel

4. nailbrush toilet brush toothbrush hairbrush

5. bathroom scales faucet bathtub shower curtain

Part C. Read the following situations. Tell what the person did next. Finish the story in two or three sentences. Use all of the given words.

1. Sam was taking a shower. Suddenly, the phone rang.

shower curtain, bathtub, bath towel

e.g. He pulled back the shower curtain and climbed out of the bathtub. Then he grabbed a bath towel and ran to answer the phone.

2. Lisa was taking a shower. Suddenly, the hot water stopped!

cold water faucet, hot water faucet, bathtub, bath towel

3. Betty answered the phone at 7 p.m. It was Frank. He asked if she'd like to go to a movie with him at 8 p.m. Betty said yes, but after she hung up, she recollected that her hair was dirty.

washbasin, hand towel, shampoo, hair dryer

4. Joe's mother has just called him. She told him that she was on her way over to see his new apartment. She said she'd be there in an hour. Joe's apartment is in a mess, especially the bathroom!

hamper, bathtub, washbasin, mirror, toilet, toilet brush, wastepaper basket

 Writing

Write a paragraph about what you do when you get up in the morning. Use the words below, and words like first, second, third, then, after that, finally. Then write four questions about your paragraph. Give your paragraph and questions to a partner to see if he /she can answer your questions correctly.

hair dryer toothbrush sponge bath towel

mirror hairbrush comb toothpaste

closet hanger soap night table

alarm clock box of tissues light switch shampoo

washcloth bathtub shower blanket

Exercise 12

Write the words that fit the following definitions:

1. something to wash your body with ______________________

2. something to dry it with ______________________

3. something to put a bar of soap in ______________________

4. something to clean your teeth with ______________________

5. something to wash your clothes with ______________________

Give the English equivalents:

зубна паста, мило, бачок, зубна щітка, ручка для спускання води, душ, ванна, занавіска для душу, вішалка для рушників, махровий рушник, кусок мила, унітаз, мата для ванної кімнати, тумбочка для ліків, губка, пральний порошок, змішувач води, бритва, капці.

Exercise 13

Translate this passage into English:

Раніше, коли ми не мали змоги бачити, купувати та користуватись розкішною сантехнікою, духмяним милом та шампунем (не для всіх типів волосся в одному), ми і гадки не мали, що таке існує.

Після налагодження зв’язків із зарубіжними країнaми, українці мають можливість придбати (якщо, звичайно, дозволяє гаманець) чудові ванни, умивальники, унітази, біде і т.ін. Найбільш завзяті господині підбирають за кольором і візерунком кахель, занавіски для душу та рушники. Тепер вони можуть придбати найрізноманітніші предмети туалету: зубну щітку та пасту, мило, губку, шампунь, тонік, різні креми та маски.

Що може бути приємнішим за теплу ароматну ванну, а потім бадьорячий душ! Після цього загорнутись у м’який махровий халат, взути кімнатні капці і попрямувати на кухню, щоб насолодитись чашкою кави чи чаю.

 Reading

Read this funny text and describe the way you’d furnish your own bathroom. Think of the title for it.

A few months ago my family and I moved into a new house. We left our small apartment and bought a lovely big house just outside the city. We took all our furniture to the new house, but we also needed a lot of new things. We wanted to paint and decorate many of the rooms, too.

For weeks I went to deparment stores and paint shops almost every day, I looked at curtains and carpets, at wallpaper and paint. Soon our house began to look like a beautiful home. But I had a problem with the bathroom.

I needed a shower curtain for the bath. I wanted one exactly the same colour as the walls. But I couldn’t find one that was just the right blue. Luckily my toothbrush was the same colour blue I needed for the curtain. So I took it with me in my handbag when I went shopping. In each shop I showed my toothbrush to the shop assistant.

“Have you got a shower curtain exactly this colour?”, I asked. But none of the shops had a curtain just that blue.

In one shop, I looked at eleven blue shower curtains. I looked at each curtain and then I looked at my toothbrush.

“I’m sorry”, I said. “It’s not the right colour”.

Finally the shop assistant looked at me angrily and said: “Madam, why don’t you buy a new toothbrush?”