Vocabulary notes

d epartment store n универсальный магазин

ready-made clothes/clothes department отдел готовой одежды; footwear, millinery, knitted goods, leather goods, textiles hosiery, haberdashery, cosmetics (departments) отделы: обувь, головные уборы, трикотаж, кожгалантерея, чулки-носки, галантерея, косметика

pretty adj хорошенький; Syn. good-looking, beautiful; handsome (usually about men)

cut л покрой, є. д. The saleswoman assured Eliza that the cut of the coat was fashionable, cut (cut, cut) vt резать; proverb: Cut your coat according to your cloth.

fashion л мода; Syn. style, e. g. Take this coat. It's the latest fashion (style), in fashion в моде, є. д. Such shoes are in fashion now. out of fashion не в моде, є. д. This cut is out of fashion now. fashionable adj e. g. Alice has gone shopping and is sure to buy a fashionable hat. old-fashioned adj, e. g. I don't like old-fashioned furniture.

to help smb. on with smth. помочь надеть что-л.; to help smb. off with smth. помочь снять что-л.

become (became, become) vt/i идти, бнть к лицу, є. д. І don't think it's very becoming. Compare the use of the verbs to become (in the meaning «быть к лицу»), to fit, to match, to go with, to suit, fit vt сидеть, годиться, бнть впору, є. д. The dress fits her like a glove. match vt подходить no цвету, тону, є. д. She is going to buy a hat to match her new coat, go with vi подходить (по фактуре, стилю), соот-ветствовать, є, д. That cardigan does not go with a silk skirt, suit vt подходить, соответствовать, идти к лицу (is the most general term), e. g. The costume suits her. She looks smart in it.

size n размер, e. g. What size shoe(s) do you wear? What size glove(s) do you wear? What size clothes do you wear?

l oose adj широкий, свободннй; to be loose on smb., e. g. The frock's a bit loose on me. Ant. tight: to be tight on smb., e. g. The coat is tight on him. The shoes are tight on me.

How much is it? What is the price of...? What does it cost? Сколько зто стоит? The expressions are used only in the process of shopping. Compare the use of tenses in the following situation: "I bought a new hat yesterday." "Really? How much was it?" ("What was the price?")

cashier n кассир; cash-desk л касса. Note other English words corresponding to the Russian word «касса»: box-office at the theatre; booking-office at a railway station

to try on smth. примерять что-л.

wear (wore, worn) vt 1. носить, быть одетым в..., є. д. Не always wears a grey hat. Kitty was wearing, a lovely pink dress that night. Syn. to be dressed in smth.,- to have smth. on, e. g. She was dressed in a light summer frock. She had a light summer frock on. 2. vi носиться [о платье, матеріал и т. d.) e.g. Does that material wear well?

advise vt советовать, є. g. The teacher strongly advised him to work more at the language laboratory, advice л совет; Pay attention

to the use of the noun advice which is uncountable, e. g. We got so much good advice from him. Compare it with the Russian word «совет» which is countable. The following English uncountable nouns also correspond to Russian countable nouns: knowledge, money, weather, hair, work, information, news.

made of ... сделанньїй из ..., as made of leather, wood, etc.

to run out of smth. истощить свой запас, є. g. We've run out of sugar. У нас кончился сахар.

to have hardly any, e. g. We've hardly any bread in the house., У нас почти не осталось хлеба дома.

turn n зд. очередь; in turn по очереди, є. g. Speak in turn, please. I can't understand you when you are talking together. Note the trans­lation of the Russian combination «стоять в очереди за чем-либо» — to stand in a queue (line) for something.

the greengrocer's овощной магазин

the baker's булочная, e. g. I met her at the baker's yesterday, the grocer's магазин «Бакалея»; the butcher's мясной магазин. Note also the names of some other shops: provision shop продуктовий магазин; fishmonger's рыбный магазин; fruit-shop фруктовий магазин; confectionery кондитерская; dairy молочная; supermarket магазин самообслуживания; shopping centre торговий центр

Oh, bother! Какая досада!

It was ... who (that), e. g. It was Nelly who did all the shopping. Это Нелли сделала все покупки. The word combination it is (was)... who (that) is used to emphasize the subject.

to do shopping, to go shopping делать покупки, є. g. Boys don't like to do shopping. Mary likes to go shopping in the morning, when there are fewer people.

as well adv также; Syn. too, also, e. g. Everybody was eager to go sightseeing. Ann wanted to see the town as well.

model adj образцовый, є. g. Tom Sawyer hated the model boy because he was so good, model л образец, модель, є. g. Sentences must be formed according to this model.

sigh vi взды хать; sigh n вздох

expect vt ожидать, предполагать, полагать, думать; є. g. I expect a letter any day now. Everybody expects he will come tomorrow.

Syn. to wait ждать. Whom are you waiting for? I am waiting for a friend of mine. Note that wait refers to physical activities (e. g. to sit and wait) while expect denotes supposition, looking forward to smth.

EXERCISES

1. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the stresses and tunes. Concentrate your attention on sounds, b) Let your fellow-student read this exercise aloud for you to detect his errors in sounds and tell him what must be done to eliminate them:

[r] l. A foreign accent is a very great drawback.

2The three will probably drive across the Brooklyn Bridge.

3 We gathered ripe red raspberries along the river road.

4 When at Rome do as the Romans do.

5 Neither rhyme nor reason.

6 Every cook praises his own broth.

[aw] 1. What have you found out about it?

2. Out of sight out of mind.

[au-ai] 3. Snow came in the night

Without a sound,

Like a white cloud trembling

Down to the ground.

2. Before you start working at the text practise the sounds in the following word combinations:

A. 1. [rj] becoming; smiling; clothing; feeling pleased; earrings; shopping is one of them; coming up.

2. Loss of plosion: reached Dearborn Street, looked quite smart, turned before the glass, stood by.

3. Linking [r]: mother-of-pearl, helped hereon with it, a pair of gloves.

B. 1. [ou —o] — oh, bother, go shopping, so often, fond of shopping, go to the grocer's,

[з: — о:] — your turn, were born.

2. a) No voicing before voiced consonants and vowels: half a pound, take that bag.

b) No glottal stop: so often, hardly any, did I ever, so absent-minded.

3. Transcribe the following sentences, mark the stresses and tunes and picture them on the staves:

1. "What size gloves do you wear?" she asked. 2. I don't think it's becoming. 3. "Will you please show me that pale-green one?" she said. 4. That can't be called very cheap.

4.Write the interrogative and negative forms of the following sentences:

1. John saw his brother go to the fruit-shop. 2. Everybody expected you to give this information. 3. They want him to take

his parents' advice. 4. We saw Peter buy rolls at the baker's. 5 have made Michael tell the news. 6. Helen wants me to wear the cardigan. 7. I want you to clean your shoes.

5 Fill in prepositions or adverbs wherever necessary:

A 1. What size ... gloves does your daughter wear? 2. Is your blouse made ... silk or ... nylon? 3. This frock suits ... her and she looks so well today. 4. Go ... the fitting-room and try .. the green frock. 5. Go ... the mirror and have a look ... yourself 6. I'm afraid the shirt is a bit loose ... you. 7. You must choose another belt. This one does not go ... your light dress. 8. I'm sure they will soon make ... their quarrel. 9. The woman was made to believe that such shoes were not ... fashion ... that time.

B .1. We've run … … meat. Let's go and buy some ... the butcher's. 2. Please weigh half ... a pound ... sweets. 3. Will you give me a quarter ... a pound ... sausage? 4. Whom are you waiting ...? — I'm waiting ... my friends. They are ... the green­grocer's. 5. She paid ... a cabbage and went ... . 6. The salesmen will finish their work ... half ... an hour. 7. There is no cottage cheese ... the dairy today. 8. I'm not going to stand ... a queue a tin ... sprats.

6. Choose the right verb:

(to expect — to wait)

1. Don't ... for him. He is going to return very late. 2. Nobody ... such an answer from him. 3. ... a minute. Your brother is sure to come soon. 4. Do you ... her to be late? 5. Nobody ... him to repair that broken radio-set. 6. Let's ... for some other students. They are sure to help us to put the tape-recorder right. 7. Everybody ... him to hurry out, but he remained proudly in his seat. 8. Nobody ... the weather to become so nasty. 9.. The children ... impatiently for the beginning of the performance. 10. They ... the river to freeze over in a few days. 11. We ... the box-office to be opened on Sunday.

7. Translate the following sentences into English:

A. 1.Какого раз мера печатки (туфли,пальто) вы носите?2. Это платье вам идет. Вам идет эта шляпа. Не примеряйте это платье.Вам не подходит цвет.Идет ли мне эта блуза?3.Я хочу купить туфли в тон своему новому костюму.4.Этот костюм плохо сидит на мне. Это платье очень хорошо сидит на вас. Ирине очень идет это платье.5.Эти печатки не подходят к твоєму костюму.Эти туфли не подходят к твоему нарядному платью. Этот бант не подходит к твоїй лиловой блузке.6.Эта блузка широка тебе.Этот костюм вам широк. Это платье мне узко. Эти туфли мне малы.Этот пиджак вам узок. 7. Эти туфли очень красивы. Примерьте их. Это пальто очень элегантно.Примерьте его.8.Это пальто слишком дорого для меня. Этот зонтик не очень дорогой. 9. Мне нужны де­шевле туфли для улицы.Я предпочитаю носить дешевые вещи.10. По-моєму, он умен. По-моєму, это неинтересно. По-моему, нужно подождать его.

B. 1. У нас кончилось мясо. У нас кончился лук. У нас кончился картофель. 2. Мне нужно пойти в бакалею (булочную, овощной магазин, рыбный магазин, в кондитерскую, молочную, фруктовн; магазин). 3. Это Нина нам помогла. Зто мама вьімьіла всю посуду Это Николай бьіл нашим гидом. 4. Моя очередь читать. Твоя оче­редь идти за покупками. Ее очередь мить посуду. 5. Пусть Петя купит лук. Пусть Аня купит кочан капусти. Пусть Николай купит огурцн. 6. Не ждите его, он не придет. Кто ждет меня? — Роджер. Пожалуйста, подожди нас на станции у билетной кассн.