III Make up a plan of the text.

IV Translate the paragraphs in italics in a written form.

V Questions for discussion:

1. What are the main ways of constructing clothes?

2. What does each way of designing depend on?

3. How is a tailored garment made?

4. How can draped clothes be fixed?

5. What is an advantage of draping?

6. What are garments of different styles like?

7. What are the most famous examples of such clothes in different cultures?

8. What kind of garment can be used for different purposes?

9. What is the most time-taking way of making clothes?

10. What style is preferable in modern Europe?

TEXT C

I Mind the following words and word-combinations:

1. medieval – середньовічний

2. an engine-powered machine – машина з двигуном

3. naked – голий

4. woven grasses – плетена трава

5. a spindle - веретено

6. a loom – ткацький верстат

II Listen to the text and be ready to answer the questions:

1. Why was it a problem to own many items of the wardrobe in Ancient Times?

2. Could clothes ‘talk’? If yes, explain how.

III Listen to the text again. Decide if the statements are true or false.

1. In the ancient world clothes were cheap and available everywhere.

2. Engine-powered machines helped produce large amount of clothes.

3. Sometimes children ran naked in the ancient societies.

4. With the further development people learned how to spin and weave.

5. In gathering and hunting societies people invented the spinning wheel.

UNIT 2

TEXT A

I Listen and remember the following words:

1. an influence – вплив

2. mittens – рукавиці

3. tight - щільний

4. to identify – визначати

5. jewelry – коштовності

6. an outfit – одяг, набір одягу

7. a scarf – шарф

8. available – доступний

II Read and remember the following phrases:

1. a lined jacket – куртка з підкладкою

2. loose-fitting – вільного крою

3. an outer garment – верхній одяг

4. a year-round coat – універсальне пальто

5. a casual dress – повсякденна сукня

6. to call for – потребувати, вимагати

Your Clothes Package

To be well-dressed, you need to know a lot about yourself and how to let your clothes speak for you. Many factors or qualities influence your choice of clothes. Personality, physical shape, lifestyle, and even the world around you play a part in your decisions about what to wear.

To dress successfully, you need to know about the kinds of clothes that are available to you. If you live in a cold area of the world, such as Alaska or other countries with cold climate, you need to wear special clothes to protect yourself from the cold and wind. In such areas people wear heavy, lined jackets and boots, scarves, and mittens. And it is a necessity, not a choice.

People living in hot, tropical areas also need to protect themselves from the weather. In these climates, people wear white or light-coloured clothes to deflect the rays of the sun. They may wear loose-fitting clothes, such as shorts rather than pants.

In most parts of the world the weather changes over the course of a year.

Clothing needs are varied. Most people need a variety of clothes to suit the weather changes.

Different lifestyles call for different clothes. Comfort and practicality may be important in choosing school clothing. A sport runner needs clothes that are too tight for the body. Most people want clothes that are special when they go out to a social activity.

Uniforms identify a person with a group of occupation: servants in the restaurants, nurses in the hospitals, and the military.

Some people need clothes that are primarily protective (engineers, agriculturalists and many factory employees).

Personality has a lot to do with what you like about certain clothes and dislike about others.

Most people try to plan their basic outer garments to ensure a coordinated effect. These groups are as follows:

1. a year-round coat;

2. a suit- versatile in style (possibly with skirt and pants);

3. separates-skirts, pants, shorts, blouses, sweaters, jackets;

4. a casual dress;

5. an afternoon dress - informal dress;

6. after-five-a) informal dress for entertaining at home;

b) short party dress;

c) long formal dress.

Basic garments such as skirts, trousers, tops, jackets can be changed round to give totally different effects. Accessories such as bags, belts, glasses, gloves, scarves, jewelry, shoes, tights and stockings can be worn with basic garments to introduce other ideas.

Well-dressed people are those who are always suitably dressed. They always have the right outfit for the right occasion. They can do it due to dress sense. It enables them to co-ordinate their wardrobes properly.