III Make up a plan of the text.

IV Translate the paragraph in italics in a written form.

V Questions for discussion:

1. When did people start to arrange the hair?

2. How did primitive men indicate status?

3. Why did Caesar make Gauls to cut off their long hair?

4. How could hair arrangement proclaim marital status?

5. What can you tell about the 20th century hair styles?

6. How do different religions influence the hair style?

VI Render the text in brief in a written form.

VII Practise reading the dialogue with your partner.

A: I’m going to spend tomorrow morning at the hairdresser’s.

B: Is it necessary to go there tomorrow?

A: I need a new perm, so I shall be there for several hours. I always go to the same place, so they know just how I like them to do my hair.

B: I suppose everybody has to go to the hairdressers at some time or other. I ought to go this week too, but I’ve no spare time. I really must make an appointment for the next week.

A: Do you need a new perm or colouring?

B: Oh, no, my hair needs cutting and I’ll have it shampooed at the same time.

A: How easy it is for men! They can have their hair cut at any time without having to make appointment beforehand and they don’t have to spend a whole afternoon sitting at the hairdresser’s having a perm.

B: No, but they have to shave every day. Even if they have a beard, it has to be trimmed.

VIII Give the main idea of the dialogue in your own words.

IX Make up your own dialogues using the key words and expressions from the unit.

TEXT C

I Mind the following words:

1. mercury ртуть

2. lead свинець

3. advent прихід, прибуття, поява

4. adhesive клей

5. blemish дефект, недолiк

6. deformity деформацiя

7. blindness слiпота

8. expenditures витрати

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

1. The first archaeological evidence of cosmetics usage was found in Ancient Greece.

2. In the western world, the advent of cosmetics was in the middle ages.

3. Queen Victoria declared makeup acceptable only for use by upper classes.

4. Cosmetics led to negative effects: deformities, blindness and even death.

5. The worldwide annual expenditures for cosmetics are estimated at 18 billion dollars.

III Listen to the text again and be ready to answer the questions:

1. What did Queen Victoria declare?

2. Why were cosmetics dangerous in some historical periods?

REVIEW ASSIGNMENTS

I Revise the vocabulary minimum of Unit 11 to be checked up.

II Match the words(word combinations):

1 foliage a) гвоздика

2 abundant b) вірність

3 carnation c) листяний орнамент

4 creative flair d) декоративні рослини

5 ornamental grasses e) рясний, щедрий

6 orchid f ) вірність

7 cultivation g) талант, схильність

8 fidelity h) вирощування

9 twig i) орхідея

10 artificial j) гілочка, лозина

III Match the words in the left column with their definitions:

1 ikebana a) put into a proper, systematic or decorative order

2 floral design b) bunch of flowers, especially professionally arranged

3 interior landscaping e) Japanese decorative art of flower arrangement

4 arrange c) art of creating flower arrangements in vases, bowls and baskets or making bouquets and compositions from different botanical materials

5 bouquet d) decorative and functional modification and planting of grounds, especially at or around a building site