Часть 3. At the Ready – made clothes department / в отделе готового платья

Dress, frock – платье

Smart – нарядный, элегантный

It suits me – это мне идёт

Fashionable – модный

Tight – узкий

Loose – широкий

What can I do for you? – Чем могу помочь?

Can you wait on us? – не могли бы нас обслужить

Cash desk – касса

Cashier – кассир

Change – сдача

Fitting-room – примерочная

Sweater – свитер

Goods – товар

Coat – пальто

Raincoat – плащ

Trousers – брюки

Fur coat – шуба

Jacket – куртка

Blouse – блузка

Shirt – рубашка

T-shirt – футболка

Denim suit – джинсовый костюм

Tracksuit – спортивный костюм

Double-breasted suit – двубортный костюм

Answer the questions.

1. What is shop with many departments called?

2. What are the shops without shop assistants called?

3. Where can we buy clothes?

Write the missing shop in the sentences below:

1. You can buy card at the ….

2. You can buy a new sofa or bed at the …

3. You can buy almost everything at Harrods in London/ it’s a very big …

4. You can buy a pair of boots at the ….

5. You can buy a hammer at the …

6. You can buy a bunch of roses at the …

7. You can buy a ring at the ….

(Furniture shop, jeweler’s, department store, shoe shop, florist’s, supermarket, newsagent’s)

Read the text:

The ready-made clothes department offers articles of home and foreign production. Clothes in different styles, colors and sizes are for sale here. At this department women can buy dresses, shirts, blouses, coats, jackets and jeans. The shop-assistant is always ready to serve the customers politely and will help everybody to choose the thing which will fit the person well. For men the ready-made clothes department offers suits, shirts, trousers, jeans, sport shirts. If you liked something that you intend to buy, you may try it in the fitting room.

Answer the questions:

1. What goods can women buy at the ready-made clothes department?

2. What articles of clothes can men buy at the ready-made clothes department?

3. Where can you try the things on?

Read the dialogue «It’s Too Small For Me» and answer the questions.

Assistant:	Do you like this dress, madam?
Lady:	I like the color very much. It is a lovely dress, but it is too small for me.
Assistant:	What about this one? It’s a lovely dress. It’s very smart. Short skirts are in fashion now. Would you like to buy it?
Lady:	All right. I am afraid this green dress is too small for me as well. It’s smaller than the blue one. I don’t like the color either. It doesn’t suit me at all. I think the blue dress is prettier. Could you show me another blue dress? I want a dress like that one, but must be my size.
Assistant:	I am afraid I don’t have a larger dress. This is the largest dress in the shop.

1. What does the lady want to buy?

2. What color does she want?

3. What’s wrong with the dresses?

Find in the text appropriate English phrases for the following:

Мне также не нравится цвет. Это самое большое платье в магазине. Вы не могли бы показать мне другое голубое платье? Короткие юбки сейчас в моде. Вы бы не хотели примерить её? Мне очень нравится цвет. Я думаю, голубое платье красивее.

Read, learn and act out the dialogues.

a) - What would you like, sir?

- I need a suit for everyday wear; can I have a look at this grey suit?

- Here you are. It’s size 50

- Can I try it on?

- Certainly. The fitting room is there.

b) - What can I do for you?

- I would like to buy a sweater.

- What size do you wear?

- Fifty-two dark colors, please: black or brown.

c)

Customer:	I’d like to buy an every day dress.
Shop assistant:	We have got fashionable ones. Try on this one.
Customer:	It’s a bit tight.
Shop assistant:	Oh, no. It’s a modern silhouette.
Customer:	I am afraid; it’s too expensive for me.
Shop assistant:	This model is all fashion now.
Customer:	Well, I’ll think it over.

d) A: I would like to try on one of these dresses.

B: That dress seems to be very nice and the latest style.

A: I like the style but I don’t like the color and after all, I believe it’s too expensive for me.

C: What about this one? We have this model in several size and color. I’d recommend this brown one. This is a dress to match your hair and eyes. It is the last style and I think it will suit you best.

A: Let ma see the brown one in my size. Yes, that is better, but isn’t the skirt too long for me? Can I have it shortened a little?

C: Yes, we will shorten that for you an inch or two and we will have to take the waist in a little as well, but you can leave all that to as. The dress suits you very well.

f) Mike to the shop-assistant: I want a suit, something in grey, please.

A: Single- or double-breasted?

M: Double-breasted. I’d like something smart-looking not a casual one.

A: Here is just your size and that fitting-room.

M: Yes, it fits me perfectly. It’s just want. (The shop-assistant wraps up the suit and Mike goes to buy a new shirt to match the suit.

Make up a dialogue between a customer and a shop assistant at the ready-made clothes department.

Complete the dialogue:

A: What can I do for you?

B: ……………………….

A: What size do you take in?

B: ……………………….

A: Here you are. Try on this one.

B: ……………………….

A: It fits you well.

B: ……………………….

A: The price is ten dollars.

Give the words corresponding to the following definitions:

1. Long tables on which goods are shown.

2. The women working at the cash desk.

3. To roll something into paper.

4. Money for which something is bought and sold.

5. A shop where you can buy fashionable clothes.

6. A person who works in the shop.

7. The place where you pay for things in the shop.

8. The place where you can try on clothes in the shop.

Make three short conversations between a shop assistant and a customer from these mixed up sentences.

1. Now, I am afraid we have sold out.

2. Well, would you like to try on bigger size?

3. Could I try on this dress?

4. I am being served, thanks.

5. Oh, what a pity!

6. Yes, please.

7. Yes, of course. The changing room is over there.

8. Can I help you?

Situation: You are at a men’s ready-made clothes department. You want a suit for everyday wear (shirts, a skirt, a blouse, a dress). The shop assistant is ready to

Read the following proverbs. Match with their Russian equivalents. Make short stories to illustrate some of them. Memorize these proverbs.

1. Clothes do not make the man.

2. Clothes make the man.

3. It is the first step that cost.

4. When the pinch comes, you remember the old shoe.

5. His foot is too large for his shop.

6. Never buy a pig in a poke.

1. Начало трудно.

2. Не в свои сани не садись.

3. Одежда красит человека.

4. Что имеем, не храним, потерявши плачем.

5. Не покупай кота в мешке.

6. По одежде встречают, по уму провожают.