29. Packing

1. Please, wrap it up for me.

2. Could you please make it as a gift?

3. Roll it up, please.

4. Wrap some paper over it.

5. Please pas the string round twice.

6. Please run the string over the parcel several times.

7. You needn’t wrap them up. I’m going to put them on

30. Alternations

8. Do you do alternations free of charge?

9. Oh, yes, we do sleeve and cuff alternations on the spot. It’s free of charge.

Part 1. Vocabulary exercises

Exercise 1. Translate from English into Russian

1. I like the quality of this cotton fabric, but I can’t say that I like the pattern, it is too bright. 2. Dress making patterns are used by tailors and dressmakers when cutting out clothes. 3. Your friend dresses very well, there is real style about her clothes. 4. Can you tell me what is the latest style in coats? 5. She said she wanted to have some dark woollen cloth for a winter coat. 6. If you give me a cloth, I’ll dust your books. 7. His dress seemed funny and utterly out-of-date. 6. I must buy a plain woollen dress For my daughter. 9. I want my shoes soled and heeled. 10. My suit is wearing out. 11. The trousers are beginning to turn glossy. 12. Small hats are all the fashion now. 13. I am sure this woollen stuff will wear well. 14. Shirts with detachable collars are worn very rarely now. 15. This coat has kept its shape well for over two years. 16. He liked his clothes to look spick and span. 17. Every season brings a new style, cut and colour. 18. A skirt may be straight and narrow, full, full-gathered, pleated, or it may have shoulder straps. 19. Dresses may be close-fitting, loose-fitting, high necked or low-necked, with a square, round, boat or V neck, sleeveless or with three-quarter length sleeves, trimmed with flounces, folds, pleats, lace, tape or embroidery. 20. The textiles for ladies’ dresses are of different designs, they may have dots (spots), stripes, checks (plaid); they may be prints or plain. 21. Modern industry produces quite new types of materials: non-iron, сrеаsе-resistant, shrink proof and drip-dry. 22. Fur-lined shoes, woollen socks and stockings, a fur muff and a pair of woollen mittens keep off the cold. 23. In summer women wear bright silk and cotton sleeveless and collarless dresses or pinafore dresses of gay patterns. 24. I brush and press my clothes and as soon as I take them off I put them on hangers - each garment on its own. 25. Shoes may be made of leather, suede, patent-leather, canvas and other materials. 26. Shoes must be well-polished and not down-at-heel, and it’s better to use a shoe-horn when putting them on. 27. When I see that my shoes are wearing down I take them to the shoemaker to be soled and heeled. 28. When you put on the stockings you should pull them carefully and make sure there are no ladders and that the seam is in its proper place, if there is a seam at all. 29. I like my hat, handbag, gloves and shoes to be of the same shade. 30. If you want to have a dress made you go to the tailor or dress-maker. Having bought a dress-length you look through fashion plates, choose the style, have your measure taken and make an appointment for the first fitting. The dressmaker takes the dress in or lets it out and at last if the thing is neither too tight nor too loose in the waist or shoulders, neither too long nor too short in the sleeves and if there is nothing to be shortened, made longer, fuller or tighter, you pay your money and have your dress. 31. I turn and alter both my clothes and my mother’s. 32. A men’s suit may be two-piece, i.e. jacket and trousers, or three-piece – jacket, waistcoat and trousers. 33. My friend, a naval officer, wears a black tunic and trousers, a cap and a great-coat. 34. In summer men wear light suits or ducks and a shirt with short sleeves and an open collar. 35. I stitch on buttons securely, but when one of them hangs on a thread (when a button is loose) or when a button gets lost (comes off), I take a needle and thread and sew on the button. 36. If I discover a stain on my clothes, I try to get the stain out, but if nothing helps I take the thing to the cleaner’s. 37. When some articles of clothing get caught on a nail or have got torn in some other way, I mend them. 38. It’s better to darn socks while the hole is quite small as ‘a stitch in time saves nine’.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions using the topical vocabulary.

I. What kind of shoes do you prefer for every-day wear? 2. What do you do when you see a hole in your stocking or sock? 3. What do people put on when they go out in rainy weather? 4. What do you wear in winter? 5. What do you do if a button on your coat is missing? 6. What do you usually wear to the theatre? 7. What kind of shoes do you wear at home? 8. What do people wear when they go skiing? 9. What do people put on their hands to keep them warm? 10. Where can you have your clothes cleaned? 11. What do you usually wear in summer? 12. When do people wear bathing-suits? 13. Why do people wear apron sometimes? 14. What does one do if he wants to have a new suit made? 15. What do you do when your clothes need mending? 16. When do people wear pyjamas? 17. What other things can people put on if they go to bed? 18. Where do people carry money? 19. What do women use sunshade for? 20. What types of suits can men wear? 21. What are the main parts of a blouse? 22. What kinds of sleeves do you know? 23. What can you buy at the Haberdashery department? 24. What kind of jewellery can men wear? 25. Where can you buy pens, pencils, copy-books and other things necessary for office work? 26. What kinds of collars can you name? 27. What do they sell at the Millinery department? 28. Where do you go if you want to try a dress or a suit on before buying them? 29. Where do people buy socks and stockings? 30 What kinds of fastenings do you know and what of them do you prefer and why?

Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.

1. Tom thrust his hands ... his pockets and began to whistle. 2. The young lady who entered the office was dressed ... black; later Jim learned that she was wearing mourning ... her father. 3. I must first take a bath and change ... fresh clothes. 4. Dark shades of brown are very-becoming ... her, they set ... her white skin and auburn hair. 5. Dresses trimmed ... fur are ... vogue now. 6. What size do you take ... shoes? 7. These shoes never felt comfortable, as a matter of fact I wore ... the soles before I could really break them ... 8. Besides being ... ... fashion, the coat is frayed ...the hem and is no more fit ... wear. 9. Try ... this jacket, if it is a little too long ... the waist, we shall take it ... 10. One winter morning a stranger with his cap pulled ... his ears and the collar of his overcoat turned ... came to a country inn. 11.. I was told by my dressmaker that brief jackets are ... general wear now. 12. When she tried to pull ... the kid glove, it burst ... the seams. 13. The-boy went with his mother to the tailor’s to be measured ... a suit, the first suit in his life. 14. The man had a long dagger ... belt. 15. Can this dress be let ...? It is a bit too tight.

Exercise 4. Find English, equivalents.

1. двубортное пальто, 2. прилегающее платье, 3. чулки, 4. лайковые перчатки, 5. внутренний карман, 6. натягивать колготки, 7. юбка клеш, 8. обмотать шею кашне, 9. костюм тройка, 10. затянуть пояс 11. отрез сукна, 12. носить платье, 13. чистить туфли, 14. одет и обут, 15. купальник. 16. фартук, 17. обвязать голову косынкой, 18. платье без рукавов, 19. журнал мод, 20. закрытое платье, 21. узкий в плечах, 22. сарафан, 23. пряжка, 24. рукав летучая мышь, 25. вечернее платье, 26. прорезной карман, 27. пришивать пуговицу, 28. манжет, 29. юбка в складку, 30. шорты. 31. кокетка, 32. застежка молния, 33. вышивка, 34. норковая шуба, 35. подкладные плечи, 36. туфли на высоком каблуке, 37. свитер, 38. дубленка, 39. повседневные туфли. 40. петля и крючок, 41. пуловер, 42. лосины, 43. туфли на танкетке, 44. макинтош, 45. рейтузы, 46. кружево, 47. ботинки на шнурках, 48. кардиган, 49. воротник стойка, 50. юбка с запахом, 51. полупальто, 52. подошва, 53. котелок, 54. бюстгальтер, 55. брелок, 56. витрина 57. галстук бабочка, 58. кальсоны, 59. застежка на петлях, 60. тапочки. 61. джемпер, 62. брошь, 63. носовой платок, 64. отдел канцтоваров, 65. шапка ушанка, 66. шейный платок, 67. подвеска, 68. аптека, 69. шляпа с широкими полями, 70. клубный пиджак, 71. рубашка в клетку, 72. гольфы, 73. кольцо печатка, 74. галантерейный отдел, 75. мужские трусы, 76. ночная рубашка, 77. кольцо печатка, 78. майка, 79. подол, 80. туфли жмут, 81. рожок для обуви, 82. шаль.

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with the words best suited to the context from those in bold type.