Базовый курс английского языка - Эккерсли К.Э.
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HOB: A confectioner is a man who makes cakes, isn't he, sir?
MR. PRIESTLEY: Yes. Now, Pedro, suppose you tell us something about men's shops.
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PEDRO: Well, 1 often go to a men's outfitter when 1 want new gloves or ties, socks, handkerchiefs or shirts. The one 1 go to in Regent Street has also hats and collars, and all of very good quality.
MR. PRIESTLEY: What size do you take in hats, collars and gloves?
PEDRO: Oh, yes; the English sizes are not the same as most continental ones. I take size 7 in hats, 15 in collars, 8 in gloves and 8 1/2 in shoes.
HOB: You sound as if you were bigger round the neck than round the head!
PEDRO: Another shop I go to frequently is the tobacconist. I always have the same kind of cigarette, a hand-made Virginia, though he has excellent Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes too, and he has all the popular kinds in packets of ten and twenty and boxes of fifty and a hundred. He has, too, a good choice of lighters, cigarette-holders and cigarette-cases.
Then I went yesterday to the newsagent to pay my bill for papers. He is a bookseller and stationer as well as a newsagent, and I gave him an order for a new book that I wanted. I had borrowed it from the library, but I liked it so much that I wanted to have a copy of my own. At the same time I ordered three or four boxes of writing-paper and a hundred envelopes.
Then I went along Piccadilly to the Fine Art Galleries. I had seen a water-colour that 1 liked, so 1 had it sent to my rooms. It was about one o'clock by this time and I had an appointment for lunch at the Ritz with a friend, so I turned in there-and that was my morning.
MR. PRIESTLEY: Very good. Now, Lucille, can you tell us a little about your shopping?
LUCILLE: I went to Bond Street one day last week to have a look at a hat that I had been told had just arrived from Paris. I tried it on and liked it very much, so I bought it.
I needed a new pair of dancing-shoes; my present ones are rather worn and I am going to a dance tonight. I saw a beautiful pair of
walking shoes in snake skin, so I bought those as well and had them sent to my address.
Then I remembered that I wanted a new toothbrush. There was a chemist's near, so I went in. They had some new face cream and a face powder that the chemist said was very good, but I never use anything but Guerlain from Paris. I always get my lipstick from Paris, too, but unfortunately I lost my lipstick yesterday, the last one that I had, so I had to buy a new one there. It is quite good, but not like my Parisian one.
My watch doesn't go very well just now; it has been gaining about ten minutes a day for some time, and every now and then it stops altogether for no reason at all. I took it to a watchmaker just off Bond Street so that he could examine it. He said it wanted cleaning, so I left it with him.
I called in at Cartier's the jeweller's to buy a birthday present for my sister, Marie. They showed me some lovely ear-rings, necklaces and bracelets, but I finally decided on a very pretty brooch of diamonds and rubies set in platinum-and that completed my shopping.
HOB: When I hear Lucille talking about diamonds and rubies and platinum, it reminds me of something that happened a long time ago. Uncle Albert was just beginning to make his fortune and he had been invited to a big party in Manchester. The invitation was for
Mr. Albert Hobdell and Lady.
Uncle Albert hadn't a wife so he took his mother with him, my grandmother; he was very proud of his mother, even if she wasn't a "lady". Well, they happened to sit next to a woman (or should I say, a "lady"?) who was very anxious that you should know how much jewellery she had and how wealthy she was.
"I clean my diamonds with warm water," she said, "my rubies with red wine, my emeralds with brandy and my sapphires with fresh milk. What do you do?" she said, turning to Albert's mother.
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"Oh! I don't clean mine at all," she said smilingly, "when they get dirty, I just throw them away."
"I just throw them away"
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1. Придумайте предложения со следующими словами и словосочетаниями:
flat (noun); quality; bill; packet; joint; borrow; dairy; brooch; and so on; try it on; make his fortune; very anxious; get dirty; you are used to; you used to
2. Куда бы вы пошли покупать следующие предметы: a pencil; a brooch; cream; a toothbrush; a pair of socks; apples; a packet of cigarettes; a water-colour; a shirt; a daily paper; writing-paper; a lady's hat; a watch; a ring; a cabbage; biscuits; a piece of beef; a herring; a loaf; a book
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MR. PRIESTLEY: I think it's your turn to speak to us today, Lucille, and I want you to talk about clothes. Then we will ask Pedro and Olaf to speak about men's clothes.
LUCILLE: 1 am very pleased to talk about clothes. They are something that I am really interested in. I like to have pretty dresses of the latest fashion and style, well-cut tailored costumes, nylon stockings and well-made shoes.
