Базовый курс английского языка - Эккерсли К.Э.
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In the morning I generally wear a blouse and skirt or a jumper and skirt, especially in winter. In spring or summer I like something lighter, and I wear a cotton or a linen frock and a hat to match. In the evenings I like to dress for dinner, especially if I am going out to a theatre or a dance. My favourite is a black evening dress, beautifully cut. With this dress I wear platinum and pearl ear-rings and a necklace of pearls.
For tennis I wear a short white linen dress, and for the seaside a beach dress.
PEDRO: I, too, like well-cut clothes, so I always go to a good tailor. When I want a new suit I go to his shop and look at the patterns or the rolls of cloth that he shows me, and I choose the one that I want. I prefer suits of dark brown or grey or blue. It pays to choose a good cloth for a suit; then it wears well and keeps its shape.
As I always go to the same tailor, he knows my measurements and doesn't need to take them again every time. But sometimes he measures me again just to make sure I haven't got fatter or thinner since my last suit.
I usually go for a fitting in about a week's time. Sometimes there are slight alterations to be made-the sleeve to be made a little shorter, the trouser-leg a little longer, the coat to be let out a little (if I have grown fatter) or taken in a little (if I have grown thinner) or
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a button to be moved half an inch or so. But often the fit is perfect, and the tailor can finish the suit without making any alterations at all.
OLAF: Well, to begin at the beginning; in the morning I take off my pyjamas-
HOB: Oh, that reminds me of the story of the famous big-game hunter. He was showing a charming young lady the skin of a lion that he had shot. "One night," he said, "I heard the roar of a lion; I jumped out of bed and shot it in my pyjamas."
"Good heavens," she said, "however did it get in your pyjamas?"
OLAF: To come back to what I was saying. I take off my pyjamas, have my bath, and then put on my vest, pants, shirt, collar and tie, socks, trousers, waistcoat (or sometimes a pullover) and jacket. When I go out in the winter I put on an overcoat or a raincoat, gloves and a hat, or sometimes, in the country, a cap. If it is very cold, I sometimes wear a scarf round my neck. My clothes are not so expensive as Pedro's and I can usually get a good suit ready-made; this is considerably cheaper than having it made to measure.
HOB: I once knew a man who was so fat that the only ready-made thing that fitted him was a handkerchief.
OLAF: I like rough tweeds or a sports jacket and flannel trousers. My clothes don't keep their shape so well, perhaps, as Pedro's suits, and so my trousers have never as beautiful a crease as Pedro's, but they are fine for walking in the country, for climbing or for golf, and they wear for years without getting worn out.
I like a good strong pair of shoes for country wear and a lighter pair for town wear, and, as I always wear out the heels rather quickly, I usually ask the shoemaker to put iron tips on the heels of my country shoes and rubber tips on my town shoes.
HOB: I don't trouble much about clothes and I couldn't tell nylon from cotton, or a well-cut suit from a badly cut one.
But your talk about clothes reminds me of a story. There was a fire in the middle of the night at a country house, and as some of the guests were standing outside watching the flames, another guest
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joined them. "There was no need for you people to get so excited," he said. "Now look at me; when I heard people shouting that the house was on fire 1 got out of bed, lit a cigarette, and went on calmly with my dressing;-in fact, when I had put my tie on, I thought it didn't match my shirt very well, so I took it off and put on another. 1 didn't lose my head at all. When there is a danger I always keep calm, perfectly calm."
"That's good," said one of his friends, "but why haven't you put your trousers on?"
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Инфинитив в страдательном залоге The Passive Infinitive
В Уроке 22 мы приводили примеры действительного и страдательного залога. В действительном залоге инфинитив имеет форму to make, to let, to move. В этом уроке используются формы инфинитива в страдательном залоге. Например:
There are alterations to be made.
The sleeve needs to be made a little shorter, the coat to be let out or to be taken in. A button has to be moved.
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1. Придумайте предложения со следующими словами:
style, costume, blouse, wear, slipper, pattern, measurement, alteration, button, skin, raincoat, scarf, ready-made, rough, calm
2. Ответьте на вопросы:
1. What is a costume?
2. What are Lucille's stockings made of?
3. What does she generally wear in the morning (a) in winter, (b) in
summer?
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4. Describe Lucille's dress when she is going out to a theatre or dance.
5. Are shoes the same as slippers? What is the difference?
6. When Pedro goes to get a suit, what does the tailor show him?
7. Why does it pay to choose good cloth for a suit?
