| to crumple to match to wear spectacles to wear a wrist watch to put on to sew | to suit to wear to have smth. on to fit to press to wear down |
to be dressed thinly, lightly, warmly
to change into a woolen pull-over
Your laces have come undone.
I have outgrown my green cotton dress.
Why do you keep to yellow?
Do you think this tie go well with my jacket?
Just see how you have stained your shirt.
Coats are worn, tight-fitting, with inside pockets,
trimmed with fur and double-breasted.
A STORY
(It is a lesson of housekeeping at school. The teacher Miss Smith is showing the fashion magazine for teen-agers to the schoolchildren and telling them how to cut and sew garments.)
Dear girls, here is a fashion plate for you where you can choose any style you wish for winter, spring and autumn wear. When you choose a style, you have to think about the occasion when you are going to wear the dress and since these occasions may be various, it is very handy to make a two- or three-piece suit, because then you have all kinds of combinations. You may wear a skirt with some woolen things such as a pull-over or a sweater or a knitted blouse.
It is stylish to change collars in your blouses or jackets if the style of the jacket permits it, of course. If the skirt is a narrow tailored skirt you can certainly change nothing in it. But if it is a wide full skirt you can change belts or pockets to match it. Here is a fine style for such wear. You can have it both for everyday wear and for dress occasions. As you see, here very much attention is given to the combination of colours. If your skirt is in blue, your stockings, shoes and other accessories must be either in grey or in red, though nowadays they suggest green as a matching colour for blue. If you want to have an evening dress, black is the most popular colour. Here is a fine black dress made of velvet, very exclusively decorated with embroidered cuffs and a ribbon band. What is good in this fashion magazine, it is the cuts. The dress consists at the utmost of four cuts; it is ever so easy to sew. If I can sew, you can sew. Thank you.
CLOTHES
(The secret of being well-dressed)
No matter how much or how little money you have to spend, never buy any new clothes before going through your existing wardrobe to see whether you need them or not. But your wardrobe ought to contain certain essentials, and if it does not, you must plan your whole dress budget to include them.
Nearly every woman has to economize these days in order to include in her wardrobe at least some cheaper suits and dresses. When you buy your clothes, go in for simple, well-cut suits and dresses that will look "right" for almost any occasion. Concentrate on styles that are not expensive but elegant and remember that the keynote of all good dress-making is simplicity. Don't be led astray by frills, elaborations and passing crazes unless you have an income suited to them.
A winter coat is a basic need and, although it may be an expensive item, it is not an extravagance, because it should be wearable for several seasons. Fashion in big coats rarely changes more than once in four or five years, and even then you can safely lag behind, provided you choose a loose undatable style. Don't invest in a fur coat unless you can afford the best of its kind. Choose a cosy-looking big coat in any material that suits you - the hairy fabrics are the latest, but remember that you're tired of them wore easily than the smoother woolens.
A well-cut suit is another essential. If its lines are plain, it won't go out of fashion for several years, and it will continue to look good to the very end of its days. You can prolong its life by having an extra skirt to divide the wear and tear because jackets always outlast skirts.
An extra dress is a perennial "Must" with women. The short evening dress is a much better buy than the long one for nine out of ten women, and it can look quite as glamorous. The lines that don’t date are the simple ones. Don't exaggerate in padding our shoulders.
QUESTIONS
1. What clothes do you prefer: ready-made or made to order?
2. Where can you buy dresses, suits and coats?
3. What are our clothes made of?
4. Is knitwear popular nowadays?
5. What knitted things can you name?
6. What do we call Clothes we wear every day? In winter? In summer?
7. What are the advantages of having a thing made to order?
8. Does it give you a lot of trouble to have a thing made to order?
9. Do you always try on a ready-made dress before buying it?
10. Have youever bought anything that did not fit you?
11. Are shoes an important item of our outfit?
12. What size do you take in shoes?
13. Would you like your jacket with a zip-fastener or with buttons?
14. Would you like your summer frock, shirt made of polyester or cotton?
15. Would you like your sweater with or without a pattern?
16. Would you rather have your pullover with a high-neck or V-neck?
17. Would you like your trousers flared or narrow?
UNIT 12.
HOBBY AND LEISURE
WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
| hobbyist amateur theatricals amateur actor collecting fishing gardening hiking leisure circle sin.: society, hobby group, club dancing society photographic club dramatic society school choir | pastime pet corner needlework rehearsal badge coin stamp album |
| to hike (to go hiking) to take delight in to take a photograph = to photograph | to be keen on to produce a play to exchange |
What hobby group would you like to join?
No matter what kind of hobby a person has…