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A: Can I help you?
B: (skirt).................................................................................................
A: Here is a very nice skirt.
B: (how much)...........................................................................................?
A: Twenty pounds.
B: I’ll take it.
A: (offer)..................................................................................................?
B: What’s the price of it?
A: Sixty pounds.
B: (too expensive)........................................................................................
5. Read the dialogues and try to remember them.
A.julia: what are you going to take?
Rachel: Well, I’m not sure. Take a look at these silk skirts. Do you like this one?
Julia: This one? No, I don’t. I think it’s awful.
Rachel: Yes. Yu are right. Pity! It’s the cheapest skirt in the shop.
Julia: But it’s too short. It’s not formal enough. What about this one?
Rachel: That’s better. And this?
Julia: Oh, yes. That’s the best one.
Rachel: I agree.
Julia: Where are the changing rooms? Are you going to try it on?
Rachel: Yes. They are over there.
Julia: Come on.
B.julia: i’m looking for a coat.
Shop-assistant: What’s your size?
Julia: Well, I’m not sure.
Shop-assistant: Try this on.
Julia: It’s too small.
Shop-assistant: Try on this one. It’s your size.
Julia: I don’t like the colour.
Shop-assistant: What about this one?
Julia: It’s my size. But it isn’t long enough. I prefer longer coats.
Shop-assistant: Well, I see. And this one? This is your size, and it’s longer than the black one. Would you like to try it on?
Julia: Yes, it looks nice. And I like the colour.
Shop-assistant: Well, what do you think?
Julia: I like it. But it’s the most expensive coat in your shop.
Shop-assistant: Yes, but it’s the best one.
6. Read this text.
Patsy Seddon has several women’s clothes shops. She works in contact with the buyer, a woman who helps her to buy clothes for all her shops. They are going to tell us about the clothes they choose for their customers.
They sell the basic things, like trousers and skirts and shirts and jumpers, and jackets. And women will also be able to buy the accessories that go with these clothes. These accessories are: shoes, bags, gloves, hats, scarves, belts – everything you might need to go with your outfit.
Patsy Seddon and her buyer choose the clothes for their shops in the wholesale fashion shops. They choose the clothes which they like themselves.
Every season has the colour. It is the key to wearing the right clothes. Actually, colour is one of the most important points. This year, for example, pale green and pink are popular.
Clothes excite women. They are desperate to buy them and wear them because they think they are going to look good in them. That’s the key thing: they want to look flattering and feel good.
A. Retell the text.
B. Ask five questions about the text.
C. Answer the questions.
1. What’s Patsy’s job?
2. What does her job include?
3. Does she work alone?
4. What clothes do they sell?
5. What accessories do they sell?
6. Where do they buy these clothes?
7. Why is the colour very important?
8. Why are women desperate to buy clothes?
ASSIGNMENT 4
LESSON 4
Choose the correct word.
Match the sentences with their translations.
Find one mistake in each sentence.
LESSON 5. The rules of the road
LEAD-IN
1. Answer the questions about yourself.
1. How do you get to work?
2. How often do you drive? Do you like it? Why?
3. Which roads are dangerous in your town?
4. Do you fix your car yourself?
5. How often do you have problems with your car?
6. Do you sometimes come into contact with policemen? When and why does it happen?
7. Do you know what your car consists of (what parts)?
8. When did you learn to drive?
9. Who looks after your car?
10. Would you like to buy a bigger/nicer/faster/smaller/more flattering car? Which model?
2. Read the answers. Write the possible questions.
