Text 3. Fashion And Clothes

1. Убедитесь, что Вам понятны слова и выражения, перечисленные ниже. Если необходимо, воспользуйтесь словарем.

haute couture to afford trends trendy latest fashion make-up pearl

personal ornaments out of date to be up to date to shock curly generation casual

torn earrings spiky embroidery lace thread chain store

2. Соедините разрозненные части выражений и составных слов.

1	personal	A	fashion
2	ear	B	to date
3	haute	C	store
4	out	D	ornament
5	make-	E	couture
6	to be up	F	rings
7	latest	G	up
8	chain	H	of date

3. Заполните пробелы недостающими словами из списка (Упражнение 1).

1. Not many of us can resist a colorful ___________ design sown into a piece of fabric.

2. She put her needle and ________ away.

3. Another way to view the ____________ trends would be to see what celebrities are wearing.

4. The best that I could ___________ was a first-floor room.

5. There's something to suit every taste in this collection of diamond drop ___________.

6. __________ refers to exclusive clothing creations.

7. ________ is formed in shellfish as a reactant to an irritant such as a piece of sand.

8. The revelations ___________ the nation.

9. His gentlemanly manners are a little __________: he opens doors for the ladies.

10. The picture has him wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of designer jeans, carefully _______ at the left knee, with a loose thread hanging down.

4. Сократите данные предложения, заменяя словами из списка (Упражнение 1) выделенные курсивом конструкции. Если это необходимо, измените порядок слов.

1. To get some great ideas about looking attractive and according to the latest fashion trends without being age inappropriate, watch some episodes of TLC’s “What Not To Wear”.

2. Hair formed like many spikes is one of the most popular boy's styles.

3. I recently read a column in a newspaper that talked about all of the people born and living at our time as a whole.

4. She came downstairs, her face still white under her heavy cosmetics: lipstick, face cream and powder.

5. Today large series of shops owned by one firm and selling the same goods dominate the field of retail trade.

6. Nicole Kidman has been sporting stick straight hair on the red carpet for years now, but the truth is, she has super hair growing in curls.

7. The very all-round nature of T-shirts without formality of style, suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions for men has made these T-shirts favorite of all the age groups, from the ones in teens to the ones in old age.