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Polish your English issue 5


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ISSUE 5

I congratulate myself (not very shy of me:)) on the promotion of my subscribe-list to the category of “silver”!!! I should tell all who subscribed not long ago that 4 first issues were dedicated to the topic “FOOD”. And today we begin a new topic. 

 SHOPPING

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves 

Vocabulary? - No problem.

This part of our lesson is dedicated to brushing up our vocabulary. Here you can see groups of words. They all can be connected with the topic “Shopping”. Some of them are easy, some are not. You are to look all the words up in the dictionary & then translate those you don’t know. If you’re lucky to know them all, then you can relax & get pleasure.

SHOPS: delicatessen; grocery; bakery; confectionary; greengrocery; dry good store/haberdashery; bookshop; gift shop; supermarket; fishmonger; optician; tobacconist; record shop; florist; china shop; perfumery; chemist; drug store; shopping center/mall; off license shop; comer/convenience shop; furniture shop; chain store; hypermarket; specialist retailer; boutique; DIY store; charity shop; local shop; second hand shop; toy shop; computer shop; kiosk; an outlet shop; self-service shop; a Duty Free shop, vegetable/flee/black/clothes market,

DEPARTMENTS IN A DEPARTMENT STORE: women's fashion; menswear; underwear/nightwear; jewelry;  cosmetics;   fabrics;  stationary;  consumer electronics; dry and leather goods; textile hosiery; ready-made clothes; accessories

SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES:

General words and expressions: to dress, to get dressed, to get all dolled up, to dress up for parties, to try on, to be tight, to let in, to let out, to be loose, to be short/long, to take in, to take up, to take off, to put on, to change out of smth. into smth., to suit, to match, to fit, to go with smth, to grow out, baggy, loose, tight, close-fitting, long-sleeved, V-neck, round-neck, fitting room

Adjectives for describing people's clothing: elegant, smart, scruffy, chic, trendy, with-it, well-dressed, badly-dressed, old-fashioned, fashionable, conventional, stylish, casual.

Fabrics: silk, cotton, velvet, corduroy, denim, leather, wool, suede, cashmere.

Adjectives used to describe the patterns on materials: striped, pin­striped, flowery, polka-dotted, checked, spotted, tartan, plain, patterned;

Parts of clothes: cuff, sleeve, zip, button, buckle, belt, braces, collar, hem, laces, heel, sole, suspenders,

Types of clothes and shoes: dressing-gown, cardigan, waist coat, trousers, sweater, T-shirt, evening blouse, ribbon, mittens, jeans, dress, skirt, tights, pajamas, shorts, underwear, vest, pants, tuxedo, dinner jacket, jumper, tie, blouse, leather skirt, high heels, trainers, boots, slippers, coat, a fir-coat, evening dress, suit; knickers etc.

Task 1.

Complete the following dialogues using the sentences given below.

I. At the millinery department.

Customer: I'd like to buy the hat in the window.

Assistant:  There are several hats in the window. ...

Customer. Can you show me the one over there? The leather one.

Assistant:  Ah! The leather one. Now, this is another leather hat, madam. It's better than the one in the window. ...

Customer: I'd rather have the one in the window. ... Assistant:  Certainly, madam. ...

Customer: I'm not sure.

Assistant:   ... It is sixteen and a half.

Customer: Thank you very much.

Assistant:   ...

 

1.    What size do you take?

2.    Would you like me to measure your head?

3.    It's smoother leather.

4.    It goes with my clothes.

5.    Thank you for the purchase.

What sort of hat do you require? Felt, leather, the one with feathers or with a
brim?

WORD OF THE DAY

Money

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Money is any marketable good or token used by a society as a store of value, a medium of exchange, and a unit of account. Since the needs arise naturally, societies organically create a money object when none exists. In other cases, a central authority creates a money object; this is more frequently the case in modern societies with paper money.

The value of money emerges in no small part from its utility as a medium of exchange, however its utility as a medium of exchange depends on it having recognised market value. Hence these two aspects of money are interdependent.

Commodity money was the first form of money to emerge. Under a commodity money system, the object used as money has inherent value. It is usually adopted to simplify transactions in a barter economy; thus it functions first as a medium of exchange. It quickly begins functioning as a store of value, since holders of perishable goods can easily convert them into durable money. In modern economies, commodity money has also been used as a unit of account. Gold-backed currency notes are a common form of commodity money.

Fiat money is a relatively modern invention. A central authority creates a new money object that has minimal intrinsic value. The public's use of the money exists only because the central authority mandates the money's acceptance under penalty of law. In cases where the public loses faith in the fiat money, there is little a central authority can do to prevent the adoption of other money objects by society.

Modern forms of money

When using money anonymously, the most common methods are cash (either coin or banknotes) and stored-value cards.

When using money substitutes in such a way as to leave a financial record of the transaction, the most common methods are cheques, debit cards, credit cards, and digital cash.

Numismatics is the scientific study of money and its history in all its varied forms. While numismatists are often characterized as studying coins, the discipline also includes the study of banknotes, stock certificates, medals, medallions, and tokens (also referred to as Exonumia).

A LINK OF THE DAY

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

Click & learn more.

 

JOKE OF THE DAY

Cow Economy

TRADITIONAL CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.

AMERICAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the band, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

FRENCH CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You go on strike because you want three cows.

JAPANESE CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty time the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowikimon and market them worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows, but you don't know where they are... You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You count them and learn you have five cows.

You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.

You count them again and learn you have 12 cows.

You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION

You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

CHINESE CORPORATION

You have two cows.

You have 300 people milking them.

You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.

A BRITISH CORPORATION

You have two cows... both are mad.

A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION

You have two cows... and the one on the left is kinda cute...

 

 

Answers to the tasks of the 4th issue.

Task 1.

1. calories 2. protein 3. carbohydrate 4. fat 5. fibre (we can also use the word roughage) 6. cholesterol 7. vitamin 8. mineral (we often talk about the vitamin or mineral content of a food) 9. overweight (if somebody is very overweight, we can say they are obese) 10. malnourished 11. nutrition (we often talk about the nutritional value of a food. The adjective is nutritious. A person who specializes in the study of nutrition and advises on diets is

called a nutritionist)

Note: Fats in food come under four categories: saturated fat (which contains the largest amount of hydrogen possible); unsaturated fat; polyunsaturated fat (which is less likely to be converted into cholesterol in the body); and monounsaturated fat

Task 2

1.H, 2.C, 3.A, 4.I, 5.D, 6.E, 7.B, 8.F, 9.J, 10.G

Task 3

1. fast food 2/3. minerals / vitamins (in either order) 4 / 5. fat / carbohydrates (in either order) 6. malnutrition

(the adjective is malnourished) 7. scarcity 8. harvest 9. balanced diet 10.fibre 11. fat/cholesterol 12. calories 13, Genetically modified 14. organic 15/16. salmonella / listeria (in either order) 17. food poisoning

If you are shrewd enough to find any misprints or clever enough ;) to ask questions about topics you're interested in, you're welcome at brigitte_@rambler.ru. I'll be glad to hear from your.

 

 

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