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There is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps.



A. As they pass racks of clothing, tags programmed with a selection of pre-recorded responses interact with the device and talk to the customer, advising on the garment’s likely fit.

B.By doing so, the device will also enable customers to shop by mail order more satisfactorily. This is something which customer groups have been pressing for.

C. Any garment, from a top-of-the-range suit to underwear, could be programmed to chat to its buyer, with warnings such as “This is nice but not quite right for you” or encouragements along the lines of “I’m perfect fit” or “Suits you, Sir.”

D. “That card could then be used to guide the customer automatically to the clothes which fitted them best.”

E. For some customers the prospect of successive pairs of trousers-in sizes that once might have fitted-loudly announcing that they are far too small could turn shopping into humiliation-but the system is likely to be designed with them in mind.

F. Customers who agree to take part will be led to a scanning booth by M&C staff, who will ask them to strip off and stand still while intense beams of white light are played over their bodies. A computerized scanner will turn the results into a “virtual reflection” – an electronic recording of their exact shape.

G. He expects scanning booths about the size of a normal changing room to become available to all his customers in the next 5 years.

Exercise 8. Give suitable headkines to each paragraph.

Exercise 9. Give your opinion in written form to one of the following questions:

Do you have friends who are fashion-addict?

Why are young people so eager to be fashionably dressed?

What do you like and dislike about shopping for clothes?

 

$ Give the right variant:

1. Victoria Beckham's plan to wow Hollywood with her style took a ____ for the worse yesterday.

a) U-turn

b) turnaround

c) turn

d) turning

2. The acid-tongued ____ Mr Blackwell designed dresses for Hollywood’s rich and famous in the 1950s and 60s and started compiling his lists of the world’s best and worst-dressed stars in 1960.

a) critique

b) critical

c) criticize

d) critic

3. Mr Blackwell said Posh wore “one skinny-mini monstrosity after another”. His attack on Posh comes ____ a decade after he put the Spice Girls at number one of his list, saying they were "the only spices on the planet that have no taste".

a) exactly

b) precision

c) precise

d) exact

4. Ms Beckham, a.k.a. Posh Spice from the pop band the Spice Girls, was ____ by the 85-year-old fashion guru Richard Blackwell as 2007's Worst Dressed Celebrity.

a) names

b) naming

c) named

d) name

GLOSSARY

  ENGLISH RUSSIAN KAZAKH
acid-tongued ['æsid-'tʌŋd] язвительный язык шақпа тіл
compile [kəm'pail] выбирать информацию, собирать материал жиу ақпарат
ventured into ['ventʃəd] рисковать тәуекелге бару
denim ['denim] джинсовая ткань тығыз мата
accessories [ək'sesəriz] аксессуары, соучастник аксессуар, кере жара
trousers ['trauzəz] брюки шалбар
wear [wɛə] одеваться кию
shirt [ʃə:t] рубашка көйлек
T-shirt ['ti:ʃə:t] футболка жеңілжейде
LIW
Office hours

- Read the poem with proper intonation and stress “Now Art Has Lost Its Mental Charms William Blake” [ Part III, p.184], learn it by heart. Do ex.9-11

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Be ready for discussion the text - ex. 12 [3 p71]

Read and translate the text – ex 13. [Part III, pp. 211-212];

 

References:

Main

1. Sean Benvill. “1,000 Ideas and Activities for Language Teachers”. New York, 2005;

2. Tricia Aspinall, Annette Capel. Masterclass.Advanсed.Student’s book. Oxford University Press, 2003;

3. Felicity O’Dell, Annie Broadhead. Objective Student’s book. Cambridge University Press, 2008;

4. Clive Oxeden, Christiana Latham-Koeing. New English File. Advanced. Oxford University Press, 2010;

5. David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent, Market Leader Upper-Intermediate,Pearson Longman, 2006;

 

HAND-OUT № 131 Discipline: English as a foreign languageCredits: 2 Advanced Level Practical lesson Lexical theme: Books and Literature in the USA Grammatical theme:Gerunds Assistant professor Akbalaeva Zh.K.

Warm up

Explain the following proverbs:

• Teachers die, but books live on (Netherlands)
• You can’t judge a book by its cover (U.S.)
• It is not healthy to swallow books without chewing (Germany)

GRAMMAR COMMENT: Gerunds

We can turn most verbs into nouns by adding –ing. We usually refer to these as “gerunds’ but also as –ing forms. They can be subject and object of a sentence and use a singular verb: Spitting is a bad habit. Another awful habit is picking your nose. The + gerund is used for specific activity: The swimming is the hardest sport. This looks exactly the same as a present participle, and for this reason it is now common to call both forms 'the -ing form'. However it is useful to understand the difference between the two. The gerund always has the same function as a noun (although it looks like a verb), so it can be used: a. as the subject of the sentence: Eating people is wrong. Hunting tigers is dangerous. Flying makes me nervous. b. as the complement of the verb 'to be': One of his duties is attending meetings. c. after prepositions. The gerund must be used when a verb comes after a preposition: Can you sneeze without opening your mouth? This is also true of certain expressions ending in a preposition, e.g. in spite of, there's no point in..: There's no point in waiting. In spite of missing the train, we arrived on time. d. after a number of 'phrasal verbs' which are composed of a verb + preposition/adverb: When are you going to give up smoking? NOTE: There are some phrasal verbs and other expressions that include the word 'to' as a preposition, not as part of a to-infinitive: - to look forward to, to take to, to be accustomed to, to be used to. It is important to recognise that 'to' is a preposition in these cases, as it must be followed by a gerund: She didn't really take to studying English.

Exercise 1.Give Russian equivalents to the following expressions:

a driving lesson, a swimming pool, bird-watching, train-spotting, eating out

Exercise 2. Cross out the in the following sentences when it cannot be used.

1.The sending off was the turning point of the match.

2. The lying around in the sun in many people’s idea of the happiness.

3.It’s just the travelling that would put me off the job like that.

4. The accused was finally convicted of the breaking and entering.

5.I prefer the listening to opera to the watching it.

[Part III, pp. 161 ], recording script R 1.1 , page 7. [8, p.7]

Exercise 3.Listen to Ann, Sy, Dean and Amy at their book club meeting. Mark sentences T-true, F-false.

  TRUE FALSE
1. Ann suggested the book because her brother told her to read it for pleasure.    
2. It is sold over 16 million copies and it’s still selling well.    
3. Sy has read about 150 pages and totally agrees with what Carnegie said.    
4. Sy still finds Carnegie’s book fascinating.    
5. Dean like Sy, agrees with a lot of what Carnegie says.    

Exercise 4. Retell the text main idea using the following questions:

1.What book and why did Ann suggest?

2.What did surprised Ann pretty lot?

3. What suggestion of Carnegie did Amy try?

4. Which of Carnegie’s suggestions do they mention?

5. Whose idea do you think is close to yours?

Exercise 5. Read the poem. There is no Frigate like a Book (1286) by Emily Dickinson. Discuss the poem idea in the group. Explain the capitalized words in the poem.Give the Russian equivalent to the Gerund “prancing Poetry”.

There is no Frigate like a Book

To take us Lands away

Nor any Coursers like a Page

Of prancing Poetry –

This Traverse may the poorest take

Without oppress of Toll –

How frugal is the Chariot

That bears the Human Soul – Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson Edited by R. W. Franklin (Harvard University Press, 1999)

 

Exercise 6. Speak on the authors citations given below and explain them as you see.

  “Without literature, life is hell.” ― Charles Bukowski   “Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.” ― G.K. Chesterton     “That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald  

Exercise 7. Read the first passage of the text. [Part III, pp. 184 ] [7]

 







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