Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text.

1. Clothes were carefully graded according to the rank of wearer.

2. Pharaohs weren’t believed to be divine.

3. Clothes became more important as societies developed.

4. Kalasiris was a pleated, tube-like garment.

5. Clothes were first worn just for warmth.

6. Pharaohs wore crowns, cloth of gold tissue, transparent linen, sandals and fabulous jewelry.

7. Men wore long, pleated, wrap-over pieces of cloth around of the waist.

8. Today in Africa and India the youngsters wore bracelets for beauty.

9. Women decorated their wings with flowers and feathers.

Make sure you know the meaning of these terms and match them with their definitions.

Jewelry, ornament, skin, ebony, copper, linen, tissue wig, anklet, collar, lapis lazuli.

1. Object that one worn as personal decoration.

2. An object that have because it is attractive, not because it’s useful.

3. The natural outer covering of a human or animal body.

4. Hard black wood.

5. A common reddish-brown metal.

6. A type of cloth made from flax, used to make high quality clothes, sheets, etc.

7. A piece of soft paper that absorbs liquids, used especially as a handkerchief.

8. A piece of artificial hair that is worn on the head to hide the fact that a person is bald, to cover somebody’s own hair.

9. A piece of jewellery worn around the ankle.

10. The part around the neck of a shirt, jacket or coat that is usually folds down.

11. A bright blue stone, used in making jewellery.

Find in the text the synonyms of the following words.

to adorn –

kids –

things –

nude –

main –

canvas –

piece of cloth –

neckband –

shining –

fabric –

Fill in the correct prepositions, then choose any four items and make sentences.

1. to turn …… something;

2. …… comparison …… somebody or something;

3. to be composed …… something;

4. …… contrast …… something;

5. to be made …… something;

6. to be …… shape.

Translate from Russian into English.

1) Основой египетского костюма является пояс, к которому крепится передник – схенти – кожаный или из ткани. Размеры передника различны, форма – прямоугольная или треугольная.

2) Национальная одежда женщин – платье калазирис. Им покрывали тело, начиная от плечевого пояса, линии груди или талии, и крепилось оно на линии плечевого пояса одной или двумя лямками. Тканный калазирис был до такой степени эластичен, что, плотно облегая тело, не стеснял свободных движений.

3) При желании платье могло быть с рукавами – короткими или длинными, узкими или широкими, прямыми или расширенными к низу. Калазирис носили часто с плиссированной юбкой или покрывалом.

Make a plan to the text and retell the text according to the plan.

UNIT 4

The costume of Babylonia, Assyria and Ancient Greece.

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