Read and learn the following words and word combinations from the text. Alongside – наряду с ;

Alongside – наряду с;

Weave (wove, woven) – ткать, плести;

Robe – мантия, одеяние, халат;

Embroider – вышивать;

Bride – невеста;

Dhoti – набедренная повязка индусов;

Lapel – отворот, лацкан;

Descent – происхождение;

Remnant – остаток;

Counterpart –соответственная часть;

Dye – окрашивать;

Cape – накидка;

Felt – фетровый;

Wreath – венок.

Answer the following questions.

1. What usually dictates styles on different continents?

2. How do women’s clichés differ in Africa and in Hindu India?

3. What is used to make “wrappers” in Africa?

4. What is “chador”? Who and why wears it?

5. What differences are in women’s clothes in Saudi Arabia and in Bangladesh?

6. What do brides wear in Hindu India?

7. What do widows wear in Hindu India?

8. Do you know various types of men’s clothes in Hindu India? What are they?

9. Why did the traditional dress vary greatly in China and Japan until the 19^th century?

10. What did the peasantry wear in China and Japan? In India?

11. Who wears blue cotton jackets and trousers in China?

12. What order did the emperor give in Japan at the end of the 19^th century?

13. What are traditional clothes in Japan? In India?

14. What two cultures exist in America and in Mexico?

15. What are traditional clothes of the Indians?

16. What decorates traditional Indian clothes?

17. What do people wear in the Amazonians forests?

Complete the sentences with right propositions.

1. She prefers to wear clothes ___plain white.

2. The people ___the cities mostly dress ___ European clothes like their counterparts ___ the rest ___ America and Europe.

3. He made it ___ the order ___ his boss.

4. ___ many countries people wear a traditional dress ___ Western one.

5. ___ Africa men wear pillbox hats ___ various shapes.

6. My favourite jacket is the one ___ a high collar.

7. In Strict Islamic countries women wear chadors ___ the head.

8. This designer became famous ___ the originality ___ his designs.

9. Men wear shirts and loose trousers ___ white cotton.

10. ___ Turkey ___ Pakistan, women’s dress is carefully controlled ___ religious rules.

11. Now a traditional dress is worn ___ festivals in Japan.

12. Clothes are loose and wrapped ___ the body.

Complete the table.

Clothes	Who wears?	Where?
1. tunics
2. blue cotton jackets and trousers
3. “wrappers”
4. wrap-around or gathered skirts
5. saris
6. tall turbans
7. capes
8. straw or leather hats
9. slim fitting jackets with high collars
10. belts of feathers and leaves
11. wide, loose robes
12. dhoti
13. kimonos
14. head shawls
15. pillbox hats
16. shirts and trousers in white cotton
17. silk robes
18. chadors

6. Do you think that the color of the clothes is very important? Why?

Tell your opinion using examples from the text.

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