Asking for Permission (Favours)

a) Neutral:

- Can I..., please?

- Could I...?

-1 was wondering if I could...?

- Do you mind if...?

b) Informal:

- Mind if...?

- OK if...?
-All right if...?
-Any chance of...?

c) Formal:

- May I...?

- Might I...?

- With your permission I should like to...

Asking for Information

a) Neutral:

- Could you tell me..., please?

- (Excuse me) d'you know...?

- Sorry to trouble you but d'you happen to know...?

b) Informal:

- Happen to know...?

- Got any idea...?

c) Formal:

- 1 wonder if you could tell...?

-1 hope you don't mind my asking, but...?

O-2. Read and inact the mini-dialogues. Pay due attention to the intonation.

1. - Excuse me do you think I could try this one on?

- Yes, there is a fitting-room over there.

2. - Hello, Jackie! Any chance of borrowing that old camera of yours

for a few days?

- Yes, sure.

3. - May I stay away from the lessons for a few days, Mr Brown?

- Yes, you may.

4. - Could you tell me where the station is, please?
-Yes, it's along there and first left.

5. - Got any idea, Alice, when they are closed?

- 7 sharp, I think.

6. - 1 wonder if you could tell me when Mr Smith will see me?
-Wait a moment, please. I'll find it out.

-Thank you.

0-3. a) You are with a good friend at the theatre. She has a pair of binoculars. You have not You want to borrow them for a moment What do you say?

a) Mind if I borrow your binoculars for a moment?

b) Could I borrow your binoculars for a moment?

c) With your permission I should like to borrow your binoculars for a
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0-4. Say in what situations the characters in the dialogues below speak: neutral, formal or informal. Warm-up.*

A) Learn the following mini-dialogues. Act them out with your fellow-student Pass

Over to the next pattern after you have practised all the prompt words.

B) Remember about the functions trained. Do the same in chain.

1. - You are dressed too thinly. It's rather frosty outside. - Is it? Then I'll change into my warm overcoat

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lightly, thickly, warmly;

windy, warm, hot;

fur coat, woollen suit, blue costume

2. - Why don't you change after the Institute¹]

- I'm just going to put on my house dress.

after work, for dinner, for the theatre; dressing-gown, slacks, slippers, evening-dress

3. - You look so smart in this new jacket.

- Do I? But I think my dark blue one suits me better.

nice, young, pretty; dress, suit, costume; light yellow, ordinary

4. - Why don't you wear your dark woollen skirt!

- It's just because / have outgrown it.

green cotton dress;

I feel uneasy in it, it's to be altered, it's to be dry-cleaned

5. - The skirt seems rather long, doesn't it?

-1 wouldn't say that. Just look at yourself in the mirror.

too short, a bit loose, somewhat tight

6. - Do you think this tie will go well with my jacket!
- Surely. They'll match perfectly well.

hat, blouse, socks; coat, skirt, shoes

7. - Let me help you (to) put on your coat. - Thank you.

overcoat, raincoat, mackintosh

8. - Oh, my! Just see how you have crumpled your trousers. -Really? Where?

soiled, stained, torn; skirt, dress, shirt

9* - Can you tell me what is the latest style in coats! - Coats are worn tight-fitting at present.

suits, dresses;

with inside pockets, trimmed with fur, double-breasted

0-5. & Here we are going to work at larger pieces of conversation. Study the dialogues closely, memorize and act them out with your fellow-student Make sure of the correct pronunciation and intonation.

\_m - What are you doing there so long?

- I'm pulling on my socks.

- But it can't take you so long!

-Well... as a matter of fact I'm looking for them.

2. - That's a lovely jacket!

- You think so? Thank you, I myself like it very much, especially
when I wear it in spring.

-And it's becoming you very much, too.

- So it is, thank you. I think it's very much in fashion, isn't it?

- The style is so good that it seems always in fashion.

3. - How about going to the theatre right away?

- You mean without dropping in at home to change? No, that won't
do, I'm not dressed well enough.

- Oh, that's all right, these cotton dresses are all the fashion now
and it's quite decent to go any place in them.

-Well, I don't think so.

4. -1 should like to try on one of these dresses.

- That dress seems to be very nice and quite the latest style.

-1 like the style but I don't like the colour and after all I believe it's expensive for me.

- What about this one? This is a dress to match your hair and eyes.
It is the latest style and I think it will suit you best.

5. - How do you like my new dress?

- Fishing for compliments?

- Of course not. I simply trust your taste. That's all.

- To my mind, your dress seems a bit loud.

-I don't think so. Gray colours are in, you know.

- What's the idea of dressing up, anyhow?

- I'm going to a party tonight.
-Are you? Have a good time then.

6.-Where did you buy that hat? -1 bought it at a special sale.

- How much did you pay for it?

- Oh, believe me, it was a real bargain (much too much).
-I must say it really suits you.

- Do you really think so?

"~ Yes, the colour goes well with your eyes.

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O-ll.

Freshman: Say, what's the idea of wearing my raincoat? Room-mate: Well, you wouldn't want our new suit to get wet, would

7. - Have you a dark grey suit, please? Size 48.

- Single or double-breasted?

- Single-breasted. May I try it on?... Yes, both the trousers and the
coat seem to fit me well. Besides, I think the colour will be suit­
able for most occasions. Now I must also buy a shirt and a tie to
match.

b) Listen to your group-mates. Train your would-be teacher's ear. Choose whose

reproduction you liked best. Give reasons. Use the following words and phrases as cues.

to pronounce the sounds properly; to sound natural; melody; to mispronounce; to make mistakes

c) Make a list of words and phrases from the dialogues that you want to re-

member and use them in your speech.

O-6. Give some pieces of advice to your friends what to wear if they go to: a) a cinema; b) a theatre; c) a stadium; d) some official reception.

O-7. You and your friend are planning to go to your summer-house to have a rest (for a week). Tell us what you are going to take with you.

O-8. Speak in favour of

a) having ready-made clothes; b) having tailored clothes (clothes made-to-measure).

O-9. Play the game, a) Look attentively at each other. Then turn back-to-back and describe each other's clothes. The one who listens agrees or disagrees with what is said. Use the following:

quite so, precisely, quite right, yes, correct; you're mistaken, quite the opposite, not exactly so, I'm afraid that's wrong

b) Show your partner a picture and take it away. Let him (her) describe the picture by memory. Agree or disagree using corresponding formulas.

O-10. Role play.

Personages: Students (in close community).

Stimulus: Memorize what is there in the picture.

Arrangement In the classroom. A picture is shown to the students and

then taken away. The students are divided into 2 groups. Expected activity: The students of both the groups discuss what they

have seen, then choose a student who describes the picture in

full detail. Result: The winner is the group whose representative describes the

picture better. Supplement' A picture with a fashion view.

you

-I can see you are a married man now? -How?

- 'cause you have no buttons off your coat and -

- Yes, that's the first thing my wife did - taught me how to sew them
on.

Mrs Brown: Do you think I'm going to wear this old squirrel coat all

my life? Mr Brown (brightly): Why not, dear? The squirrels do.

Bride: What do you give your husband when the dinner does not suit

him? Mrs Oldwed: His coat and hat.

-1 was sorry for your wife in church this morning when she had a

terrific attack of coughing and every one turned to look at her. - You needn't worry about that - she was wearing a new spring hat.

0-12. Read and express your opinion about the personages.

You Never Know

Mrs Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back from work. She wore a dirty old dress and no stockings, and she was very tired. Her husband looked at her and said: "Is this what I come to after a hard day's work?"

Mrs Jones' neighbour, Mrs Smith, was there. When she heard Mr Jones' words, she quickly said goodbye and ran back to her house. Then she washed, combed her hair, put on her best dress and sat down to wait for her husband.

When he arrived he was hot and tired. He walked slowly into the house, saw his wife and stopped. Then.he shouted angrily, "And where are you going this evening?"

°-l2. Conversational situations.

*•• Talk with your friend over the phone about the way the guests dressed at the birthday party you were invited to.

2. You have bought several articles of clothing (for different seasons} '
Your friend wants you to try on each of them. You discuss the
things with her.

3. You have visited a fashion show, and your friend couldn't as she
was busy. Talk with her abour it.

4. Your friend and you are at a fashion show. Exchange your opinions
about it:

a^ during the show, using pictures; m after it on the way home.

5. A person from the North who has never been to the South and a
person from the South who has never been to the North (of our
country) meet and talk about the kinds of clothes people wear in
these parts.

IV. READING AND COMPREHENSION

In this Unit the same reading techniques are developed. You'll get some extra information about the shopping system in the USA and Great Britain.

Close attention: While scanning the text study the words familiar to our topic.

R-l. Read and mark in memory the information about:

a} shopping as an art of its own;

b) helpful traces in shopping;

c) shopping exchange system;

d) times of opening.

How to Shop

(after G. Mikes)

A. In America, just as in England, you see the same shops with
the same boards and windows in every town and village. Shopping,
however, is an art of its own and you have to learn slowly where to
buy various things. If you are hungry, you go to the chemist's. A
chemist's shop is called drugstore¹ in the United States; it is a national
institution² at that. In the larger drugstores you may be able to get
drugs, too, but their main business consists in selling stationary, candy,
toys, braces³, belts, fountain-pens, furniture and imitation jewellery. Ev­
ery drugstore has a food counter with high stools in front of it and
there they serve various juices, coffee, sundaes⁴, ice-cream, sandwiches,
omelettes and other egg dishes.

B. If you want cigarettes, go to the grocer; if you want to have
your shoes cleaned, go to the barber; if you want a radio, go to a
man's shop; if you want a suit-case, go to the chemist's. On the other

hand, if У^{ои want to senc}^ ^a telegram, avoid the post-office, because - '— are handled by private companies.

C. Whatever you buy, it may be exchanged later for something in
the same shop. This is a great pastime⁵ with the Americans. A great
niany people do not really buy things - they only acquire some raw
material⁶ for later exchanges. It is not unusual at all to see a lady
bringing back a hat with a lot of fruit on it and exchanging it either
for real fruit or a real hat; or to see somebody bringing back a re­
frigerator with the remark that he made a mistake and now he wants
to subscribe⁷ to the Reader's Digest⁸ instead.

D. You do not need to time your shopping very carefully because
you will find some shops stay open in New York all night. The big
department stores keep open till 9 p.m. once a week.

Notes

1. drugstore аптека (в США)

2. a national institution заведение

3. braces Am. мужские подтяжки

4. sundaes сливочное мороженое с фруктами и сиропом

5. pastime обычай, времяпрепровождение

6. raw material сырье

7. to subscribe подписываться (на какое-л. издание)

8. the Reader's Digest - литературный журнал

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