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In the Western world, where fashion traditions have been built over the
generations, there are stricter codes of proper business attire. In Russia, the
rules are a less strict. Company handbooks don’t usually specify the ties that
are acceptable or the appropriate length of your hair. Many businesses allow
employees to wear jeans in places that would be unheard in the States – and
people seem more sympathetic to the weather.
Tasks
1. Look through the table you filled in before reading and see what new
information you have acquired and if necessary correct your answers.
2. Supply the words from the text, which paraphrase the following.
a) advantage; b) acceptable; c) clothes; d) to want;
3. Answer the questions:
I. Do you think people should dress differently at home and in the
office?
II. What should be the difference between casual wear and business
style?
III. Do you agree with the opinions, expressed in the article?
IV. Do you find the article useful? Why?
4. Translate the article literary and then prepare back translation into
English.
Text 7.
Before reading the dialogue read the title and the first sentences of Mrs.
Bashford and makes some predictions about the situation and the topic of this
dialogue. Then read the dialogue and see if you are right.
In a Shop
Mrs. Bashford: I always choose my husband’s clothes very carefully.
He dresses very well.
Salesman (politely): Yes, madam, I’m sure. Now, you said a size 38,
didn’t you? Something like this perhaps? It’s a good enough sweater.
M.B.: Perhaps, but I don’t really think it’s good enough for my
husband. Haven’t you anything better?
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S.: Better than this, madam? (laughing nervously a bit) Well,…uh …
there’s this gray sweater.
M.B.: I don’t think I like that shade of gray. It’s not dark enough.
S.: I see, you want something darker than this, … like this, perhaps?
M.B. (thinking): Hmm…you know, I don’t really think I like grey at
all. It’s too…dull.
S.: I see. Now this green sweater is brighter than the grey one.
M.B.: No. I don’t like green, either.
S.: Well… let me see… there’s this red sweater.
M.B.: Good Heavens, no. My husband never wears red. It’s too bright.
S. (confused): So you want something darker than the light grey,
brighter than the dark grey but not as bright as the green or the red sweater?
M.B.: Exactly. And please hurry up. I really haven’t much time.
S.: Something like this blue sweater?
M.B.: Blue… hmm… yes, I think I like that. How much does it cost?
S.: 20 pounds.
M.B.: 20 pounds! Good heavens! Haven’t you anything… anything…
uh…
S.: Cheaper than this, madam? Only this other blue sweater. It costs 8
pounds.
M.B.: Now that’s exactly what I’m looking for. That’s much nicer than
all the others. Why didn’t you show it to me before?
S. (angrily): But I did, madam. It was the first one you saw.
Tasks
1. Discuss with a partner:
a) Why was it difficult for Mrs. Bashford to choose a sweater
quickly?
b) What was the reaction of the salesman who was serving the
customer on her remarks?
c) Do you behave in the shop the way Mrs. Bashford did? When?
Why? 
       In the Western world, where fashion traditions have been built over the             S.: Better than this, madam? (laughing nervously a bit) Well,…uh …
generations, there are stricter codes of proper business attire. In Russia, the   there’s this gray sweater.
rules are a less strict. Company handbooks don’t usually specify the ties that             M.B.: I don’t think I like that shade of gray. It’s not dark enough.
are acceptable or the appropriate length of your hair. Many businesses allow               S.: I see, you want something darker than this, … like this, perhaps?
employees to wear jeans in places that would be unheard in the States – and                M.B. (thinking): Hmm…you know, I don’t really think I like grey at
people seem more sympathetic to the weather.                                      all. It’s too…dull.
                                                                                           S.: I see. Now this green sweater is brighter than the grey one.
Tasks                                                                                      M.B.: No. I don’t like green, either.
1. Look through the table you filled in before reading and see what new                    S.: Well… let me see… there’s this red sweater.
information you have acquired and if necessary correct your answers.                       M.B.: Good Heavens, no. My husband never wears red. It’s too bright.
2. Supply the words from the text, which paraphrase the following.                         S. (confused): So you want something darker than the light grey,
      a) advantage;      b) acceptable; c) clothes;        d) to want;            brighter than the dark grey but not as bright as the green or the red sweater?
3. Answer the questions:                                                                   M.B.: Exactly. And please hurry up. I really haven’t much time.
      I. Do you think people should dress differently at home and in the                   S.: Something like this blue sweater?
         office?                                                                           M.B.: Blue… hmm… yes, I think I like that. How much does it cost?
      II. What should be the difference between casual wear and business                   S.: 20 pounds.
         style?                                                                            M.B.: 20 pounds! Good heavens! Haven’t you anything… anything…
      III. Do you agree with the opinions, expressed in the article?              uh…
      IV. Do you find the article useful? Why?                                             S.: Cheaper than this, madam? Only this other blue sweater. It costs 8
4. Translate the article literary and then prepare back translation into          pounds.
English.                                                                                   M.B.: Now that’s exactly what I’m looking for. That’s much nicer than
                                                                                  all the others. Why didn’t you show it to me before?
                                                                                           S. (angrily): But I did, madam. It was the first one you saw.
Text 7.
Before reading the dialogue read the title and the first sentences of Mrs.        Tasks
Bashford and makes some predictions about the situation and the topic of this             1. Discuss with a partner:
dialogue. Then read the dialogue and see if you are right.                                  a) Why was it difficult for Mrs. Bashford to choose a sweater
                                                                                               quickly?
                                  In a Shop
                                                                                            b) What was the reaction of the salesman who was serving the
       Mrs. Bashford: I always choose my husband’s clothes very carefully.
                                                                                               customer on her remarks?
He dresses very well.
                                                                                            c) Do you behave in the shop the way Mrs. Bashford did? When?
       Salesman (politely): Yes, madam, I’m sure. Now, you said a size 38,
                                                                                               Why?
didn’t you? Something like this perhaps? It’s a good enough sweater.
       M.B.: Perhaps, but I don’t really think it’s good enough for my
husband. Haven’t you anything better?


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