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Ex.5 Choose the right word in the brackets.

1. In Bond Street you'll find gentlemen's (tailor's, dressmaker's) of the highest quality. 2. They exhibit the new suit made by their local (tailors, dressmakers). 3. The word (barber, hairdresser) can be used for men. 4. The actors were wearing historical (suits, costumes). 5. See, Tom, here is a quite fashionable three-piece (suit, costume). 6. The clothes are too large. They must be (altered, changed). 7. There is a rise in popularity of Afro (hair-dos, hair-styles). 8. In a launderette you can see a lot of coin-operated (washing machine, driers) which people use to dry their clothes. 9. I found him washing his shirts in the campus (launderette, bathroom). 10. If you want to have your fur hat dyed from grey to black you use the services of the (drier's, dyer's).

Ex.6 Translate the words in brackets using the construction "have smth done".

Constant Maintenance!

The more you own, the more there is (ломаться). You invest in a new hi-fi system and in no time you have (ремонтировать). You (устанавливать новую стиральную машину) and you have to buy expensive insurance (содержать в исправности). You buy a car and need to (обслуживать ее) regularly. You buy a camera and then spend a fortune (чтобы проявлять и печатать пленки). It's not only things that need constant attention. How often we have to (шить костюмы и пальто), and (ремонтировать обувь)! But I had to smile last time I went to (постричься). A bold notice in the window announced: 'All our customers promptly executed!' You certainly wouldn't need to (ничего ремонтировать) after that!

Ex.7 What do we call:

1. a device in motor vehicle, showing its speed; 2.an arrangement to meet or visit at the particular time; 3. a photograph taken informally or casually; 4. a cosmetic care and treatment of the hands and fingernails; 5. an establishment fitted with washing machines to be used by customers for a fee; 6. the glass in the window at the front of a motor vehicle; 7. rubbing and kneading the body to lessen pain or stiffness; 8. a person whose job is to repair things; 9. to scrape (growing hair) off the skin with a razor, to remove hair from a chin etc. 10. One of the standard and usually numbered classes in which articles of clothing, etc. are made. 11. Coverings for a person’s body, dress. 12. Outer covering for the foot, especially one that doesn’t reach the ankle. 13. Set of articles of outer clothing of the same material. 14. Manner of doing or making something; prevailing custom which is considered most to be admired and imitated during a period or a place. 15. Ridiculous-looking person or thing. 16. Back part of a human foot; part of a shoe, boot. 17. small, usually round bit of bone, metal, etc. for fastening articles of clothing or sewed on as ornament. 18. to be well suited to wearer. 19. a material without pattern or ornament (adj.). 20. string or cord put through small holes in shoes to draw edges together; 21. device for locking together two toothed metal edges by means of sliding tab, used for fastening articles of clothes, bags, etc. 22. part of a garment that covers the arm; 23. small bag forming part of an article of clothing for carrying things in; 24. instrument with a sharp blade used for shaving hair from the skin; 25. small piece of material put on over a hole or a damaged or worn place.

Ex.8 Fill in the blanks with the corresponding words:

1) You have had your hair... too short. 2) Your shoes need to be... 3) This dress is a bit too long. It has to be.... 4) My TV set is.... I've tried to... but it was dead. 5) I'm running out of fuel. I need to stop at the nearest... to fill up.... 6) I want a big change. So I want to have my hair..., and... 7) You get your photo taken, and when it is... you don't like it. 8) Your vacuum-cleaner is out of order. It needs to be taken to.... 9) There is an awful grease stain on my coat. It has to be.... 10) I'm afraid I have a flat.... I need to have it … 11) In the morning, I had left my jacket to be cleaned. The shop did have a … service, but I had a lot of things to do, and couldn't wait. So I took advantage of the... service, and went back to...... later on.