Packing for a holiday

Exercise 10. Make up 10 sentences with the words given above.

Exercise 11. Translate the following words and word combinations (you may look at the picture below) and use them in the sentences of your own:

collar

collarless

button-down collar

clerical collar

wing collar

crew neck

V-neck

a V-necked sweater

turtleneck (Am E)

polo neck (BrE)

round neck

low-necked

open-necked suit

décolleté dress

low cut

ruff

Read the dialogue:

Mr. Newman and Mrs. Newman are packing for a holiday at a fashionable seaside resort.

Mrs. Newman: This is really dreadful. Just look at my wardrobe!

Mr. Newman: I see it's crammed with clothes.

Mrs. Newman: Crammed? I have got absolutely nothing to put on. Now just consider we’ll be away for a fortnight, which, which means I must have at least five summer dresses, a couple of bathing suits and a two-piece for sunbathing.

Mr. Newman: What if the sun lets us down?

Mrs. Newman: Exactly. I need a suit for chilly days, a woolly or two. Maybe this cardigan would do. We'll have to change for dinner in that hotel and I haven't got a single fashionable evening dress.

Mr. Newman: Don’t be ridiculous. You’ve been storing up clothes for years.

Mrs. Newman: Yes, but most of them are out of fashion. I don't believe you even notice the difference between silk and cotton, a long or a short dress…

Mr. Newman: I do notice that!

Mrs. Newman: You don’t even notice the colour of my dress.

Mr. Newman: Then why worry if we men are so blind to your charms.

Mrs. Newman: I like to be dressed in good taste for my own sake. It boosts my morale. There's no use in discussing such problems with you. How about packing your things?

Mr. Newman: Well, all I need is a pair of jeans, a few T-shirts, sandals and bathing trunks. Of course I'll take some underwear and my shaving kit, no more.

Mrs. Newman: What about the evenings? You'll have to have a dark suit, a decent tie and shoes.

Mr. Newman: My dear! I'm going for a holiday, not a fashion parade!

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