TOPICAL VOCABULARY
Kinds of clothes: coat, shirt, blouse, cardigan, sweater, skirt,
suit, trousers, shorts, a pullover, dressinggown, jersey, jeans,
corduroy trousers (corduroys).
Articles of clothing: socks, stockings, scarf, muffler, kerchief,
gloves, mittens, tie, handkerchief, tights, pyjamas, nightgown,
underwear (undies).
Parts of clothes: collar, sleeve, belt.
Footwear: slippers, sandals, sport shoes, walking shoes, court
shoes, rubber boots, training shoes (trainers).
Textiles: silk, cotton (print), velvet, woollen cloth.
Jewellery: ring, bracelet, earrings, chain, brooch, necklace.
Cereals: buckwheat, rice.
Meat: beef, pork, mutton, chicken, goose, duck, tinned meat.
Fish: herring, sprats, smoked fish, tinned fish.
Dairy products: cream, sour cream, cottage cheese.
Confectionery: biscuits, cakes, chocolate, pastry.
Vegetables: onions, turnips, melon, watermelon, cauliflower,
lettuce, radish, parsley, celery.
EXERCISES
I. a) The material below is to be prepared for reading. Mark the
stresses and tunes. Concentrate your attention on sounds. b) Let your
fellowstudent read this exercise aloud for you to detect his errors in
sounds and tell him what must be done to eliminate them:
[r] 1. A foreign accent is a very great drawback.
2. The three will probably drive across the Brooklyn
Bridge.
3. We gathered ripe red raspberries along the river road.
4. When at Rome do as the Romans do.
5. Neither rhyme nor reason.
6. Every cook praises his own broth.
[aυ] 1. What have you found out about it?
2. Out of sight out of mind.
[aυ — a] 3. Snow came in the night
Without a sound,
Like a white cloud trembling
Down to the ground.
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