At the Barber's

Barber: What will it be?

Customer: Hair cut, shampoo and shave.

B: How do you want your hair cut? Short?

C: No, not too short.

B: I’ll just trim it at the back and sides.

C: But don’t touch it on top.

B: All right. You have lots of dandruff. You should try massaging your

scalp. It helps sometimes.

C: A shampoo also helps, for a time, anyway.

B: How do you comb your hair? Back or with a parting?

C: I comb it back.

Exercise 1. Find in the dialogs synonyms to the following expressions:

What do you mean?; for a long time; What’s the price?; The price is...; a buy; What do these letters mean?; to be situated; downtown Moscow; underground station; I think; to look wonderful; It fits me perfectly; to wash one's hair.

Exercise 2. Give the English equivalents for:

Цена вполне умеренная; однобортный костюм; двубортный пиджак; хорошего качества; Какой размер Вы носите?; слишком тесен; немного свободен; на один размер меньше; рубашка к моему костюму; коротка в рукавах; выглядеть потрясающе; совершать покупки; ходить по магазинам; в 5-ти минутах ходьбы; в 10-ти минутах езды на автобусе; Эта шляпа тебе идет; Как на тебя и шито; следовать чьему-либо совету; пара перчаток; натуральная кожа; чистая шерсть; постричь волосы; помыть голову; на какое-то время; подравнять волосы сзади; это как раз то, что мне нужно; примерить; примерочная; подходить по размеру; цена мне очень подходит; меня не интересует одежда.

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions:

1. What did the customer (in Dialog 1) want to buy?

2. What kind of suit did he have in mind?

3. Did the customer know his English size?

4. Where did he try on the suit?

5. Why did the customer say that it wasn’t his size?

6. What fabric was the suit made of?

7. How much did the suit cost?

8. Did the customer pay cash or charge?

9. What did the customer ask the salesclerk when leaving the “Ready-made Clothes” department?

10. What did the customer thank the salesclerk for?

11. What is the best place forshopping in Moscow?

12. What are the letters GUM stand for?

13. Where is GUM located?

14. How does one get to GUM?

15. Why did B (in Dialog 3) look smashing?

16. Where did B buy her new overcoat?

17. Why did the overcoat make B look smashing?

18. Was the overcoat very expensive?

19. What fabric was the overcoat made of?

20. Where did В recommend А to buy clothes at reasonable prices? Did A need clothes?

21. Was A going to follow B’s advice?

22. What was A going to do?

23. What would the customer (in Dialog 4) like to buy?

24. What was the customer’s size?

25. Did the first pair of gloves the customer tried on fit him perfectly? What did the salesclerk suggest?

26. Why were the gloves which were a perfect fit rather expensive? What color did they have such gloves in?

27. Could the customer afford a pair of good leather gloves?

28. What services did the customer (in Dialog 5) want to get?

29. Did the customer want his hair cut short?

30. What did the barber do with the customer's hair?

31. Why did the barber recommend that the customer should massage his scalp?

32. How did the customer comb his hair?

Exercise 4. Read the following dialogs and learn them by heart: