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74
Express the same idea using different wording and grammar.
1. Sayako came out of the changing room in Sloane Street wearing this season's suit, as featured on the
cover of English Vogue.
2. The manageress, svelte in black, stood behind her.
3. She would now reach this week's taiget.
4. And these shoes to match all suits in size 4.
5. Sayako walked over on stockinged feet to a display of suede loafers.
6. Her role model was the fibreglass mannequin which lolled convincingly against the shop counter.
7. Her blue eyes were half closed as though she were encap-tured by her own beauty.
8. She hurried to the back of the shop and quickly returned with a toffee-brown version of the sumptuous
coat.
9. She had already ploughed through The Wind in the Willows. 10. Many of them were wearing beige
anoraks that Sayako, a devoted shopper, identified as coming from Marks and Spencer.
Exercise 10
Fill in the gaps with one of the following expressions, changing the forms of the words if necessary.
The colour is good on somebody, to bear the name of somebody, to take an hour off for lunch, to laugh
behind the hand, to be coming from Harrod's, to loll against, to fit perfectly, shoes to match, to take
something in navy, to be wearing, a full-length mirror, to try on something.
1. The suit was well-cut and fashioned, but the colour seemed to be too pale. So Amanda thought that she
would ... .
2. The cashier looked at the platinum card and saw that... the name of the President. She couldn't believe
her eyes.
3. Though ... , Dorothy thought that the coat was too wide and long, and decided not to buy it.
4. Her leather bag was so expensive that I immediately understood that it ... , as I knew that only there
they sold such luxurious things.
5. On that day the headmistress ... an excellent stylish dress.
6. The dress ... , there was not a single crease anywhere and the length was right.
7. As our shopping tour was tiring, we decided ... and go to McDonalds.
8. There were no customers in the shop, there was absolutely nothing to do and the salesclerk ... the
counter.
9. The customer looked so comic in a striped suit and a big hat that when he turned away to look at
himself in the mirror, the shopgirls ....
10. Deborah had already ... five dresses, but none of them suited her.
11. On my way home with a newly purchased raincoat I passed by a shopwindow with a nice display of
shoes. The idea struck me at once: I had to buy ....
12. It's a pity we do not have ... at home. It's impossible to see yourself from head to foot.
Exercise 11
Speak about Sayako's shopping tour:
1. in the third person;
2. in the person of the manageress;
3. in the person of Sayako;
4. in the person of her bodyguard.
Exercise 12
Discussion points.
1. What kind of life do you think Sayako has?
2. What do Sayako's shopping items tell you about her?
3.
Do you agree with Sayako's thoughts about English people?
4.
How can purchases reveal a personality?
5.
Do you believe that shop assistants remain indifferent when
customers make purchases or
not? Prove your point.
Exercise 13
Replace the gaps with one of the following verbs: to fit, to suit, to match, to become, to go with/together.
1.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a suitable dress that... . You are a standard size.
2.
'I don't think this dress... me. I'd prefer something lighter.' 'Oh, no. I love you in that dress.'
3.
The jacket ... her like a glove. It looked as if it had been
made for her.