III Make up a plan of the text. IV Translate the paragraphs in italics in a written form
IV Translate the paragraphs in italics in a written form.
V Questions for discussion:
1. Why is light industry so important for the whole economy of the country?
2. What are the main market segments?
3. What regions of Ukraine have the most developed branches of light industry?
4. What interests do our companies serve?
5. Is any of Ukrainian companies world-wide appreciated?
6. What are dominant Ukrainian exporters?
7. What is the main reason for the investment attractiveness of light industry?
8. What helps to develop light industry in Ukraine?
9. What is the task of Ukraine nowadays?
TEXT C
I Mind the following words and word-combinations:
1. worsted and carded company – камвольно-суконна компанія
2. a mill – фабрика
3. textile machinery park – парк текстильного обладнання
4. vertical wool textile production – виробництво вовни по вертикалі
5. annual production – щорічне виробництво
6. a wool blend suit – костюм з суміші вовни
II Listen to the text and be ready to answer the questions:
1. What is the main factor that made Cheksyl so successful?
2. What does the company manufacture?
III Listen to the text again. Decide if the statements are true or false.
1. Cheksyl is one of the largest European manufacturers of silk fabrics.
2. The office is situated in the ancient city of Kyiv.
3. The company hasn’t got modern equipment.
4. They produce various types of garments.
5. The workers of Cheksyl work as a single team.
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Додаток 2
ТЕКСТИ ДЛЯ САМОСТІЙНОГО ОПРАЦЮВАННЯ
History of Clothes
Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings for the hands (gloves), feet (socks, shoes, sandals, and boots) and head (hats, caps). People almost universally wear clothing, which is also known as dress, garments, attire, or apparel. People wear clothing for functional as well as for social reasons. Clothing protects the vulnerable nude human body from the extremes of weather, other features of our environment, and for safety reasons. Every article of clothing also carries a cultural and social meaning. Human beings are the only mammals known to wear clothing, with the exception of human pets clothed by their owners.
Articles carried rather than worn (such as purses, canes, and umbrellas) are normally counted as fashion accessories rather than as clothing. Jewelry and eyeglasses are usually counted as accessories as well, even though in common speech these items are described as being worn rather than carried.
21st Century Clothing
Western fashion has, to a certain extent, become international fashion, as Western media and styles penetrate all parts of the world. Very few parts of the world remain where people do not wear items of cheap, mass-produced Western clothing. Even people in poor countries can afford used clothing from richer Western countries.
However, people may wear ethnic or national dress on special occasions or if carrying out certain roles or occupations. For example, most Japanese women have adopted Western-style dress for daily wear, but will still wear silk kimonos on special occasions. Items of Western dress may also be worn or accessorized in distinctive, non-Western ways.
History
According to archaeologists and anthropologists, the earliest clothing probably consisted of fur, leather, leaves or grass, draped, wrapped or tied about the body for protection from the elements. Knowledge of such clothing remains inferential, since clothing materials deteriorate quickly compared to stone, bone, shell and metal artifacts. Archeologists have identified very early sewing needles of bone and ivory from about 30,000 BC, found near Kostenki, Russia, in 1988.
Since most humans have very sparse body hair, body lice require clothing to survive, so this suggests a surprisingly recent date for the invention of clothing. Its invention may have coincided with the spread of modern Homo sapiens from the warm climate of Africa, thought to have begun between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago. For now, the date of the origin of clothing remains unresolved.
Some human cultures, such as the various peoples of the Arctic Circle, until recently have made their clothing entirely of furs and skins, cutting clothing to fit and decorating lavishly.
Other cultures have supplemented or replaced leather and skins with cloth: woven, knitted, or twined from various animal and vegetable fibres. See weaving, knitting, and twining.
Although modern consumers take clothing for granted, making the fabrics that go into clothing is not easy. One sign of this is that the textile industry was the first to be mechanized during the Industrial Revolution; before the invention of the powered loom, textile production was a tedious and labor-intensive process. Therefore, methods were developed for making most efficient use of textiles.
One approach simply involves draping the cloth. Many peoples wore, and still wear, garments consisting of rectangles of cloth wrapped to fit — for example, the dhoti for men and the saris for women in the Indian subcontinent, the Scottish kilt or the Javanese sarong. The clothes may simply be tied up, as is the case of the first two garments; or pins or belts hold the garments in place, as in the case of the latter two. The precious cloth remains uncut, and people of various sizes or the same person at different sizes can wear the garment.
In the thousands of years that humans have spent constructing clothing, they have created an astonishing array of styles, many of which we can reconstruct from surviving garments, photos, paintings, mosaics, etc., as well as from written descriptions. Costume history serves as a source of inspiration to current fashion designers, as well as a topic of professional interest to costumers constructing for plays, films, television, and historical reenactment.
History of Clothes
People always wanted to look great that is why from the ancient times they began to update their general look.
In ancient times people put on the fell of animals, they turned leaves, teeth of animals and rocks into accessories and some kinds of jewels. Later clothes have become more updated and more developed.
Sometimes clothes even had mystical significance for a person. When a person put on the fell of a certain animal he wanted to protect himself from the evil spirits.
The development of clothes starts with the creation of a needle. It was made 40-50 thousands years ago. It has become the main instrument for creation of the clothes. Later a man learned how to make filaments from the fell of the animal. Then the great civilizations created new clothes, invented new textile. People started to decorate it with precious diamonds and gold.
The first embroideries and prints were very popular as well as different accessories. So people made the clothes more beautiful.
Later the new period in the development of clothes begins. People make it more comfortable and less giant. People start to use different materials for clothes worn by representatives of different professions. Every country and every culture has developed their own style and their own traditional clothes. The colours, prints and style are different in all countries and depend even on the climate of the territory people live in.
With the development of technology and science clothes have become more and more popular. Nowadays people don't need to spend a lot of time making a dress. A machine can make everything instead of them. Besides, with technological progress the quality of the material becomes better.
People like new things and new styles that is why they try to change their clothes and to invent the new cuts. The 20th century is really a progress in the clothes industry. The profession of a fashion designer appears.