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A. Men are nervous
about buying clothes.
B. Women want approval of what they
wear but men don’t.
C. Men don’t want to go to lots of
places looking for clothes.
D. Men don’t like to change the sort
of clothes they wear.
E. I dislike a lot of new fashions
for men.
F. My attitude to fashion has changed.
G. Fashions for men remain almost the
same.
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1 D Говорящий утверждает,
что мужчинам "не надоедает носить один и тот же костюм"
('never get bored with wearing the same clothes'). Они "намного
ленивее женщин" ('much lazier than women') и не хотят надевать
каждый день что-то новое. Найдя стиль, который им нравится,
они "придерживаются его" ("stick with it').
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Speaker 1
Men never get bored with wearing the same clothes. We are much
lazier than women and don't want to worry about putting together
a different outfit every morning. Once we find a style we like
and feel comfortable in, we stick with it unless our body shape
changes. I have been wearing the same lace-up shoes for more
than ten years and I've got over a hundred shirts in the same
style. It would never cross my mind to wear anything else. |
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2 F Говорящий "был
рабом моды в 1970-80-х годах" ('was a slavish follower
of fashion in the 1970s and 1980s') - он менял стиль одежды
каждый раз, когда менялась мода. Теперь он интересуется одеждой,
но "не интересуется модой" (doesn't 'care about fashion').
Ему нравится хорошая одежда, но он не обращает внимания на то,
что модно в данный момент. Таким образом, когда-то он носил
вещи, потому что они были модными, но теперь его не интересует,
что сейчас считается модным. |
Speaker 2
I think fashion is strictly for women and boys. Most men have
found a style by their late twenties or early thirties. I was
a slavish follower of fashion in the 1970s and 1980s. Now, I
care passionately about clothes, but I don't care about fashion.
I like to look good and I love the feel of quality fabrics,
but I have no interest in what someone in Milan says I should
buy, or whether I'm wearing this season's or last season's clothes. |
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3 А Согласно говорящему,
мужчины, покупая одежду, менее уверены в себе, чем женщины.
Для того, чтобы определиться с выбором, им нужны друзья и журналы,
и они "переживают по этому поводу" ("worry about
the whole business'). Покупка одежды заставляет их нервничать. |
Speaker 3
When it comes to shopping for clothes, I think it's a question
of self-confidence. I think men have less than women. They need
the influence of friends and magazines when they are deciding
what to buy. And they need to be sure that they feel totally
comfortable in something before they part with their money.
They worry about the whole business. |
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4 G Говорящий утверждает,
что мужская мода "от сезона к сезону меняется очень мало
по сравнению с женской" ('change very little from season
to season, compared with women's"). Единственные изменения
в
мужской моде касаются мелких деталей, которые большинство мужчин
"и не заметит" ('wouldn't notice'). |
Speaker 4 Men's
fashions change very little from season to season compared
with women's. The only variations are in the detail, such
as the number of buttons on the suit or the width of the lapel,
which most men wouldn't notice. Men want to look reasonably
good, but fashion isn't such at big thing for men's clothes
as it is for women's clothes.
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5 C Говорящий утверждает,
что когда мужчины идут покупать одежду, они "посещают одни
и те же два-три магазина" ('always go to the same two or
three shops'), так как они "не любят сам процесс хождения
по магазинам" ('don't like the process of shopping'). Они
не хотят ходить "из одного магазина в другой" ('from
one shop to another'), потому что это очень утомляет их физически
и морально. |
Speaker 5 Men
don't shop for clothes as regularly as women, and when they
do, they always go back to the same two or three shops. Most
men just don't like the process of shopping. After 15 minutes
of going aimlessly from one shop to another, they get emotionally,
physically and psychologically exhausted. But I know that one
shop has tops that suit me, I always go to another shop for
a new suit and I like the cut of certain jeans. So I always
go to the same shops because I know I can find what I want there. |
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6 В По словам говорящего,
женщины страдают "неуверенностью" ('insecurity') в
вопросах одежды и они "гораздо более мужчин озабочены мнением
окружающих об их одежде" ('much more concerned than men
about other people's opinions of what they are wearing'). Женщины
хотят, чтобы окружающим нравилось, что они носят, а мужчин это
не заботит. |
Speaker 6 Women
have different priorities to men when it comes to appearance.
Insecurity drives women to look for comfort in fashion because
they are much more concerned than men about other peoples opinions
of what they're wearing. This isn't the case for men. I guess
that's why, according to market research, sales of men's clothes
are half those of women's, and there is only one men's clothes
store to every four women's shops. |