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II READING COMPREHENSION

In Britain, there are traditional regional costumes and styles of dress associated with particular jobs or social groups. Read the text and mark the statements below true (T), false (F) or not stated (N/s).

1. Wales, Scotland and England have their own national costumes.
2. Bright waistcoats and flat black hats are the two pieces of the Welsh national dress worn by men.
3. The Scottish Highland dress and the Scottish national dress are one and the same thing.
4. The Scottish Highland dress is worn by some Scots as an everyday outfit.
5. The Irish may put on the Scottish national dress on some occasions.
6. Today, as well as many years ago, civil servants and City businessmen have a special uniform.
7. A piece of clothing associated with the working class is the black cap.
8. In Great Britain people usually dress formally.
9. In Great Britain young people like to dress up compared to old people.
10. On formal occasions a hat is a must-have piece of clothing for women.
11. Women have to wear extravagant hats in the presence of the Royal Family.

Wales and Scotland each have a national costume, although there is no English one. Welsh national dress is seen on such occasions as the annual Llangollen Eisteddfod.* Women wear full skirts, laced bodices, colourful shawls and a specific tall crowned black hat, while men have bright waistcoats and flat black hats. The Scottish Highland dress, worn by both sexes and based on each clan’s distinctive tartan, is considered the Scottish national dress. For men it includes a tweed jacket, a tartan kilt and tartan stockings. Women’s dress is similar, but with a tartan skirt in place of the kilt. Scottish costume is worn at many national events, such as the Highland Games, but also for everyday use by some Scots. A form of dress similar to the Scottish one is also worn by the Irish on ceremonial or formal occasions, showing the common Celtic and historical link between the two peoples.

Members of particular professions and occupations wear special dress. Among those considered as distinctively British are the dark blue helmet and uniform of the policeman, the ceremonial red tunics and busbies of some army regiments, the sixteenth-century scarlet uniform of the Beefeaters, the gown and “mortarboard” of university students, and the wigs worn by judges. To this one could add the bowler hat, pin-striped trousers and rolled umbrella that were at one time almost a uniform for civil servants and City businessmen. Items of clothing that are linked with particular social groups are the flat cap, associated with working-class men and the more rounded cap worn by the “country gentlemen”.

In general, people in Great Britain dress rather informally. Many wear casual clothes most of the time, not just when they are at home or on holiday. Men and women wear jeans with a shirt or T-shirt and a sweater to go shopping, meet friends, go to a pub or bar, or take their children out. Older people are more likely to dress more smartly. When they go out, women wear a dress or skirt and blouse while men wear a shirt, jacket and trousers. In summer younger people may wear shorts.

There are a few occasions when people like to dress formally. For such occasions like interviews for jobs, men wear lounge suits, and women wear suits or dresses. Many weddings, for example, are very formal with men wearing morning dress and women wearing extravagant hats. Women also usually wear hats at events where members of the Royal Family are present. Most people in Britain dress smartly to go to a party or restaurant. Many people do not now dress up to go to the theatre, as was once common, but prefer to wear casual or office clothes.

1. In Britain, there are traditional regional costumes and styles of dress associated with particular jobs or social groups.

1) Read the text and tick those styles and costumes that are mentioned in the text (reading for specific information):

a a national costume;

b special dress (for specific professions and occupations);

с items of clothing linked with particular social groups;

d casual clothes;

e clothes for formal occasions;

f clubwear.

2) Put a T next to the statement which is true, and put an F next to the statements which are false according to the text.

1. Wales, Scotland and England each has a national costume.
2. The Scottish Highland dress and the Scottish national dress are one and the same thing.
3. On ceremonial or formal occasions the Irish wear a form of dress similar to the Scottish one.
4. Bright waistcoats and flat black hats are two pieces of the Welsh national dress worn by men.
5. Nowadays civil servants and City businessmen have a special uniform.
6. In Great Britain people like to dress formally.
7. Pieces of clothing associated with particular social groups are the flat cap and the more rounded cap.
8. Older people dress more smartly than young people.
9. Morning dresses are worn by British men in the morning.
10. At the events where members of the Royal Family are present women have to wear hats.