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УВАЖНО ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ ТЕКСТ, ОСКІЛЬКИ ВІН З'ЯВЛЯЄТЬСЯ ТІЛЬКИ ОДИН РАЗ У ЦЬОМУ ПИТАННІ.

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THE HISTORY OF THE T-SHIRT

White cotton T-shirts were first worn by the US Navy in the Second World War and by 1948, every American soldier was wearing one too. But it was Hollywood films that made the T-shirt really popular: actors Marlon Brando and James Dean wore classic white T-shirts in On the Waterfront (1954) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955). After these films, every young man wanted to wear one.

Women didn't begin to wear T-shirts until the end of the 1950s. In the 1959 French film A bout de souffle (Breathless), American actress Jean Seberg wore a T-shirt advertising an English language newspaper. This started a new fashion in T-shirts for women, but it wasn't until the mid-1960s that companies like Budweiser and Coca-Cola started using T-shirts as 'walking advertisements'.

Later, the T-shirt became a way of saying something important. For example, soon after the black American leader Angela Davis went to prison in 1970, people all around the world were wearing T-shirts with the message 'Free Angela'.

In the 1970s, French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent designed a famous blue T-shirt with his name in white letters. Giorgio Armani has also used T-shirts in his fashion shows. And in 2001, a limited number of white `J`adore Dior' T-shirts sold quickly at well over £100 each!

Choose if the statements are TRUE or FALSE

1. T-shirts became more popular because of two 1950s American films.

Many women were wearing T-shirts in 1955.

In 1950, some companies were using T-shirts to advertise their products.

In 1970, a T-shirt with the words 'Free Angela' won a prize.

Giorgio Armani included the T-shirt in his designs.

In 2001, one `J`adore Dior' Christian Dior T-shirt cost almost £100.

УВАЖНО ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ ТЕКСТ, ОСКІЛЬКИ ВІН З'ЯВЛЯЄТЬСЯ ТІЛЬКИ ОДИН РАЗ У ЦЬОМУ ПИТАННІ.

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A famous English writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, travelled in France. A French taxi- driver once played a joke on him. The man drove Sir Arthur from the station to a hotel. After receiving the pay he said, “Thank you, Mr. Conan Doyle.” Sir Arthur was surprised.

“Why, how did you guess my name?” asked Sir Arthur.

“Well, sir, I saw in the papers that you were coming from the south of France to Paris. From your appearance I understood that you were English; the barbers of the south of France use to cut hair in the style you have: not long. I put two and two together and came to the conclusion it was you”

 “That is very clever. Well, but how did you know my name?”

 “Well,” said the man, “it was very simple: your name is on your suitcases.”

Choose the right answer:

1. What country did the taxi driver live in?

How did A.Conan Doyle get to the hotel?

Where did A.Conan Doyle come to Paris from?

How did the driver learn the nationality of A.Conan Doyle?

Did A.Conan Doyle have long or short hair?

How did a taxi driver know the writer's name?