Unit 21. Fashion
SPEAKING WARM-UP

• Would you like to work as a fashion designer? Why / Why not?
• Do you think clothes from the past can come back in fashion?
• How do you think fashion might change in the future?
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DEVELOP YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS
WORDPERFECT
Key.1 disguise
2 peer pressure
3 put... on
4 fad
5 striped
6 checked
7 dress up
8 outfit
9 out of date
10 cool
Read these sentences and then use the words in bold to complete the sentences below.
• If clothes are striped, they have lines of different colours on them, like a zebra.
• If clothes are checked, they have squares of different colours on them, like a chessboard.
• I think it would be really cool to go to a fashion show and see the latest designs.
• If something is out of date, it is old-fashioned and probably useless.
• Teenagers feel peer pressure very strongly; they want to be like their friends and to do the same things as they do.
• You wear a disguise when you don't want other people to know who you are.
• Martha's wedding will be a great chance to dress up and wear our best clothes.
• This morning, I put my clothes on in a hurry and I've been wearing my pullover inside out all day!
• Do you like my new outfit? I got the trousers in the town centre, the shoes round the corner. and the top was a present.
• I'm sure the current fashion for nose rings is just a fad; it'll be gone before you know it.
1 The thief bought a wig to use as a _____________ to escape from the police.
2 Many people first start smoking because of _____________.
3 I _____________ my T-shirt _____________ the wrong way round and didn't notice.
4 I seem to see a lot of young people with dyed hair these days; Ihope it's just a passing _____________ because I don't really like it.
5 If you wear a _____________ top, with the lines going vertically, it'll make you look taller.
6 If you're going to wear that black and white _____________ shirt, make sure nobody tries to play chess on you!
7 I've bought a new hat and I'm looking forward to being able to _____________ for the party next week.
8 I'm going to need a new _____________ if we're going to dinner at your boss's house.
9 Most of my clothes seem to be _____________; it's high time I got myself some new ones.
10 Doesn't Tracy look really _____________ in her new outfit?
PRACTISE YOUR SPEAKING SKILLS
Speaking know-how
• Нe нужно беспокоиться о своем произношении. Самое главное, чтобы васможно было понять, поэтому постарайтесь говорить четко и естественно.Если вы не понимаете речь своего собеседника, вежливо попросите егоповторить сказанное.
• Помните, что при выражении своего мнения мы обычно делаем ударения на слова 'I', 'me', 'mу' (As far as I'm concerned ..., If you ask me ..., In my opinion ...). Используйте ударения в этих фразах правильно.
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Key.Suggested answers:
1 Jenny doesn't think fashion is an interesting topic to write about.
2 I don't believe jeans will become unfashionable for a long time yet.
3 Paul hopes long jackets won't be in fashion again this year.
4 I can't imagine smoking ever being fashionable again.
5 I don't suppose the shops have the latest styles in stock yet.
Look at these sentences expressing negative ideas using 'thinking' verbs:
I don't think people care so much about fashion these days.
I don't imagine fashions will change that much in the future.
I don't believe anybody really wears the clothes they see at fashion shows.
I don't suppose designers consider ordinary people's needs.
Notice that the 'thinking' verb is made negative:
I don't think.... I don't imagine....
This is more natural than 'I think people don't care...' or 'I imagine fashions won't change...'.
Notice, though, that 'hope' is an exception.
I hope long hair doesn't come back into fashion.
Use the following prompts to write natural sentences in the negative. Make whatever changes are necessary.
1 Jenny / think / fashion be an interesting topic to write about
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2 I / believe / jeans become unfashionable for a long time yet
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3 Paul / hope / long jackets be in fashion again this year
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4 I / can imagine / smoking ever be fashionable again
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5 I / suppose / the shops have the latest styles in stock yet
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