Unit 4 Fshion Lerning Link In this unit you will lern words nd phrses to help you tlk out fshion. to discuss the importnce of clothes nd ppernce. to write n essy out dvntges nd disdvntges. to tlk out ility using cn, could nd e le to; to tlk out oligtion nd necessity using must nd hve to. A Discuss these questions with prtner. Wht is in fshion t the moment? How long do things sty in fshion? Wht do you think people will sy out tody s clothes nd footwer in ten or twenty yers time? UNIT 4 Fshion LinkUpI_Unit4.indd 23 23 7/30/07 1:02:01 PM
Reding Link B Red the rochure quickly nd find out where specil rt collection is kept. Fulous Footwer A Introduction Welcome to the Footwer Museum, which hs one of the lrgest collections of footwer in the world. Here t the Footwer Museum you cn see rre exhiits from round the gloe. You cn find out out shoes, oots nd sndls worn y nyone from the ncient Egyptins to modern celerities. Did you know tht the oots Neil Armstrong wore on the moon in 1969 were thrown wy efore he returned to Erth to mke sure no germs could come ck on them? B Room 1 The celerity footwer section is proly the most populr in the entire museum nd it mkes visitors green with envy. Strted in the 1950s, there is vst selection of shoes nd oots elonging to everyone from queens nd prime ministers to pop strs nd ctors. Most visitors find this disply fscinting. Did you know tht Npoleon Bonprte s servnts hd to wer his shoes to soften them efore he would wer them? C Room 2 Most of our visitors re mzed y the selection of specil purpose shoes on disply nd they even find some of the exhiits shocking. For exmple, there re tiny silk shoes from Chin which were used to ind women s feet to prevent them from growing properly. Did you know tht women re four times more likely to hve foot prolems thn men? D Room 3 The museum lso exhiits n incredile vriety of shoeshped ojects. For exmple, there is ronze lmp which resemles pir of sndls, nd there re some perfume ottles which look like legs. Did you know tht shoes were one of the very first humn inventions? Although erly humns proly strted covering their feet out 500,000 yers go, some scientists elieve tht humns strted wering shoes similr to ours round 26,000 yers go. The oldest known shoes re out 9,000 yers old. E The Footwer Lirry People come from ll over the world to study in our comprehensive footwer lirry. Designers nd reserchers come here to look up informtion on nything nd everything relted to the suject of footwer. Did you know tht in our lifetime we will wlk the equivlent of three nd hlf times round the Erth? F The Footwer Cfé After your visit to the museum, you my like to py visit to our Footwer Cfé. Although the decor is proly not wht you would expect to find in museum, we hope you will enjoy our footwer-relted rt collection. Finlly, you must try some of our specil ckes, which follow footwer theme, of course! C Red the rochure gin nd nswer the questions. Choose from prts A-F. Which prt tlks out where you would go if you were resercher? 1 see something which stopped people s feet from growing properly? 2 look t singer s shoes? 3 go to see pintings of shoes? 4 find light which looked like footwer? 5 Which prt tells us out footwer elonging to n stronut? 6 how fr people wlk? 7 when people strted to wer footwer? 8 somewhere to relx in unusul surroundings? 9 people who hd to wer their employer s footwer? 10 24 UNIT 4 Fshion LinkUpI_Unit4.indd 24 7/30/07 1:02:03 PM
Voculry Link D Find these words in the rochure nd circle the correct menings. 1 exhiits (prt A) 2 celerity (prt B) 3 entire (prt B) 4 vst (prt B) 5 ind (prt C) 6 prevent (prt C) 7 ronze (prt D) 8 resemles (prt D) 9 comprehensive (prt E) 10 relted (prt E) rooms we go into in museum things we see in museum fmous person servnt whole ig interesting very lrge wer loosely tie tightly egin something stop something from hppening reddish-rown metl hrd plstic sounds like something else looks like something else including everything understnding everything equivlent to something connected with something E Complete the sentences with the words in the ox. They my e used more thn once. lck lue green red white 1 Gill went s s eetroot when the heel fell off her new oots. 2 Mum s fingers were with cold ecuse she hd lost her gloves. 3 Everyody ws hppy when we decided to hve wedding. 4 My techer gve me look when I wore my miniskirt to clss. 5 I m nd ll over fter flling down the stirs. 6 Jne ws with envy when she sw my new wtch. 7 Out of the, Dvid ought me new dress. 8 The shoplifter ws cught -hnded when she tried to stel the gold errings. F Circle the correct words. 1 The ssistnt sked me wht numer / size shoes I wnted. 2 My rother is relly strnge he wers trousers tht mke him look like / look clown. 3 The model ws dressing / wering gold shoes, gold errings nd gold nil vrnish. 4 My mother hd very slim wste / wist when she ws younger. 5 The shoplifter tried to tell the mnger tht he hd left the receipt / recipe t home. 6 If the dress doesn t fit / suit your mother, we cn exchnge it for lrger size. 7 The ride s veil mtched / suited her dress perfectly. 8 Every fternoon, she wers / puts on her oldest clothes nd does some work in the grden. UNIT 4 Fshion 25 LinkUpI_Unit4.indd 25 7/30/07 1:02:04 PM
Grmmr Link Modls ility, oligtion nd necessity Look t these exmples from the rochure. you cn see rre exhiits from round the gloe. You cn find out out shoes, oots nd sndls Which word in these exmples is used to show ility in the present? Which word do we use to show ility in the pst? Wht re the negtive forms of these two words? Rememer! When it is not possile to use cn or could, we use e le to. Look t these exmples from the rochure. Finlly, you must try some of our specil ckes Npoleon Bonprte s servnts hd to wer his shoes to soften them Which words in these two exmples show need to do something? Which of the vers in the sentences ove is used to show the pst? Wht re the negtive forms of must nd hve to? Look t these sentences. We mustn t leve erly. We don t hve to leve erly. Is there difference in mening etween the negtive forms of these vers? Complete the rules. is used when someody tells us not to do something. is used to show tht n ction is not necessry. Study the Grmmr Reference for Unit 4 on pge 143 efore you do the tsk. G Complete the sentences with the correct form of cn, must or hve to. More thn one nswer my e possile. 1 Mrk wlk until he ws nerly two yers old. 2 She iron her louse ecuse her husnd hd lredy done it. 3 I wlk in high heels now, ut I when I ws child. 4 You relly work so hrd! 5 They wit for lter trin ecuse there re no sets on this one. 6 You look t the new oots on sle in the mrket. 7 We wer forml clothes t the meeting they sid it wsn t necessry. 8 You uy those oots! They look terrile. 26 UNIT 4 Fshion LinkUpI_Unit4.indd 26 7/30/07 1:02:05 PM
Listening Link H You will her two models, Zoe nd Lesley, tlking out their experiences during recent fshion show. For questions 1-5, choose the correct nswer,,, or c. 1 Wht hppened on the ctwlk? Zoe nd Cndy fell over. Cndy fell over. c Zoe fell over. 2 Wht did Lesley wnt Gry to do? give the oots to nother model wer the oots himself c stop pnicking 3 Why did Zoe tell Gry to get lost? ecuse she didn t wnt to wer the oots ecuse he didn t wnt to py her c ecuse Cndy ws wering the oots 4 Why did Zoe dnce lone for the TV cmers? ecuse she ws wering tight skirt ecuse there were lots of TV people wtching her c ecuse the other models weren t there 5 Wht does Gry think of ft people? He thinks they et lot of food. He doesn t like them t ll. c He thinks they re the lucky ones. Speking Link I Work with prtner. Discuss this topic nd the questions: You cn t judge ook y its cover. Wht does this men? Do you gree? How importnt re the clothes you wer? When is it importnt to think crefully out wht you wer? When you meet people for the first time, re you influenced y their ppernce? When do you worry out the clothes you wer? Now report ck to the clss. UNIT 4 Fshion 27 LinkUpI_Unit4.indd 27 7/30/07 1:02:05 PM
Writing Link In this unit, you re going to lern to write n essy out dvntges nd disdvntges. J Red the question. Then red the topic sentences nd the outline. Decide which topic sentence goes with ech prgrph. Your techer hs sked you to write n essy out the dvntges nd disdvntges of eing fshion-conscious. Sy if eing fshion-conscious is importnt or not nd give lnced comment on the suject. HINTS Ech prgrph in n essy represents single ide. This ide is stted clerly in TOPIC SENTENCE, which is often t the eginning of prgrph. Topic Sentences c d There re some people who elieve tht it is very importnt to e fshion-conscious. On the whole, there is something to e sid for oth points of view. The suject of fshion nd whether or not it is importnt is not new. On the other hnd, others feel tht the clothes someone wers re not importnt t ll. Essy Outline Prgrph 1 Introduce the generl suject you re going to discuss. Sy tht there re two sides to the suject. Prgrph 2 Discuss the dvntges of the suject. Give exmples or detils to support your ides. Prgrph 3 Discuss the disdvntges of the suject. Give exmples or detils to support your ides. Prgrph 4 Give lnced comment on the suject. You cn lso give your opinion here. Helpful Expressions There re people who think/elieve (tht)... Some people think/elieve (tht)... On the other hnd, others feel/rgue tht... In ddition,... Furthermore,... Moreover,... However,... On the whole,... + dvntges, enefits, pros, rguments in fvour - disdvntges, drwcks, cons, rguments ginst K Now write n essy. Use the topic sentences, the outline from ove nd your ides from Speking Link. (80-100 words) 28 UNIT 4 Fshion Look ck t the Lerning Link nd tlk out wht you hve lernt. LinkUpI_Unit4.indd 28 7/30/07 1:02:05 PM