Basic English _Fisrt year_Булатова -31-10-11

In pairs or small groups discuss to what extent you agree with the statements.

Listening: Tips

8.Listen to the passage from a magazine article and entitle it.

9.Listen again. What does the speaker say about the following words and phrases? Make sentences using them.

a basic wardrobe

a major change in fashion. colours

a good-quality tailored jacket type or shape

a top, scarf, hat, shoes, belt, bag, jewelry skirt length

10.Listen again and complete the table.

11.Listen to the text again if necessary and in groups of 3- 4 discuss these questions.

What do you think about the tips? Do you find them useful? What tips do you think you should follow to buy clothes?

What do you think of having a basic wardrobe? What items of clothing do you have in your wardrobe?

Do you have your own tips to look fashionable? What do you do to have lots of different looks?

12. Some of the young people go in very strange haircuts. What is your opinion

about strange haircuts?

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13.Get into two groups. Answer the questions and compare your groups‟ answers.

a)Why do we have hair?

b)Why does hair turn gray as people get older?

c)Why does it hurt to pull your hair but not to cut it?

14.Read the text and check which group answered the questions correctly.

Millions of years ago people needed hair to keep warm. Even though you wear clothes for warmth, you still need hair. Eyebrows and eyelashes keep dirt out of your eyes. Head hair helps to protect your brain from extreme temperatures. And the hair on your body detects insects that are going to land.

You may be surprised to learn that there is no such colour as gray hair. So, why does your aunt look like she has gray hair, while your grandmother has a snow-white head of hair? Believe it or not, hair looks gray because white hairs are mixed in with coloured ones. And the reason people get more white hairs as they get older is because they stop producing melanin, the substance that gives hair its colour.

Getting your hair cut doesn‘t hurt because the part that is cut is dead and can‘t ‗feel‘. It will only hurt if your hairdresser accidentally pulls your hair. The hair below the skin is alive, and it is attached to nerves. When hair is pulled, the nerves send a pain message to your brain.

Grammar: Past Simple Passive

We us the passive when we want to show that the action of the verb is more important that the person who does the action.

The missing cat was found yesterday.

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The agent, the person who carries out the action is introduced with the preposition by and is mentioned only when the agent is important.

e.g. Australia was discovered by Captain Cook.

We do not mention the agent when it is unknown or nor important.

My neighbour‟s car was stolen last night.

15.Match Column A with column B. Make sentences using the past simple passive. Then, in pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example.

e.g. Student A: Who was Harry Porter written by? Student B: It was written by J.K. Rowling.

In pairs add ideas to the columns A and B and check each other.

16.Rewrite the sentences in past simple passive.

1.I bought this jacket three years ago but I still love it.

2.My Mom gave me these earrings for my twentieth birthday.

3.The shop sold the dresses on a good discount.

4.The famous designer made this dress.

5.They built the house last year.

6.The parents and teachers chose our school uniform.

17.Rewrite the following passage in the passive.

Somebody sent the famous model a beautiful bouquet. The man from the flower shop delivered the flowers to her house. He told that a handsome man had ordered them. The model was very happy. ―Who sent the flowers?‖ thought the model. Later she found a note in the bunch. She found out that the man from the flower shop designed the amazing bouquet for her.

Vocabulary

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18.Match the words with their definitions. Which of these do you have? Do you like them? Why / why not?

Reading: Tattoos

19.Read the interview with Mark. Match the interview questions with their answers.

Is it safe to have a tattoo?

Does it hurt to have a tattoo?

What is your favourite tattoo?

So when did this start?

And what came after the dolphin?

Are tattoos expensive?

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I have a friend called Mark. Last Sunday it was a beautiful day - very sunny. When it was too hot Mark rolled up his sleeves. I was very surprised - he had a tattoo! Then

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he told me he has has tattoos on his arms, legs, chest and back. So of course I asked him lots of questions about the tattoos!

1 ___________________________________________

‗It was ten years ago. I remember I was on an island in the middle of the sea. I chose a dolphin because I wanted something about the sea.‘

2 ___________________________________________

‗I liked the idea of doing more designs about the sea. So after the dolphin I had an octopus, and then a starfish. Then I had lots of fish swimming together over my left arm. They took a long time to do. I also have a crab and a lobster too!‘

3 __________________________________________________________

‗It‘s a mermaid. It was finished two weeks ago. I saw a painting of a beautiful mermaid in a museum. I took a photograph and then decided to have a tattoo. I made the design a little simpler. It‘s on my arm, chest and back. It‘s my favourite tattoo.‘

4 __________________________________________________________

‗It depends! If you feel relaxed and happy then it‘s OK. But if you‘re tired or nervous then you feel it more. I know somebody who fell asleep so he had no problems! It also depends where the tattoo is done. Most people start at the top of the arm. This is OK.

5 __________________________________________________________

‗Again it depends. If the design is big and it takes a long time, then it can be a lot.

And if there are lots of colours too. This is because the inks are expensive.‘

6_________________________________________________________

‗Yes - if it‘s done in a proper studio. It‘s important that everything is really clean and that the needles are new. After the tattoo is finished the ink is thrown away and not used for another person.‘

Listening: The history of tattoos

20.Is the following information about tattoos true or false?

Tattoos were first made in 1990s.

Tattoos were used by people for camouflage.

Tattoos were not allowed in the USA until 1999.

The word Tattoo was taken from Portuguese.

Tattoos were always associated with criminals.

Now listen to the history of tattoos and check your answers.

21. How do your group mates feel about tattoos? Walk around the class and share opinions. Did any answers surprise you? Are any of the statements true about the class?

Some of us want to get a tattoo.

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Nobody thinks that tattoos are dangerous.

Two of us think getting a tattoo is stupid.

Most of us think tattoos are a waste of money.

Half of us think people with tattoos look attractive.

Communication: Opinions

22.How will the people of different ages form their opinions? In groups agree on what the opinions will be. Write the opinions in the columns.

Change group members and report what you heard from your first group. Are there any similarities between different students‟ answers?

23.You work for Image Consultants, an agency which helps people change their look. Your teacher will give you a photo of someone who wants to change their look and improve their image.

In groups:

-decide what this person does in life and why they want to change their look. -make a list of things they could do to improve their image.

Person's profession............. Why they want to change.........

How to improve the image………………………………….

Independent assignment

1.Choose a topic on one of these aspects: Shoes, hair, jewelry, bags, happenings, interviews with designers, what fashion editors are wearing, shows etc.

Compile as much information as possible about that topic. Do some research and make your posts a resource for readers searching for specific information. Instead of just posting pictures of your favorite looks, create a video or slideshow and present your thoughts on the trends and styles.

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2.Gather information about independent designers or Fashion Weeks happening in other cities and countries. Share it in class.

3.Сut out individual articles of clothing from ads and paste them on another sheet of paper for classroom fashion catalogue.

4.If an award show is in the news, use the best and worst-dressed lists and make written and verbal descriptions.

5.Using the Internet find the answers to these questions about tattoos.

Is a tattoo permanent or can it be removed?

How is Japanese tattooing different from Western designs?

What‟s the most amazing fact you can find about tattooing?

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1.Match the dates below to each photograph.

1920, 1940, 1990, 2011

2.Which of the clothes look comfortable/uncomfortable? Which look exciting/boring?

3.Which of the clothes don‟t you like? Write some sentences with too and enough. Use the adjectives in the box to help you.

short warm large wide bright long colourful

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E.g. The man‟s trousers are too wide.

The girl‟s skirt isn‟t long enough.

Reading: Street styles

4. Answer the questions:

What do you know about Kazakhstani fashion designers?

What do you know about street styles?

5.Read the following magazine article quickly and find answers to these questions. Do not pay attention to the gaps.

a)Who is Britain‘s first and best label designer?

b)Which clothes make people look healthy and energetic?

c)Are street styles created by famous fashion designers?

d)Do you think London has its own talented fashion designers?

e)Where do most people buy their clothes?

Street styles

Years ago, fashion was only for the rich. Paris was the center of the fashion world, and everyone else tried to copy the top French designers. 1_______________

London, like other big European cities, has a large number of its own talented and hardworking young designers.

In any case, many people, especially young people, take no notice of the clothes the designers produce. 2 _____________ They use fashion like a kind of uniform. Take hairstyles, for example. If a boy has very short, people expect him to have right wing politics. However, boys with very long hair are thought to have left wing politics. A boy who wears a leather jacket covered in bits of metal will probably ride a motorbike. A girl who wears Laura Ashley dresses will probably have middle class ideas. Some young people, of course, have fun with all the latest "street styles". They cut their hair into strange shapes, wear lots of cheap jewelry, cut off their trouser legs to make them shorter, or paint their lips blue. 3 _____________

Many young people try to look as clean and tidy, as possible. When you are looking for a job, you want to show possible employers that you‘ll be a good worker. Clothes with a sporty look are popular. They make people look healthy and energetic.

Street styles are not created by big fashion designers. In fact, fashion designers often use ideas from street fashions when they make their own designs. Some leaders of British fashion have quite enough ideas of their own. One of these is Jean Muir,

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whose beautiful classic clothes have made her known as Britain‘s first and best designer. For most British people, fashion is not very important. The British don‘t think about it very much. Even the richest and most important people often wear old and untidy clothes. Only a few can buy clothes by Jean Muir, or the Emanuels. Most people go down to the nearest shopping street and buy something from a "chain" store. The most popular of these stores, with a shop in every town in the country, is Marks and Spencer. 4 ________

6.The sentences below have been removed from the article. Read the text again, read the sentences that have been removed and choose the most suitable sentence for each gap.

1)Twenty per cent of all the clothes the British buy come from "M and S".

2)They wear things which express their ideas and feelings about life.

3)But now, fashion is a much more international matter.

4)These "street styles" come and go.

7. Now read the complete text and answer the following question. What is the main idea of the article?

a.London has a number of its own young designers.

b.People have different styles.

c.The fashion designers use ideas from street fashions.

d.For most British people fashion is not very important.

8.Discuss as a group:

1)Some young people have fun with all the latest "street styles". What about you?

2)The English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (1340 – 1400) who wrote ―The Canterbury Tales‖ once said: ―There is never a new fashion but it‘s old‖ What do you think of this quotation? Do fashions change from generation to generation? In what way?

Listening

9. Listen to a song. Think about the sentences below then discuss them with a partner using these conversational phrases: I‟m not sure ... . I don‟t think... . Yes, that‟s true ... I suppose so. It‟s very hard to say, but ... .

Personally, I ... ..:

a)A husband didn‘t want to go to the party with his wife because he thought she was badly dressed.

b)He didn‘t feel very well that night.

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