| inthis part: «you have 10 ead along ten Into sections, O UP 10 Sc shan texts Fight occasion ee think about fashion, ED When you riends or different? WHY? same as your friends OF perce shion and the two online about the information incudey, Sed the text or texts. [ED Read the statement the ons comments undern \Which person Susie or ake, th. Then answer th « for each question, you have to identify which section of tet which short text cOMtains thes, 10 what they wea'? information. 4 says they don't pay much attention —_——— 2 thinks its wrong to judge people according f0 hhow they look? ——— 43 hasa contradictory atte toward fashion? 4b thinks an aspect oftheir appearance is particularly important? iene ¢ Sic me oS sus ep eens Chad susie | agree! Why should we have to buy long skits one year and mini skirts the tant year? i's crazy~ but ike it! To be hones, fashion ‘makes life fun and interesting and gives Us So about other than schoolwork! AS Fong as people don't take it texte iticising others because cof what they wear. | don’t ike that. ryone have to wear the most expensive trainers anyway? That's just stupid. yething to thin s mes and start cr Why should ever © Jake ‘Well, boys don’t care about fashion as much as girls do and we certainly don't spend hours going ‘around the shops! A horrible ideal No, if |need to buy anything, I'l maybe have a quick look around or choose something ‘online, then my mum can get it for me. | don't think my clothes change teed from ‘one season to the next ~| just go around in jeans and a T-shirt mostly. | like rst he with slogans on them, but | make ssure | choose them myself. The ‘only thing I'm a bit fussy about is my hal t's got to be cut properly and in the latest styletED Match the completed statements in Exercise 3 to the different se [ED Read the magazine article about being a smart shopper. Then complete the statements A-E about the text with these words. advance afford amount bargains budget lunes postpone Purchases reduction research spend —wosting ARE YOU A SMART SHOPPER? ‘ 1. Don't overdo the window-shopping: the less you see, the less you'll want! 2. Don't wait until the last day before your friend's birthday to buy him or her a present. You'l probably panic and then spend more than you'd wanted to 3 Ifthe item you want isn’t urgent, try to wait until the sales to get it you might save up to 50% of the price if you're lucky! 4 Find out about discount stores in your local town or area: they often sell off a previous season's stock at a muche-reduced cost. 5 When you're going around the shops with your friends, try not to buy too many snacks and soft drinks: get yourself a bottle of water and hang on to that. Then you can count the pennies that you'll save! money on unnecessary small = then you might be able to Avoid the things you really want! Be prepared to do some to find good. Limit the of time you ____at your local shopping mat. _ ‘50 that you can remain within Plan your gift shopping in until you can get a making major ____— i of the text 1-5.COU ERR ey Saga at Useful Language for Part 7! Similar ways of expressing the same idea eg. don't do sth = avo doing sth; full of = packed with, doubtful about = unsure of, Jacks interesy = boring, unnspiting, not too inexpensive, economical, surprsing = bial Anes Henreereenieraneli Coun chy eon the questions mm En Functional verbs ¢.0 describe; mention, point ‘out , explain; compare, outline; comment (on), show, demonstrate, include: suggest; encourage; say, warn; refer (tol; admit; fee; recommend, etc ‘Answer the questions below abe, TED Quickly read the short texts written by three young athlet each text. ‘1 What sports the teenager involved in? 2. What sort of equipment do they need? 3 What are they aiming at? A Natasha ove sports gear generally and when any of my uncles and aunts ask me what | want for my birthday, I say sports clothes! The really good stu is incredibly expensive but | ty and get one or two really nice things and then Use the cheaper stuf for everyday training. I've been playing tennis seriously since Iwas five and my goal now is to make the next Olympics! That's 9 huge goal, | now, but you'll never get anywhere if you don’t aim high! | get through tennis shoes prety fast and I need to have several diferent rackets to use, just in case I break one. Bsam 'm 14 and I'm a sprinter like Usain Bolt! I've been really inspired by him and the work he does for charity. He helps children in his home country, Jamaica, a lt and I think its great when top athletes give something back to the community where they came from. I run in the 100 and 200 metres and 'm always trying to improve on how many seconds | take. Ineed g00d a spikes for running and of course, running tops and shorts 'm going to enter the National Junior Championships in the autumn so I'm very excited about that! LOPECre c Polly | suppose I've orown up with water since we've always ive by the sea and both my parents enjoy watersports of diferent kinds. ts hardly surprising, then, that my favourite sporti swimmingl My main expense in swimming = apart from the training costs, ofcourse ~ i the costumes. They're avays bringing out new and improved racing suits you know, using the latest technology, so fet Ihave to keep up-todate with those. also need realy good goggles that are both watertight and comfortable to wear atthe same time, Last year | was junior champion Inthe county, next year, ™m aiming to get into the national team! Wish me luck! EB Read the texts in Exercise 1 again and answer the questions 1-8. Underline the parts of the texts where you find the answers, Which teenager 1 was motivated by another sportsperson? 2. has to continuously upgrade what they wear? 3. uses two different grades of clothing? 4 has been influenced by their environment? 5 wants to complete things in a shorter time? 6 wears out equipment on a regular basis? TTT 7 has already achieved success in competitions? 8 has been training from their childhood years? BD Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. Report your findings to the class. 1 Name an item of clothing that you really want but it’s a bit expensive. 2. Doyou ever buy sports equipment and clothing? If so, what? 3. Whats your favourite item of clothing (can include accessories)? 4 When you are older, do you think you'll be a saver or a spender? Why?Reading and Use of English Bae oe Lae Nail ase ec hat you can focus your reading a bit more ily to find the information that matches the questions to match the whole question and not only part of Pe ee coe ae i questions firsts Seen erento eee eg ae ean You are going to read an article about a young fashion model called Florence Stephens. For ‘questions 1-10, choose from the sections (A-E). The sections may be chosen more than once, In which section does Florence ‘suggest she felt relieved when there were no disasters? 1 mention the awkward feeling of being a newcomer? cuntine a shared feeling of unreality? say she was pleasantly surprised by the absence of ‘competitiveness? refer to her long-term career plans? describe other people's concerns regarding her employment? admit she was lacking in confidence about her appearance? ‘comment on an aspect of her work that she hadn't considered before? mention a way of balancing her various commitments? point out the unexpected nature of a particular event?Reading and Use of English HOW I BECAME A MODEL A Asa young teenager at school, 'd always been really sef-conscious about my height. Iwas much taller than nearly all the other girls and of course, when you're tall, theres nowhere to hide! Like all my friends, | liked clothes and shopping but | wouldn't say it was my life. 1Wa5 keen on siwimming and | was also having singing lessons. School, too, \was very important to me since my parents had 2hways drummed into me how necessary a good education was. Actually, |had dreams of becoming a octor, but I wasn’t sure if 'd ever make it or not. 3 One day however, my lfe suddenly changed out of the blue. It was just a normal Saturday afternoon, ‘Some friends and I had been shopping in the town centre and we were arranging what we were going to dolater when a lady came up to me. She said she was from a modelling agency and that she'd ‘ike me to come and meet them for a job interview, Cf course she showed me her official identification 2nd explained that | should bring a parent along with me. To say that | was taken aback would be an understatement! All my friends were staring in disbelief - their friend Florence, a modell | really couldn't believe it, either! c Anyway after that | raced home and told my parents They were enthusiastic about it but they were also Worried that the whole thing right be too time- Consuming and have a bad effect on my school studies, Fortunately, the modelling agency were very 1D understanding about my parents’ fears and explained that if | was taken on, I'd simply have to do some At the age of 14, Florence was spotted outside a high stret shop by a fashion scout. ‘work at weekends or in the school holidays. Anyvay, toccuta long story short, the agency liked me and | started doing some photo shoots for teen magazines That was great fun! D ‘What surprised me most about modeling was the amount of time we had to spend in ait and make-up! "hadn't realised how much time and effort went into getting the models ready. Then of course, there were all the other people involved: the photographer, the Stylist and so on, But all that was nothing compared to the high adrenaline atmosphere of my fist catwalk experience at New York Fashion Week a year later! Firstly it had been my fist transatlantic fight; secondly | was in New York; and thirdly, I was appearing infront of Some of the world’s best-known fashionistas! What Could be cooler? Most importantly, I didn’t fall over on the catwalk! E With regard tothe other models, naturally | fet shy at first because they al knew what they were doing, and were friends with each other whereas I didn’t know anyone! However, they were realy friendly and | soon started to feel more relaxed. To be honest, | hadn't expected the gis to be so nice: there wasn't all that jealousy that you hear about. Everyone worked together as a team and if one gl was abit down, everyone else tried to encourage and Support her Iwas a really nice environment to work in ~ and it stills, even now that 'm a professional model. ve finished my schooling and I'm now combining studies at university with my modeling career. You see, everything is possible if you set your mind to itt Ct