Card # 10

LISTENING (7 minutes)

Task 1. Listen to the recording [T.10] ‘The Dress code’ and complete the test.

(listening - 2 minutes; time for fulfilment - 1 min., for answering -1 min.).

#		true	false
1	‘Flouting’ is close in meaning to ‘obey’
2	First and last impressions are equal
3	‘Sloppy clothes’ means sloppy work
4	Friday dress-down means that you can turn up wearing whatever you like

Task 2. Retell the listened text (time for preparation-2 min., time for answering - 1 min.).

SPEAKING (10 minutes)

Task 1. Discuss the following topic: How TV affects people’s behavior ?

(time for preparation- 2 min., time for answering- 2 min.).

Task 2. Speak on the given topic Sports or library?

(Time for preparation- 5 min., time for answering- 1 min.)

READING (9 minutes)

Task 1. Read the text (silent reading – 1 min., reading aloud – 2 min.)

Make a plan to the text (time for preparation- 1 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

Youth trends

With the birth of rock’n’roll in the 1950s came the Teds, who rejected the dull, functional clothes of their parents’ generation. Teddy boys wore knee-length coats, with velvet or satin cuffs and collars, and pointed suede shoes. The most distinctive feature of this look was the quaff, which was created by combing the hair back and holding it in position with hair cream. Teddy girls wore circular skirts, white fitted shirts, and scarves tied around their necks.

Emerging in the 1960s, young working-class Mads (originally short for “Moderns”) tended to wear smart Italian-designed suits, polo shirts, and have neat haircuts. They rode Vespa motor scooters. Young Mod women abandoned the traditional ladylike fashions of the 1950s and instead chose tight sweaters and mini-skirts.

Skinheads, or skins appeared in the late 1960s. They had a strict dress code consisting of a shaved head, turned-up jeans, braces, and Doctor Marten boots. Skins were strongly influenced by the styles of West Indian immigrants to the UK and listened to ska and reggae music.

In the mid-1970s the punks arrived. For many, Johnny Rotten, lead singer of the Sex Pistols, personified punk’s anarchic and provocative image with his spiky hair, black boots, and torn clothes held together with safety-pins. Although punks considered themselves anti-fashion, the look was in fact masterminded by the band’s manager Malcolm McLaren and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who ran a clothes shop together on the King’s Road in London.

Task 2. Translate the 1-st paragraph of the text (time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering – 1).

WRITING (14 minutes)

Task 1. Write an essay on the topic: ‘Most successful inventions do not rely on complicated technology. In fact, some of the world's greatest inventions have been very simple things. How much do you agree or disagree?’ (100 words)

(Time for preparation- 13 min., time for answering- 1 min.).