Fashion Show

Pre-listening:

You will hear some talking on the radio about a fashion show.

1.1.Before listening, think what collections and show location will be mentioned in the conversation.

1.2.Before listening, pay attention to the following words and phrases:

• a top hairdresser;

• to be reserved by ringing.

After-listening:

2.1.The show will take place at(in):

a) the sport’s stadium	c) Hyde Park
b) the railway station	d) the Zoo

2.2. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F):

• Geraldine Smith is going to tell about this autumn’s fashion show.

• 12 art colleges are taking part in the show.

• The show will be in the open-air theatre on the 26^th of October.

• At seven thirty the public can get a piece of advice from a top hairdresser.

• Visiting the show you’ll be enabled to buy almost anything from sports clothes to winter coats.

• Visitors will be able to buy shoes after the show.

• This year’s prize for the winner is money.

• Those willing the visit the show can go there by three busses specially provided.

2.3.You will not find in this year’s collection items in:

a) pearl-gray	c) red or orange
b) light blue	d) navy

2.4.Answer the questions:

• When do they usually have the show?

• When will the show start?

• What tasks are set to the participants of the show?

• What will the top hairdresser talk about?

• What’s the purpose of having stalls around the stadium?

• When will the winner of the show’s name be announced?

• Why is it necessary to provide busses for the show visitors?

2.5.Do you think fashion shows are useful? Who usually visits them? Have you ever been to them?

2.6.Would you like to participate in the fashion show? What would you like to do in particular?

2.7.Do you think there’s some point (no point) in the chief task to the art students (to create clothes of only two colours)? What task would you set if you were asked to run a fashion show?

Home listening Tapescript 1 Corporate Image

1.You will hear some information about creating a corporate image.

1.1.Pay attention to the following vocabulary and explain their meaning:

• a corporate image;

• smart and casual;

• to dress down;

• the IT (information technologies) sector;

• to project a specific image of a company.

1.2.Reproduce the situations in which the vocabulary was used.

2.1.Choose the correct answer:

1	The presenter is dressed in (a)…	a) T-shirt; b) shorts; c) suit; d) casual wear.
2	It’s necessary to wear a suit to…	a) meet a client; b) meet friends; c) a party on Friday; d) a cinema.
3	On Friday Americans are dressed…	a) more formally; b) less formally; c) smartly; d) in designer clothes.
4	The way you are dressed depends on…	a) your mood; b) day of the week; c) the business you’re in; d) your style.
5	The ‘Dress Down Friday’ concept is closer to people employed in…	a) IT sector; b) police; c) banks; d) hospitals.

2.2.Is the statement true or false?

-The speaker was wearing casual clothes because it wasn’t a formal presentation.

-The speaker believes there are special occasions when you have to wear a suit.

-The speaker supposes the recent fashion trend has been picked up from the Italians.

-Quite a lot of people wear jeans to their work.

-Customers and general pubic feel frightened about someone in a uniform.

2.3.Answer the questions:

-Which way is the speaker dressed?

-What’s the purpose of his presentation?

-What makes a person wear a suit or a uniform?

-What does a uniform (a suit) have to do with?

-What do people do wearing business clothes?

2.4.Write the summary of the speaker’s idea using the vocabulary.

3.1.What is your idea of a corporate image? Which way should a teacher/ interpreter dress?