1 Work with a partner. Put the correct verb form.

a. You (to read) that book yet? – No, I only just (to begin) it.

b. I not (to see) this film yet, but I (to hear) a lot about it.

c. He isn’t here, he just (to go) out.

d. I already (buy) a newspaper.

e. I (to have) no news from him since he (to leave) home.

2 Write where the words in the box can go in these sentences. There are several possibilities.

just yet already ever never

a. I’ve washed my hair.

b. Have you played basketball?

c. He hasn’t learned to drive.

d. They’ve finished the exercise.

e. She’s learned a foreign language.

Listening

1 Listen to three people being interviewed about Zara and mark T (true) or F (false). [2.T. 4.2. p.121.]

Woman 1 really didn’t have time to answer. Woman 1 bought a white jacket. Woman 2 tried some trousers on. Man bought lots of things. His girlfriend bought some shoes.

2 Complete the chart with their information.

Interviewer	Woman 1	Woman 2	Man	Your partner
1 Have you ever been to a Zara store? When did you last go there? Where? What did you buy? Are you happy with it?

3. Answer the questions:

a. What’s the most popular place to buy clothes in your town?

b. Do you buy your clothes there? If not, where?

c. Have you ever been to a Zara store?

d. When did you last go there? Where?

e. What did you buy? Are you happy with it?

Reading

1 Read and translate the first paragraph of the text. [1. p.37.]

The real price of fashion.

In 2005, a military jacket appeared on the fashion pages of Vogue. There’s nothing unusual about that, except that the price tag was not £1,200, nor even £120. The jacket was made by Primark, and it was on sale for just £12! Women went mad for it, and Primark was renamed “the new Prada”.

At Primark T-shirts cost £2, pyjamas cost £5, suits cost £15 and women’s tops cost less than £5. So it’s no surprise that Primark’s profits are increasing and new stores are opening across the UK, Spain and Ireland.

So everybody’s happy then. Well, no. According to environmental groups such as Friends of the Earth, cheap clothes are damaging the environment. Consumers are paying low prices for their clothes, but the planet is paying a high cost.

The result of low prices is that people are buying more. On average, people now buy fifty items of clothing a year – an increase of 33%. But these clothes are poor quality and they don’t last. You can’t sell them second-hand or recycle them for charity. They are disposable.

A spokesperson from the Green Party said, “We are not against fashion, but cheap clothes, not designed to last, are bad for the consumer and the planet

2 Answer the questions according to the text.

a. Is this trend happening in your country?

b. Where can you buy cheap clothes in your city?

c. How much do you pay for casual clothes such as jeans, trainers, tops, etc.?

d. Do you recycle your clothes?

e. How do you recycle?

3 Read the poem and summarize it

Watch the elegant models of the runway Long-legged, slender, dressed with care Don't we all wish there was some way We could fit into what they wear Not that those clothes are for any of us To wear at work or play or on a date But keeping in shape is worth the fuss For off-the-rack styles at any rate

Speaking

1 Speaking on the given topic. Do you agree with these statements?

“Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year. Style is what you pick out of that fashion.”

2 Discuss the questions with a partner.

What did you wear yesterday? What were the last clothes you bought? What’s the first thing you take off when you get home? Do you always try on clothes before you buy them? c. How often do you wear a suit?

3 Look at the photos from a fashion magazine and complete the descriptions with the words below.

What do you think of the clothes in the photos?

Writing

1 Complete the table with words from the descriptions in Exercise above.

Design/ Colour	Material	Clothes and accessories
Black	silk	waistcoat

2 Underline the correct alternative in sentences a-e below.

a. They sell clothes for men and women. They also / toohave a children’s department.

b. There is a metro station nearby. There are many bus stops, also / as well.

c. The shop has two or three restaurants and there is a McDonald’s, also / too.

d. You can find a good selection of Paris souvenirs, and you can get tickets for theatres and concerts, also / as well.

e. Every week, they have a fashion show. They also / as wellhave personal shopping assistants.

3 Write the words in the correct order.

Example: a / always / am / diet / I /on I am always on a diet.

a. ever / hardly / I / perfume / wear

b. buy / clothes / I / often / second-hand

c. don’t / gold / I / jewellery / like / usually

d. a / is / pleasure / rarely / Shopping

e. after / always / changed / get / I / work

Questions for computer based test

1. __________ ever been to a Zara shop?

a. Have you

b. Do you

c. Did you

d. Had you

2. I’ve never _________ him in a suit and tie.

a. seen

b. see

c. saw

d. sawn

3. You haven’t done the washing up _________.

a. yet

b. just

c. already

d. seldom

4. I’ve _______ cleaned the floor. It’s wet.

a. just

b. yet

c. already

d. seldom

Glossary

English	Kazakh	Russian
Boots	Бәтіңке	ботинки
Earrings	Сырға	серьги
Necklace	Әшекей	ожерелье
Waistcoat	Жилет	жилет
Trousers	шалбар, сым	брюки
Military	әскери	военный
Incredible	мүмкін емес	невероятно
Chain	Тізбек	цепь
Probably	Мүмкін	вероятно
Customer	Клиент	клиент

SIW: Read and retell the text. [2. p. 40.] Zara store

Have you ever been to a Zara store? You probably have because it’s one of the fastest-growing chains in the world. The person behind Zara is Amancio Ortega. He is the richest man in Spain, but very few people know his face. There are only two official photographs of him, and he rarely gives interviews. Although he is a multimillionaire businessman, he doesn’t like wearing suits or ties, and prefers to wear jeans and a shirt.

When he was young he worked as a shop assistant in a clothes store, but he always dreamed of having his own business. In 1963 he started a small company which made women’s pyjamas. In 1975, at the age of 40, he opened his first clothes shop in La Coruna, a small city in north-west Spain, and named it Zara. Now you can find Zara shops all over the world, from New York to Moscow to Singapore. So why is Zara so successful?

The main reason is that Zara reacts incredibly quickly to the latest designer fashions, and produces clothes which are fashionable but in expensive. Zara can make a new line of clothes in three weeks. Other companies normally take about nine months. The clothes also change from week to week – so customers keep coming back to see what’s new. It produces 20,000 new designs a year – and none of them stay in the shops for more than a month. So if you’ve seen a new jacket or skirt you like in a Zara store hurry up and buy it, because it won’t be there for long.

Office-hours: Get ready for discussion.