Girl 1: What do you think of this miniskirt, Amy? Pretty hot stuff, eh? Girl 2: Wow…it?s pretty short. My mom would never let me wear something like that.

Girl 1: My mom?s cool. She lets me make my own decisions about clothes.

Girl 2: Not my mom. She?d be mad if I came home in a skirt like that. Girl 1: Let?s both got one; then maybe your mom wouldn?t be so upset if we both wore the same skirt.

Girl 2: Well…maybe.

1.D 2. The first girl(The girl who suggests wearing the short skirt.) Dialog 2

Mother: Lily, where did you get that skirt? You can?t wear that. It?s much too short! What will others think?

Lily: You don?t understand fashion. It?s what everyone is wearing. I think it looks very attractive.

Mother: Nonsense, it?s only suitable for a supermodel on the catwalk. It?s not meant for ordinary people like us. Your dad is sure to say the skirt is far too revealing!

Lily: But it?s really in high fashion; everyone is wearing clothes like this.

Mother: Not everyone. Your friend Amy would never wear a skirt like that!

[Amy comes in, wearing the same style of short skirt!] Lily: Look, Amy has come. She?s wearing the same skirt! Mother: My God, I give up. 1. B 2. No, she hasn?t. III. Listening In

Task 1: A Woman?s Funny Dress

Lily: Mom, look at that woman. Her dress looks funny. Mother: I wouldn?t say that, Lily. It looks fine to me.

Lily: Are you kidding? She?s out of fashion. That?s last year?s style. Mother: Oh, come one, as long as it looks good on her. Lily: Wow, you?re really as out-dated as she is.

Mother: You?re right. I?m out of date. So what? What?s the point of following the fashion?

Lily: No wonder you never buy me new dresses. 1. looks funny 2. looks fine 3. out of fashion 4. good on her 5.out-dated

6. following fashion trends 7. no wonder

Task 2: How is fashion decided?

Fashion designers design and make fashionable clothes for men and women. They deign trends and create new styles. Paris has been the traditional center of world fashion, though recently British designers have had great influence in setting new styles, and so have certain designers in the United States and Italy. French designers guard the secrets of their new designs until their collections are shown to the public. Then pictures of the styles are published in newspapers and magazines all over the world. People from many countries travel to Paris to buy the clothes and copy the newest ideas. In January they go to see the spring clothes; and in July, to see the autumn designs. Many dress manufacturers from other countries buy the original clothes of the famous French designers. They then take them back to their own sewing rooms, where the clothes are copied and made up in great numbers. That?s why you may be able to buy in your town the clothing that is in the latest style without paying a very high price for it. Other manufacturers use the Paris styles simply as a starting point for their own ideas. Still others may adapt only a part of the French design into their own styles.

design fashionable clothes for men and women, begin trends and create new styles, and their work is copied all over the world. has been the traditional center of world fashion,

Paris where the secrets of the new designs are guarded until they are shown to the public.

come to Paris to buy new clothes, in January and July. People and

Then the clothes are copied and made up in great manufacturers

numbers, for which you don't have to pay a high price. Fashion designers

Other manufacturers use Paris styles simply as a starting point for their own ideas. Still others adapt only a part of the French design into their own styles. Task 3: Fashion models

There are different kinds of models. Fashion models may walk on catwalks or runways to display and promote various types of clothing, such as underwear, dresses and swimsuits—especially bikinis. Some supermodels are highly-paid fashion models and often appear on the covers of top fashion magazines. Bikini models are usually required to have a very thin body shape that is considered attractive. A glamour model, on the other hand, often poses on a red carpet for photographs, which emphasize the model's appealing body shape more than the fashion of the clothes. Glamour models are also used for advertising in men's magazines.

There are differences as to what should be the best body shape for a model, but the British Association of Model Agents says that the ideal chest-waist-hip measurements for a female model, also called her vital statistics, are around 34-24-34 inches (or 86-61-86 centimeters). Models should also be at least 5 feet 8 inches (or 1.73 meters) tall. It is believed that a good body shape is a sign of good health and reproductive ability. Today, many people think that the emphasis of the media and fashion industry on thinness and an ideal female body shape is harming the health of young women, as this emphasis gives rise to excessive dieting and results in eating disorders. This alarming trend focuses on thinness above fitness and has caused some organizers of fashion shows to even turn away models judged to be too thin.

1.D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C IV. Speaking Out

Model 1 How did you like the fashion show?

Laura: How did you like the fashion show last night?

John: It was dumb. I think it?s stupid of women to wear clothes like that.

Laura: I didn?t see anything wrong with the clothes; they looked pretty nice to me.

John: Do you really think people can wear that stuff and walk around the streets?

Laura: Yes, I do. At least, some people certainly can. They wear high-fashion clothes to show off their sense of style and wealth.

John: Well, I still think they?re dumb. It makes more sense to spend the money on more practical purposes.

Now Your Turn

A: What did you think of the low-cut dress at the fashion show yesterday evening?

B: I think it?s not decent for Chinese girls to wear a dress like that. A: The dress seemed quite al right to me. In fact, they looked pretty nice to me.

B: Do you really think people can wear that stuff and walk around the streets?

A: Yes, I do. Don?t forget this is already the 21st century. Some people wear high-fashion clothes to show off their sense of style as wealth.

B: Well, I still think low-neck dresses are wrong. It would be better to spend the money on high-quality, traditional clothes.

Model 2 I?m looking for a light jacket. Salesman: What can I do for you? John: I?m looking for a light jacket.

Salesman: Please come this way; they?re just over here. What size do you like?

John: I?m not sure.

Salesman: ok, I?ll measure you. Well, you are size 42. What color do you like?

John: Light blue, please. Salesman: OK, try this one on.

John: Yes, that?s comfortable. And the color goes well with my jeans. How much is it?

Salesman: $24.99.

John: I?ll take it. Can I pay with a credit card?

Salesman: Sure, we take both debit and major credit cards. Now Your Turn A: Can I help you?

B: Can you show me a pair of jeans?