Becky: She has nothing for me to be jealous about.

John: I'll bet you believe in those sayings like, \

beholder.\Becky: True beauty comes from within. Natural materials should be enough to bring

it out. John: But do you always stick to those rules? I remember seeing you in the kitchen

with some green substance smeared all over your face. Becky: They were cucumbers. They're natural healers of the skin. Haven't you heard

people say on TV that they soften the skin, wipe out the roughness, and build strength and resilience? John: Yeah, yeah, yeah! They wipe out lines and age signs. Blah, blah, blah! See,

I can even recite that advertisement. Becky: You've learned a lot, haven't you?

John: Since you can keep your skin so young-looking and maintain your figure so

well, you might as well write a book on beauty secrets. Becky: Don't pull my leg. Anyway, you'd do well to try the cucumber treatment on

yourself. Put some cucumber slices on your head. At least they'll keep that bald spot from shining so brightly.

BABAB Task 3

Susan:

Hi, Rebecca, are you all excited about the big trip?

Rebecca: Hi, Susan. I sure am. Mix business and pleasure and travel on an expense

account. Susan:

It looks as if I'll have to pay extra for overweight luggage. How did you manage to fit everything into one suitcase?

Rebecca: You need to pack smart. First, I chose two colors, and then built my

wardrobe around them. Susan:

But we will need clothes for dress, casual wear, and sometimes sort of in-between \

Rebecca: That's all true enough, but I have a pair of black dress slacks, with black

shoes to match. If I wear that with my turquoise silk blouse and a matching necklace and earrings, I will look dressed up. Susan:

Sure you will, but that is only one outfit.

Rebecca: If I wear a T-shirt with the same slacks, I am more casual. Susan:

And you really have two outfits, don't you?

Rebecca: Well, not really, I have three. If I bring a pashmina, or a dress scarf,

I can dress up the T-shirt into casual chic. Susan:

Three outfits? But your suitcase doesn't look nearly that full!

Rebecca: Yes, and if I add a skirt that works with the blouse and the T-shirt, it

increases the number of my wardrobe combinations even more. Susan:

And different accessories, necklaces and scarves, for example, will give you a different look again without adding much weight.

Rebecca: Now my suitcase will be half empty, with lots of room for shopping.

Answers：

She chose two colors, then built her wardrobe around them.

She has a pair of black dress slacks, with black shoes to match. If she wears that with her turquoise silk blouse and a matching necklace and earrings, she will look dressed up.

If she wears a T-shirt with the black dress slacks, she is more casual. If she brings a pashmina, or another dress scarf, she can dress up the T-shirt into casual chic.

Her suitcase will be nearly empty, with lots of room for shopping.

Viewing and speaking > Task 1

Andrew:

Whereas in the 1960s clothing designers were responding to the space age, designers now are responding to the computer age, so they are literally combining clothing with new technology.

Voice-over: In the 1850s the hardworking cow-herders of the American West began

wearing a brand-new style of heavy-duty cotton clothing. Double stitched and fastened with rivets, this functional industrial design solution was the brainchild of young entrepreneur Levi Strauss. The company that now bears his name is developing new industrial design solutions, but this time it's not for cow-herders, it's for the urban nomads of the information age. Voice-over: Jenny Arksey is the designer behind the ICD Plus jacket. Jenny:

This is a new range of clothing we call ICD Plus. And it's the merging

of electronics and fashion together. We have a phone, an MP3 player, headphones, and a microphone, and then we have our remote... our remote system here. So once somebody calls you and you have your earphones in, you will hear it ringing, and then all you have to do is to press the phone key, and that will interrupt and you can start speaking straight away into your collar.

Voice-over: To create the ICD Plus range, Levis went into partnership with the

electronics company Philips. Jenny:

Obviously Philips being an electronics industry and Levis being a fashion industry, they're actually quite far apart. So the idea was to bring them together and actually manufacture a finished product.

Voice-over: Like Vexed and C. P. Company, Jenny is designing for the mobile

generation. Jenny:

I think this kind of product is very suitable to the modern-day worker who needs to be connected all the time, all day, to their phone, and to the music, and to the Internet and to have the ability to just keep moving.

Voice-over: Mobility in this case comes at a price: 600 pounds a shot for the ICD

Plus jacket is a serious investment, and with all the wires, earphones, mobile and MP3 player, you might find it a bit fiddly. The flaws are obvious, but this is only the beginning. It's a steppingstone to what we might expect in the future.

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