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36 Unit 06 | All the rage Read the three paragraphs taken from an article on fashion and fill in the correct word from the list on the left. For every paragraph there is one word that you should not use. LANGUAGE IN USE 5 after constantly everywhere in of on as between deliver part where who clothing give have involved other One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are (1) being bombarded with new fashion ideas (2) music, videos, books and on television. Films also have a big impact (3) what people wear. For instance, Ray-Ban sold more sunglasses (4) the film Men in Black . And sometimes a trend is world-wide. Back in the 1950s, teenagers (5) dressed like Elvis Presley. Sometimes clothes reveal what social groups people are in. They show (6) you are, but they also create stereotypes and distance (7) groups. For instance, some people might look at a person with green hair and multiple piercings (8) a freak and outsider. But to other people, this person is just (9) of a certain group. He/She dresses a certain way to (10) a message, perhaps of rebellion and separation. Fashion is big business. More people are (11) in the buying, selling and production of clothing than any (12) business in the world. Every day, millions of workers design, sew, glue, dye and transport (13) to stores. Advertisements on buses, billboards, magazines and TV (14) us ideas about what to wear, consciously, or subconsciously. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv