86 Unit 06 | All the rage In your English class you have a discussion on what young people should wear to formal events. Your English teacher has asked you to interview 20 students of your class and to write a report. The pie chart shows the result of your interviews. WRITING 11 What young people should wear to formal events 6 students: formal clothes 3 students: traditional costumes 11 students: jeans and T-shirts 30% 15% 55% Now watch the video clip about the history of a popular item of clothing. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will watch the video twice. While watching, complete the sentences (1–7) using a maximum of four words. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. After watching for the second time, you will have 45 seconds to check your answers. b 02 Strategies box Listening – Four-word sentence completion (4W) While reading the task, think about what the answer could be (e.g. a name or a number). Don’t write more than four words. Don’t worry too much about grammar, your answer only has to be clear. 0 Most construction workers . wear Levi’s jeans 1 Levi Strauss was a shop owner in . 2 He got the material for tents and jeans from . 3 Jeans became very popular after . 4 Wearing jeans became connected with . 5 In the 1960s, jeans . 6 People use their clothes to . 7 Today jeans are popular because they say . The denim legacy4 Work with a partner. Use the expressions in the box to make sentences about the main ideas expressed in the video. tent to run a shop to invent sth. to tear sth. to date sb. youth culture best-selling brand to (not) care about sth. peace to signal success in life c In your report you should: describe the result of your interviews give reasons for students’ answers suggest a dress code for formal events Divide your report into sections and give them headings. Write around 200 words. See Writing coach, Report, p. 174. 4 legacy: Vermächtnis, Erbe Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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