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Week 7
FASHION
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"If we don't fight for our rights, pretty soon we're
going to have as much rights as the meat on our
bones," Gaga told Ellen DeGeneres in a postVMA interview.
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Are you a fashionable person?
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What is fashion?
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Would you do anything in name of fashion or to call
attention or protest, like Lady Gaga did?
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Do you read or follow fashion magazines/sites/pages?
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Which season is it the easiest to be fashionable?
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Can you be fashionable without spending money?
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Who is the most fashionable in your family? Why?
•What would you think of a women who cut off all her hair and
went around bald as a fashion statement?
•What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?
•Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us ?
•What do you think of people who always and only wear black?
•What do you think of people with tattoos?
• Do you have a tattoo?
• Do you know someone with a tattoo?
•What do you think of people with body piercing?
• Do you have pierced ears?
• Would you pierce other parts of your body?
•What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and
you want to express yourself?
•What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?
•Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you
went to America for a visit?
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In your country do children have to wear school uniform?
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Do you think it is a good idea or not?
What would you do or feel if you were barred to enter
somewhere because of what you were wearing?
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What wouldn't you wear to a wedding?
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Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you
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do when you are very happy?
Do you prefer brand name clothes? Why?
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MATERIAL
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1. Andrea had a ________ in her hair
yesterday.
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nice yellow bow
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yellow nice bow
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bow nice yellow
2. She lost a ________ .
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small white cat
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cat small white
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white small cat
3. We met ________ people at the
conference.
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very smart two
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two very smart
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very two smart
4. The clown was wearing a ________ hat.
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big green-yellow
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big green and yellow
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yellow and green big
5. My uncle wore a ________ to the
wedding.
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silk blue tie
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tie blue silk
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blue silk tie
6. Have you met that _____ next door?
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cute boy new
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cute new boy
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new boy cute
Clear blue sky a
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A clear blue sky
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Fresh whole-wheat some
bread
Some fresh whole-wheat bread
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Socks cotton old his smelly
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His smelly old cotton socks.
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top-secret report security a national
A top-secret national security
report.
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Monster green scary twenty-foot –tall a
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A scary twenty-foot-tall green monster.
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Article informative an two-page news
paper
An informative two-page news paper
article.
Chinese tennis and talented a player
popular young
A popular and talented young Chinese
tennis player.
Old lovely a lady
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A lovely old lady
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Guard security our young handsome
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Our handsome young security guard.
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Gorgeous French little my poodle twoyear-old
My gorgeous little two-year-old French
poodle.
60-inch our brand-new touch screen
monitor
Our brand-new 60-inch touch screen
monitor
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seven-course meal traditional
Vietnamese a
A traditional seven-course Vietnamese
meal.
Wish + would
wish + would + infinitive is used to
express impatience, annoyance or
dissatisfaction with a present action.
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•I wish you would stop smoking.
You are smoking at the moment and it is annoying me.
•I wish it would stop raining.
I’m impatient because it is raining and I want to go outside.
•I wish she’d be quiet.
I am annoyed because she is speaking.
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My little brother/ chew gum loudly
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My boyfriend / check her cellphone all the time
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My girlfriend / bite her nails when she is anxious
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My neighbor / listen to loud music
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People / cut line
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Kids / fight
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