前景实用英语,综合教程 2 Unit 7 Fads and Trends,Unit 7 Fads and Trends,Unit 7 Fads and Trends,Part A Lead in,Part A Lead in,Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the words given below if necessary. 1. Do you think the dress in the first picture will be popular among ordinary people? 2. What do you think of the blue jeans the girl is wearing in the second picture? 3. Do you like T-shirts with words?,Cues: high fashion, wealthy people, formal occasion,Cues: holes, fashionable, popular, young people,Cues: message, simple,1. Do you think the dress in the first picture will be popular among ordinary people? 2. What do you think of the blue jeans the girl is wearing in the second picture?,Part A Lead in,Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the words given below if necessary.,The dress belongs to the style of high fashion. Mostly it is well received by wealthy people and is often worn on formal occasions. I think its not suitable for ordinary people to wear in their daily life and work.,I think such blue jeans with holes on the knees or somewhere else are very fashionable. They are very popular with young people. But its better not to wear them on formal occasions.,Part A Lead in,Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the words given below if necessary.,a. Yes, I like. I think words are meant to convey certain message, and people can buy T-shirts with words they like on them. Just like the one in the picture, it may express the importance of music or a persons love for music.,b. No, I dont like that. I prefer simple T- shirts with nothing on them.,3. Do you like T-shirts with words?,Part A Lead in,Task 2 Listen to the following short dialogues and fill in the blanks. Dialogue 1 M: Wow! Look at your jeans with so many_. Cool. W: Hah . hah . cool, right? I like them so much. M: Yeah, its in _. W: Thats why I _ them the other day. You know, many young girls and boys are into them. M: So am I. Im also thinking of _a pair some day. W: Are you? Hah . Do you mind if I _ you? M: Of course not. It is really my _. W: Deal. Call me then.,holes,fashion,bought,buying,go with,pleasure,Part A Lead in,Task 2 Listen to the following short dialogues and fill in the blanks. Dialogue 2 W: See that _over there? M: Where? W: Near the coffee shop _ the street. M: Oh, I see. You know them? W: No, I like their couple T-shirts and the _ on them. M: Let me see. Ah, “I love you,” right? I cant see them clearly. W: Yes, its “I love you.” How _! M: Hah . you can also go buy some for you and your boyfriend.,couple,across,words,romantic,Part A Lead in,Task 3 Discuss the following questions.,Cues: occasion, feeling,Cues: ideas, taste, imitate,Part A Lead in,Task 3 Discuss the following questions.,Yes, sometimes we choose what to wear based on the occasion or our mood. Here is an interesting phenomenon: a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.,a. Yes, they do have a great impact. They can give us ideas about what to wear and improve our taste. Sometimes I will try to dress like the people in the movie, advertisements or fashion magazines.,b. No, I have my own ideas of fashion, and I know what clothes are suitable for me.,Part A Text,What Is Fashion? Fashion is something we deal with every day. Even people who say they dont care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day.,Part A Text,One certain thing in the fashion world is change. Every day, we are being bombarded with new fashion ideas from music, videos, books, and television. Movies also have a big impact on what people wear. Ray-Ban sold more sunglasses after the movie Men in Black. Sometimes a trend is world-wide. Back in the 1950s, teenagers everywhere dressed like Elvis Presley.,Part A Text,Fashion is revealing. Styles show who you are, but they also create stereotypes and distance between groups. For instance, a businessman might look at a boy with green hair and multiple piercings as an outsider. But to another person, the boy is a strict conformist. He dresses a certain way to deliver the message of rebellion and separation, but within that group, the look is uniform. How we accept or reject a style is in fact how we react to the society we live in.,Part A Text,Fashion is a language which tells a story about the person who wears it. “Clothes create a wordless means of communication that we all understand,” according to Katherine Hamnett, a top British fashion designer. Hamnett became popular when her T-shirts with large messages like “Choose Life” were worn by rock bands.,Fashion is big business. More people are involved in the buying, selling and production of clothing than any other business in the