4 March 09 - 3ºC

• VERY IMPORTANT!! I forgot to remind you that we have class TOMORROW. I hope you can make it to the class...

• Vocabulary Bank - p.151.
  

1. Fashion and shopping

1. department store
2. mail order
3. window shopping
4. latest fashion
5. smart
6. casual
7. designer clothes
8. sales
9. bargains
10. discount
11. out of fashion
    

2. Items of clothing

Women's fashion: a blouse - a dress - a skirt
Menswear: a shirt - a tie - a waistcoat
Footwear: sandals - slippers - trainers
Sports clothes: a running vest - a sweatshirt - a tracksuit
Underwear / nightwear: a dressing-gown - pyjamas - tights
Accesories: a cap - gloves - a handkerchief

3. Materials and adjectives describing clothes

a patterned silk scarf - 4
a plain wool scarf - 2
a V-necked cotton T-shirt -7
a long-sleeved striped shirt - 1
a short-sleeved checked blouse - 3
a loose linen jacket - 8
a tight lycra jacket - 5
high heeled leather boots - 6

- Vocabulary http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/clothes.htm#Mens http://www.languageguide.org/im/clothes_men/eng/ http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/MatchIt/MatchItClothes.htm http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/warm.html - Listening http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-fashion.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/081118_what_to_wear.shtml http://www.elllo.org/yeartwo/feb14th/uniforms.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/unit4/index.shtml http://www.soundguideweb.com/soundguide/spip.php?article99 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJZow4hr5_s&feature=related - Reading http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/quizzes/fashionquiz.htm http://esl.vcc.ca/eslvoc/ESLWEB/readclth.htm http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0709/070915-fashion_models.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6380895 And after the hard work...a good laugh to relax http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckUqQaF_pc4

• Grammar - Adjective order

...a very attractive jacket - Adjectives go before nouns.
...different ways - Adjectives are never plural
...much longer - The comparative of long (and other one syllable adjectives) is longer, not more long /more longer. Much is an extra intensifier here.
...the most beautiful boots - The superlative form of long adjectives is the most + adjective.
as nice as - The othe way of expressing a comparative is (not) as (+) adjective + as
...too tight - We use too + adjective, too much + uncountable nouns.

B.
a long checked dressing-gown
a new cotton t-shirt

• Communication - Fashion show - Describe the models and find the differences...

A. Male model: short curly blond hair, blue jacket, red striped tie, loose trousers, black and white striped trainers.

B. Male model: short blond hair, black jacket, red checked tie, tighter trousers, plain white trainers.

A. Female model: short brown hair, blue scarf, long-sleeved pink top, short black skirt, short black boots.

B. Female model: long brown hair, grey scarf, short-sleeved pink top, longer black skirt, long black boots.

• Reading - Clothes to die for...(literally)

A

1. a. wide dresses in Victorian times - b. corsets
2. corsets and high-heeled shoes
3. zinc-based make-up
4. Isadora Duncan

B.

1. linen flu
2. wigs
3. a. Oxford bags - b. platform trainers
4. 1865

D.

Paragraph 1: whereas / banned

P. 2: led to/ put out

P. 3: put up with / cut to pieces

P. 4: kneel down

P. 5: trip over / strangle

P. 7: it's worth it

• Grammar - the sooner, the better - Comparative.
• American students: Fashion show (clothes description) + pictionary. Good job, guys!

HOMEWORK

• Grammar bank - p. 136 (adjective order + the... the...)
• Speaking 8 (the definite article)
• Vocabulary Bank - p. 152 - Men and women...
• Workbook - pp. 34-36.