Unit 3
Contemporary Style
Fashion
Are You Fashion-Conscious?
Survey
3. Do you have any trendy items?
(the latest iPhone, trainers of limited edition, cool ear phone, etc.)
4. When you meet someone in old-fashioned clothes, what do you think of him or her?
1. How much time do you spend in front of the mirror in the morning?
2. When you read a magazine, how often do you read the fashion section?
Skimming:
Is Laura interested in fashion?
Where is this happening?
What is Laura going to do?
Why has she brought some objects?
She’s going to give a presentation about fashion.
At a school.
Yes
To illustrate her talk.
Read the pictures and Para1
What are the five objects ?
Skimming
A blouse
A pair of trainers
A blond wig
An old hat
A little bag
Scanning:
Careful reading:
Read Para2 and find out what Laura wants to illustrate with a blouse?
subject
a blouse
owner
features
How to get it
Laura’s opinion
Laura herself
Beautiful,expensive,extravagant
By using her own savings
Fashion is quite important to her
Read Para3 and find out what Laura wants to illustrate with her brother’s trainers.
subject
trainers
owner
How to get it
His opinion
Laura’s opinion
Laura’s brother
Fashion is more important than culture.
on a trip to London
It’s a waste of time and money.
Read Para4,5 and find out what Laura wants to illustrate with a wig and a hat.
object
A blonde wig
An old hat
owner
Time when it was popular
Result and reason
Material:_________
Beaver:__________
Because _________
Laura’s opinion
her mother’s friend
a drama company
in the 1960s
200 years ago
Factory: ____________
Workers: _____________
Because :____________
closed down
lost jobs
fashions
changed
beaver fur
became extinct
the hats were fashionable
Fashion can affect the natural world.
Changes in fashion can create or ruin jobs.
Read Para 6 and answer the questions
1. What honor did Mother Teresa get in1979?
What contributed to it?
She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace with the reason that she spent all her life helping poor people in India.
2. What did Mother Teresa wear when she got the award ? why?
She wore the same old clothes as usual because she believes we should never judge a person by his appearance.
3. What’s Laura’s opinion in this part?
Fashion is not the most important thing in life
Summarize Laura’s opinion on fashion
object
opinion
conclusion
Fashion is important to me.
It’s a waste of time and money.
Changes in fashion can create or ruin jobs.
Fashion can affect the natural world.
Fashion is not the most important thing in life.
Fashion is important to me, but it’s not the most important thing in life.
The features of a presentation
Beginning:
Developing:
Ending:
post-reading:
making one’s topic clear
illustrating one’s topic by giving examples or figures
summarizing or restating one’s opinion
Give a presentation of one object you own, paying attention to the structure of it.
Group work:
Beginning:
Developing:
Ending:
your topic
its features, how you got it , your experience about it
conclusion
Objects for reference
smart bracelet智能手环
smart phone
IPad
IPod
computer
laptop 笔记本电脑
earring
sunglasses
gold/diamond necklace
skateboard滑板
model plane/car
unmanned aerial vehicle?无人机
Finish Exercise D and E on P36,37 in the textbook.
Polish your presentation and write it down in your writing book. You may refer to the following form.
assignment: