فرنلیش - FCE cloth type and fashions listening part 3

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Vocabulary 3: Clothes

1 How many of the items of clothing in the photographs can you name? DO IT NOW

The following adjectives can be used to describe clothes. Which of them can you match to the photographs? FIND THE MEANING OF EACH

tight-fitting / trendy / casual / sleeveless

formal / baggy / unfashionable / plain

tasteful / colourful / scruffy / smart

Multiple matching, part 3 FCE Listening

You will hear five different people talking about occasions when a person’s clothes and appearance caused surprise or concern. For questions 1–5 , match the speaker to the correct occasion in the list A–H . Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

Before you do the task …

Prediction

1 Match each of the people in the box to the appropriate occasion A–H in the listening task. More than one word may be used for each occasion and some words may be used twice .

e.g . A wedding: guest, witness

What other people might you also find in each of the situations? Talk about other situations

e.g. At a wedding the people who get married are the bride and groom.

guest

spectator

audience

competitor

witness

star

candidate

host

invigilator

opponent

2 Where does each occasion take place?

e.g. A wedding usually takes place in a church or a registry office.

3 What clothes would you personally

wear on the occasions A–H mentioned in the listening task?

e.g. If I was going to a wedding, I would buy an expensive dress. I would probably wear high-heeled shoes.

You need to ask these questions, then it would be easier to find the speaker.

Now you are ready to do the task.

What to expect in the exam

You will have 30 seconds to read the eight options. Use this time to try to predict some of the ideas and language you might hear.

Some of the extracts may contain distractors (key words or expressions which could cause you to make the wrong decision). Pay close attention both times you hear the recording.

A a wedding

B a friend’s birthday party

C a classical ballet

D a sporting event

E a film premiere

F an examination

G a job interview

H a special family meal

After we got the invitation, my mum and I kept having huge rows about what I was going to wear for the big event. She's always criticizing me for my taste in clothes and she'd bought me this long, bright red dress to wear on the day. Of course, I refused. I went instead in a short black skirt, trainers and a sports top, thinking I'd look really cool and trendy. But of course, when we got to the church and I saw all the other guests in their smart new clothes and expensive hats, I just felt really, really stupid and embarrassed. The bride and groom looked quite surprised when they saw me, so I spent most of the time at the reception trying to avoid them.

Question No. / 1

Speaker 1

We really had no other option but to send her home to get changed, dye her hair back and take out the nose stud. We have rules and the rules are there to prepare young people for the reality of the world of work. I don't know of many jobs where you could tum up with scruffy old clothes, green hair and a pierced nose. We insist on uniform from the first day until the last, and that includes when sitting exams. It's unfair on other candidates who respect the regulations, and distracting for them at a time when they need maximum concentration.

Question No. / 1

Speaker 2

Indeed attitudes were already beginning to change in the first half of the century. In 1919, the young French star Suzanne Lenglen caused a sensation at the British championships by wearing a calf-length, sleeveless dress. Her unconventional, yet practical clothing shocked spectators, who were used to seeing women play in the long heavy dresses which were typical of that period. As a result, Lenglen attracted the kind of attention from the world's press which was normally reserved for the stars of the silent movies. She silenced her critics, however, by beating her opponents and going on to win several major titles:

Question No. / 1

Speaker 3

He clearly has ability. You only have to look at his examination results to see that. And he used to live in France, which means he probably wouldn't mind changing countries, if we needed him to. No, what concerns me is his appearance. If he's prepared to tum· up for something as important as this, wearing what can only be described as casual clothes, what would he be like with our clients? If he really is a serious candidate and we decide to take him on, then he will have to get used to wearing something a little more formal.

Question No. / 1

Speaker 4

They had to have their little joke, didn't they. 'Jane's having a little celebration at her house for her "coming of age" and she wants everyone to go in fancy dress.' That's what they said. So I thought about it for ages, what I was going to go as and everything. I spent more time thinking about my costume than about what present I was going to get for Jane. Of course, when I turned up at the house dressed as Coco the Clown and everybody else was wearing normal clothes, I don't know who was more surprised, me or Jane.

Question No. / 1

Speaker 5

Have you ever been in a situation where someone’s appearance caused surprise? Talk about your memory

Language focus 2: Be used to, get used to and used to

Be used to/Get used to + noun or gerund

Be used to + noun/gerund means 'be accustomed to'.

She's a nurse so she's used to seeing sick people.

Get used to + noun/gerund means 'become accustomed to'.

I want to leave Athens; I can't get used to the heat.

1 Look at the following sentences from the listening. In which of them does used to

a mean ‘accustomed to’?

b refer to a past state which has now finished?

Write a or b in the gap

Question No. / 3

1 Her unconventional, yet practical clothing shocked spectators, who were used to seeing women play in the long, heavy dresses which were typical of that period.

2 And he used to live in France, which means he probably wouldn’t mind changing countries if we needed him to.

3 …he will have to get used to wearing something a little more formal.

2 What is the difference in meaning between be used to and get used to?

Question No. / 2

find the meaning

wrong answer get used to be used to

the situation is no longer new or strange.

they mean the same

the situation is on the process of getting normal.

Question No. / 1

3 What form of the verb is used after be used to and get used to?

infinitive

base form

gerund

Talk about all the things you have to get used to in the following situations: DO IT NOW

you get your first job
you become famous
you go on a diet
you get married
you have children
you retire

Example:

In a new job, you might have to get used to working together with other people.

5 a If you went to live in Britain, what aspects of life there would you find it difficult to get used to? TALK ABOUT IT NOW

B Read the following text about Juan, who moved from Spain to live in England. Ignore the gaps for the moment. How many of the things which you spoke about in A are mentioned? DO IT

Question No. / 14

Now that Juan has been living in England for five years he (0)is used to doing (do) things differently, but it hasn’t always been the case. When he first moved there he couldn’t (1) used to (have) lunch at 1pm, so he often (2) used to (cook) for himself in his flat and eat at 3pm, as his family does in Spain. Even now I don’t think he (3) used to (eat) English food, because when he comes home to Madrid, he buys Spanish ‘delicacies’ to take back with him.

I remember how he (4) used to (write) to me and complain about the shop closing times. It took him a long time to (5) used to not (be) able to buy anything after about five o’clock. Most shops in Spain close at eight or nine in the evening.

He bought an English car a year ago, so he should (6) used to (drive) on the left by now. I wonder if he’ll ever be able to (7) used to (drive) on the right again when, or if, he comes back to live in Spain!

Read the text again.

In the first gap write either be, is , get , or leave it blank ( - ).

In the second gap write the correct form of the verb in brackets.

There is an example at the beginning (0).

What do you think a British person coming to your country might find it difficult to get used to? TALK ABOUT IT