Listening

Situation 1 Choosing the Fabric for a Suit

Task 1

Listen to a conversation and tick out the questions the woman speaker asked.

□ 1.What kind of material do you want the suit to be made from?

□ 2.What colour do you want the suit to be?

□ 3.What size do you want?

□ 4.Why don't you just get black?

□ 5.Have you tried it on yet?

□ 6.Which one do you prefer?

□ 7.What do you think?

□ 8.How about this one?

Task 2

Listen to the conversation again and complete the following sentences.

Jack: Can you help me pick out some fabric for a 1? I'm going to get one made for a friend's wedding.

Lucy: Sure.What kind of 2 do you want the suit to be made from?

Jack: It depends on the price,but I was thinking of getting a woolen one.

Lucy: That will probably be quite expensive,but the more you pay for the fabric,the longer it'll last and the better it'll look,What colour do you want the suit to be?

Jack: I was thinking of a brown pin-striped suit.

Lucy: Brown,huh?Isn't that a bit 3?

Jack: Haven't you heard?Brown is the new black.

Lucy: Why don't you just get black?Black suits are always fashionable and can be worn for anything—a funeral,a wedding,a 4—anything!

Jack: That may be true,but black is so boring.Anyway,I already have three black suits.I might as well get a suit that stands out from the rest.

Lucy: Here are two different 5 of brown.Which one do you prefer?

Jack: I like the one on the left,but I don't like the 6 on it.It's too much.I want a pattern that's a bit 7.

Lucy: How about this one?

Jack: I think that will do.Let's go talk to the 8 about getting it made.

Lucy: OK,let's go.

Situation 2 Introducing Fashion

Task 3

Listen to a passage and answer the following questions.

1.What does high fashion refer to?

2.What kind of fashion refers to those styles or designs produced and sold at large quantities?

3.What are the principles of fashion?

4.How do consumers establish fashion?

5.What does the cycling of fashion include?

Task 4

Listen to the passage with some blanks for you to fill in.

Definition of Fashion

Fashion is a 1 that is accepted and used by the majority of group at any one time,no matter how small that group is.High fashion refers to those style and designs accepted by a 2 group of fashion leaders—who first accept fashion change. 3 or volume fashion refers to those styles or designs usually produced and sold at large quantities.

Principles of Fashion

1.Consumer establishes fashion by accepting or 4 the styles offered.

2.Fashions are not 5.

3.Fashions are evolutionary in nature;they are 6 revolutionary.

4.No amount of sales promotion can change the 7 in which fashions are moving.

5.All fashions end in excess.

The Cycling of Fashion

All fashion move in 8. The term fashion cycle refers to the 9, wide popularity,and then 10 in acceptance of a style.The word"cycle"suggests a circle.However,the fashion cycle is represented by a bell shaped curve.