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• HELP WITH VOCABULARY
• a Work on your own. Do the questionnaire .
: Articles: a, an, the, no article
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a Look at words/phrases 1-7 in the first paragraph of ARE YOU A
• the article. Match one word/phrase to each of these rules .
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• • We use a or an: FASHION VICTIM?
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• a with jobs. a designer
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• b to talk about a person or a thing for the first time . How important is it for you to wear
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• clothes that are in fashion? ~
• • We use the:
• a Very important. ~
• c to talk about a person or a thing for the
• -, b Quite important. ~
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• second/third/fourth, etc. time .
• v c Not at all important. l ~
• d when there is only one (or one in a
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• particular place) . 2 How many designer clothes
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• e with superlatives . have you got?
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• a One or two things for special
• • We don't use an article:
• occasions .
• t to talk about people or things in general.
• b None - they're too expensive .
• g for most cities and countries .
• c Quite a lot - I love designer clothes .
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• b Check in i!Nffl1:li!!J;i'lt1jJ,. p147 . How often do you go shopping for
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clothes?
Look at the rest of the article. Match words/phrases a Two or three times a year.
8-14 to each rule a-gin 4a. There is one word/phrase b Once or twice a month.
for each rule. c Every week, if possible.

4 What kind of clothes do you
Reading, Listening and Speaking buy when you go shopping?
a Things I've seen in fashion
a Read about another Italian fashion designer, Gianni magazines.
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Versace. Fill in the gaps with a, the or - (= no article). b Things that I think will look good
on me.
c Things that are cheap or in a sale.
5 There's a party at the
weekend. Do you buy some
Gianni Versace was born in 1946 new clothes?
in a town called 1 Reggio a Maybe, if I haven't got anything
Calabria. Even when he was 2 nice to wear.
child he loved 3 clothes. b No, of course not.
When he was 25 he decided to go c Yes, I always buy something
to 4 Milan to become 5 new for a party.
fashion designer, and in 1982 he
How many pairs of shoes
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won his first award for being __ have you got?
best designer of 7 women's a 5-15 pairs.
clothes. He created 8 new b More than 15 pairs.
perfume for men called 'Versace
c 1-5 pairs. I've only got one pair
L'Homme' in 1984. of feet!

In 1995 he organised 9 party with Elton John to raise
money for 10 AIDS patients. At 11 party he signed
copies of his new book, Men Without Ties, and gave all
12 __ money from 13 book to charity.
b Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions 1- 6.
On July 15th 1997 Versace was murdered in 14 Miami. How many of your answers are the same?
Nobody really knows 15 reason why he was killed.
c Check your answers on p114. Are you and your
partner fashion victims?
b 919 Read and listen to the information about
Versace. Check your answers. What extra information is d Do you agree with the description of you on
in the recording? p114? Why? /Why not?