Extensive Reading

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Extensive Reading
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Lead-in
Jeans
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Jeans
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Do you like wearing jeans?
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Skimming

• 1. According to the text, why did people in the
  past like to wear jeans? Would you say this is
  still true today?
• Because they were cheap, strong and
  comfortable and I think this is still true today.

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• 2. Would you say jeans are still as popular with
  young people today? Why or why not?
• I think jeans are still popular with young
  people today because they are of different
  styles, different colors and different
  decorations.

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• The constant changes can meet the needs of the
  young people who are always seeking new and
  interesting things.

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Jeans
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Jeans
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Scanning

• What happened in the following years
  according to the text?
• In 1870s A shopkeeper in San Francisco
  succeeded in selling denim work trousers.
• In 1930s Many young American men bought
  jeans and dressed like their cowboy film stars.

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• In World War Two American jeans were
  introduced by the soldiers to the world.
• After the war American teenagers started to
  make denim jeans their own unique item of
  fashion .

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• In 1950s The school ban on students wearing
  jeans made jeans even more popular.
• Between 1950s and 1990s The jeans have been
  through many different changes in style.

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• In 1990s Jeans were made more stretch and
  even tighter over the bottom and legs.
• More recently Wearing jeans that looked very
  old became popular.

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Jeans
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Explanation

• 1. reputation n. name, good name
• e.g. He has a good/high reputation.
• He has a reputation for idleness.
• 2. uniform n. clothes that are
• uniform in style

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• e.g. He looks handsome in uniform.
• Railway workers wear dark blue uniforms.
• 3. casual adj. not formal
• e.g. She is wearing a casual dress.
• 4. whereas conj. while, but in contrast
• e.g. She is ill, whereas I am only a little tired.

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• 5. out of fashion become/be unpopular
• as a style
• e.g. Short skirts are out of fashion now.
• 6. dream of hope for something nice in
• the future
• e.g. He dreams of becoming a pilot.
• We all dream of peace.

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• 7. approve of be pleased with
• e.g. Our parents didnt approve of our playing
  games on Sundays.
• 8. be through have finished
• e.g. He is not through yet.
• Are you through (with) your work yet?
• Im through with him.

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Writing

• 1. Do you know how to conduct a survey?
• We have to design a questionnaire.
• 2. But what kinds of questions should be
  included?
• Open questions and closed questions.

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• 3. Whats the difference between them?
• Wh- questions are open questions while yes or
  no questions are closed questions.

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• Work in pairs to design a questionnaire
  referring to the given ideas in the box on Page
  135, and then collect information from your
  classmates.

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Sample

• In China, for example, a recent survey shows
  that half men and 38 of women regularly wear
  jeans, but it is with young people that they
  continue to be most fashionable Jeans are the
  first choice for 70 of

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• those in the 15-19 age group. Each of them at
  least has seven or eight jeans. Jeans which are
  stretch and look old are their favorites. Less
  than half of the teenagers in China wear other
  types of casual trousers sometimes.

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Homework

• 1. Try to retell the text about the development
  of American jeans in terms of years.
• 2. Design a questionnaire about music, sports,
  voluntary work, fashion or other youth culture
  issues.
• 3. Conduct a survey among students in our school.