Fashion and Consumerism

VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Trends: directions
Mindsets: attitude
/ frame of mind
Defines: describes
Consume: eat/ buy
Bridged: narrowed/ made smaller
Explore: look at
Subsequent: following
Reunification: being united again
Nostalgic:. Wistful/ romantic / sentimental
Appetite: hunger/ longing/ inclination
Evoke: bring to mind/ call up
Globetrotting: around the world
Impact: influence/ effect
Shrinking: decreasing
1Consumer group/ watchdog
2 consumer boom
boom
3 consumer advice
advice
4 consumer society
society
confidence
confidence
price index
index
issues
issues
goods
goods
products
products
choice
choice

1:False
1:False
2: True
True
3: True
True
4: True
True
5: True
True
1:fashion-conscious
1:fashion-conscious
2:time-consuming
2:time-consuming
3: hand-made
hand-made
4: high-quality
high-quality
B Fill in the gaps by completing the words or the compound adjectives.
0 All violations of school rules should be reported immediately.
conscious
1 I am not interested in being fashion- ___ ______. I wear what I like when I
like. consuming
2 As cooking is soarity
time-____________, I usually eat out.
3 The latest popul____________ ratings show that Celebrity Come Dancing
is still the most-watched show onquality
BBC.
4 Our mission is to provide high-____________ technological gadgets
to the bored businessperson. ability
nes
5 We are a global leader in energy efficiency and sustain____________.
s
6 It is believed that higher states of conscious____________ can be achieved
through meditation
nameand prayer.
ience
7 We need a big-____________ celebrity to open the festival.
8 The television
ion wasn’t bought solely for your conven____________, you know
9 This obsess___________ with buying expensive cars will soon make you
bankrupt.
Time-consuming
World-renowned
Eye-catching
Jet-black
Hand-made
Activity/Activis
Consciousnes
Convenience
Emergence
Obsession
Popularity
Sustainability
Violation
1Were to
2Was about to
3Both correct
4Was going to
5Both correct
6Both correct
1dd
2bb
3gg
4aa
5cc
6 ff
7ee
did the staff know that the company was going to close
Steve did was run the London Marathon in a rabbit costume
my accountant who/that alerted me to the tax problem
though / as her application was, they offered her the job
is really difficult to bear is the humidity
is the humidity that is really difficult to bear

would become
was bound to make

was going to be made
was bound to be held
was due to land

were to check ____(
were going to let
would be closed down
was to arrive
Rearrange the words in the right order to create EMPHATIC STRUCTURES. The first
word is given.
Example: new/ need/ the/ to/ consider/ there’s / that / report / we
There’s the new report that we need to consider.
1 Peter / Jay / really / to / want / who / we / meet / is (Who)

Who we really want to meet is Peter Jay.
2 clever / may / isn’t / he / lucky / he / be (Lucky)
Lucky he may be, clever he isn’t.
3 had / the / room / I / entered / scarcely / when / shouting / started / she
(Scarcely)
Scarcely had I entered the room when she started shouting.
4 really / dishonesty / the / the / it’s / company / me / angers / that / of (It’s)
It’s the dishonesty of the company that really angers me.
5 was / finish / we / try / the / project / did / what / this / week / to (What)
What we did this week was try to finish the project.
6 they / sacked / fine / me / not / me / did / too / only / they / but (Not)
Not only did they fine me, but they sacked me too.
7 back / the / house / came / the / shout/ a /from / of / terrible (From)
From the back of the house came a terrible shout.
8 my / exams / the / of / the / failed / that / world / end / I / it’s / not (It’s)
It’s not the end of the world that I failed my exams.
more vibrant were the second designs
Most famous were the models of Kate Moss.
Not only has he designed clothes for film stars but he also
opened stores all around the world
no circumstances must we use child labour

It was the accusation about the use of sweat shops that the press officer den
It is the cost of a product, not its environmental impact, that people are concerned a
What the fashion industry does is encourage young girls to worry about their body
What the designer created was create new styles out of organic materials

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VOCABULARY

Steve did was run the London Marathon in a rabbit costume

my accountant who/that alerted me to the tax problem

though / as her application was, they offered her the job

is really diﬃcult to bear is the humidity

is the humidity that is really diﬃcult to bear

was bound to make

was due to land

were going to let

would be closed down

1 Peter / Jay / really / to / want / who / we / meet / is (Who)

Most famous were the models of Kate Moss.

no circumstances must we use child labour

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