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ARE YOU A FASHION VICTIM?
You thought young girls were only preoccupied with their
looks
and finding a boyfriend? Guess what? Youre right, at least
with
regard to looks and fashion. Jasmine is a 21-year-old single
woman
who lives in a small town in California.
Fashion is her and her friends watchword. Will maxi dresses
come into fashion again? Ask Jasmine! Will mini skirts go out
of
fashion? Again, Jasmine is the one who can cast light on the
matter. I
feel so sorry for her, she is a complete fashion victim. I mean
who
would pay $300 for a pair of jeans? I surely wouldnt. Last month
she
heard on TV that the colours of the season were orange and red.
All at
once, wearing red and orange skirts, dresses, blouses, T-shirts,
shoes,
socks, purses, trainers, etc was all the fashion to her.
But then again, I understand herafter a fashion. She is
young,
extremely beautiful, single, independent, she doesnt have to
account to
anybody for each penny she spends.
Thats why, if you have the chance to meet Jasmine, dont forget
to compliment her onhow fashionable she is, otherwise you would
break the heart of an adorable fashion queen!!!1) Find all the
fashion idioms in the text:
1)_________________
__________________
2)_________________
__________________
3)_________________
__________________
4)_________________
2) Find the equivalents of the fashion idioms in
exercise 1:
a) to be the latest style or activity
b) to a certain extent
c) to become stylish or fashionable
d) an impolite way of referring to
someone who buys too many
fashionable clothes
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ANSWERS Are you a fashion Victim?
1) come into fashion, go out of fashion, a fashion victim, to be
all the
fashion/rage, after a fashion
2) 1-c, 2-e, 3-d, 4- a, 5-b
3) Jasmine is American - lives in a small town in California
She spends a lot of money on clothes pay $300 for a pair of
jeans
She is not married Jasmine is a single 21-year-old woman; she is
young,
extremely beautiful, single
She is not old Jasmine is a single 21-year-old
She follows fashion trends to the letter wearing red and orange
skirts,
dresses, blouses, T-shirts, shoes, socks, purses, trainers was
all the fashion
to her
She gives no explanation to anyoneshe doesnt have to account
to
anybody for each penny she spends
She suffers a lot when people dont appreciate her effort to
be
fashionabledont forget to compliment her , otherwise you
would
break the heart of an adorable fashion queen
