Module 4 The way we look

Unit 2 What helps you choose the clothes you like?

复习介词in , after, within

复习介词 before, by

Teaching Aims and Demands:

Key vocabulary: cool, fashionable, logo, well-known, designer, show off

Key structures: go shopping…Look cool / different / the same Prefer … to… Care aboutBecause ( 重点 )

To get information from the reading material about dressing . ( 难点 )We should wear costume properly. .

Look at the photos and say if the clothes the people are wearing are fashionable or comfortable.

Read the passage and find out what the words and

expressions mean. 1. big name 2. designer

clothes 3. logo 4. look cool

1. Famous everywhere2. Fashinable clothes

made by big-name companies

3. Company symbol4. To look very

fashionable, so everyone else will admire you

Match the words with the pictures:

logo designeradvertising cool

dollar

Read the passage again and decide what the writer’s main

point is.

a) What should wear designer clothes.

b) We shouldn’t wear designer clothes.

c) We should wear comfortable and not fashionable clothes.

d) We all spend too much on clothes.

Match the summary sentences with the paragraphs.

a. People think designer clothes are better.b. What do you look for when you buy clothes?c. Some people are happy to pay more to look

cool.d. Clothes sold by small number of well-known

companies are more expensive but more popular.

e. Ask yourself if you can buy good clothes for less money.

f. Young people think designer clothes look cool.

g. Designer companies spend more on advertising.

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Answer the questions. ① “Do you choose something fashionable

… or comfortable?” What is another word or expression for something?

② “But the number of these big name companies… ” What big name companies?

Clothes.

The companies which make clothing.

Answer the questions.③ “But what they don’t sell as well…” What don’t sell as well as what?

④ “ But that’s not the point.” What isn’t the point? And what is the point the writer is making?

The less well-known companies’ clothes don’t sell as well as “designer” clothes.

That well-known trainers can’t make you better at sport– people believe the well known trainers can.

Answer the questions.⑤ “And they succeed!” What do they succeed in doing?

They succeed in making us think designer products are the best.

Difficult sentences:

Or do you wear the same clothes as your friends?Note: the same…as.. 意思是“与…… . 一样”，例如：

Your jacket is exactly the same as Diana’s.My mobile phone is not exactly the same

as yours.He made the mistake as he did last time.

2. Many people even prefer them to cheaper clothes.

Note: Prefer … to… 意思是“在两者中更喜欢（前者）”，此句型中的 to 是介词，后面不能跟动词不定式。如：I prefer rice to noodles.We prefer visiting museums to watching TV at home.She seems to prefer watching soap operas to talking to me.

3. Many young people today care about the way they look.

Note: Care about 意思是“介意，关注”。例如：Now more and more people care about the environment.The only thing he seems to care about is money.

4.It’s the training – not the trainers – that improves your speed or your

score.Note: 这是一个强调句，强调的是 the training ，非强调句应为： The training—not the trainers—improves your speed or your score. 强调句型的结构是： It is / was ＋被强调内容＋ that… 如：It was Jane who helped me yesterday. It’s the colour that I like most about this jacket.

5. Above all, designer clothes are more popular because of clever advertising.

Note: 这里 above all 的意思是“尤其是；最重要的是”。例如：And above all, don’t forget to write to us when you get there.It’s important to eat plenty of the right things, above all, fruit and vegetables.

6. Most people dress in a way that shows off their personality.

Note: That shows off their personality 在句中做定语，修饰名词 a way 。Show off 表示“炫耀；显示”。例如：Jiajia couldn’t wait to show off his new car to his friends.Please stop showing off – we all know how rich you are!

A composition: The clothes I like to wear

● When I buy new clothes, I choose…

… clothes I can wear for school and at the weekend.

● at the weekend I wear…● For a party I often wear…● If I see clothes with logos, I …● If I see clothes in

advertisements, I …

Think of an example for each of your sentences in Activity 6.

Eg. When I buy new clothes , I choose clothes I can wear for school and at the weekend. For example, I like trainers and T-shirts.

Homework: Retell the text.