Page 76 - Grasp English C1+ (Student Book)

5 Style and Manner

Speaking

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. What clothes and accessories do people in your country
traditionally wear?
2. Do younger people want to continue these traditions?
Why (not)?
B. Look at the photo and discuss with a partner.

1. What country do you think this woman is from?
2. Why do you think she has a lip plate?
3. How do you think she feels about wearing it?

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C. Match the discourse markers from the recording
with their purpose.
1. Anyway, ... a. to add to or clarify a point
2. So, ... b. to continue a story
3. Blimey! That’s incredible! c. to express contrast discourse marker: Words or phrases
4. Actually, ... d. to express surprise like anyway, right, okay, as I say, well,
5. Mind you, ... e. to give a positive response I mean, etc. We use them to connect
6. No way! and organise our ideas in a dialogue.
7. Absolutely! Most of the commenting phrases are

8. I mean, ... also discourse markers.

D. Work in a group of four. Discuss the question. What do the clothes and
accessories we wear say about us?

Think about:
• the style of clothes people wear, e.g, sports clothes, baggy jeans, suits.
• accessories with a religious or tribal significance.
• the role of fashion in forming your social identity.
• how we judge people based on their appearance.
• what effect negative stereotypes based on appearance can have.

Writing

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. How much money do you spend on clothes and accessories each month?
2. Do you think the amount you spend is high, about average or below average?

analyse
B. Complete the sentences with the words in the boxes.
1. provide a visual representation of data. comparisons
2. By placing coloured bars together, we can see the across different data sets. bar graphs
3. We can use them to quickly the differences and similarities in data.
report
4. They are accompanied by a on what the data tells us.

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