G present perfect or past simple? (1) V shopping y P candch Fashion and shopping 1 READING fc a Witha partner, write down the names of three fashion designers. What nationality are they? Do they design more for men oF for women? Whar kind of things does their company make? 1b Read the introduction to an interview | lookat the photos. Do youlike the clothes? d Sinise nom NSA LINDKA CIERACH is a fashion designer. she makes very exclusive clothes for women. She has made clothes for many celebrities including members of the British royal family, for example Kate Middleton and Sarah Ferguson, whose wedding dress she designed, and actresses like Helen Mirren. DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE A DESIGNER? Not at all! When L was at schoot I hal problems reading, and later L was gnosed as dyslexic.! fier school I did a secretarial course and then Igo! a job at Vogue magazine. I loved it, and there I realized that what I wanted to do wwastdesign clothes WHY 00 YOU THINK PEOPLE LIKE YOUR CLOTHES? Being a female designer has many advantages. ®_—_ Nby Bim leave the studio feeling million dollars! HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A FANCY DRESS. PARTY? hate fancy dress parties, But I can remember one, when T was ten, WHAT DIDYOU GO AS? My mother made me and my younger sister diess asa bride and bridegroom was the bridegroom! HAVE YOU EVER MET SOMEONE WHO WAS. WEARING EXACTLY THE SAME ASYOU? Never, thank gocatness! Fm hacky because 1 chose from a lange selection of our > Gallection each season! WHAT NATIONALITY DO YOU THINK HAS ‘THE BEST FASHION SENSE? Probably the Italians. 3 Read the interview. Compl Have you ever been to ‘that shop? Yes. bought this shirt there, the gapswith A-F. AA L absolutely hated dressing as a man, B I really understand how women wantto feel. © Myboytriend at that time was very lucky. D Myfeetwerekiling me! E Theonly things| enjoyedthere were art and sewing, F They are so chic, and their sense of colours so naturalto them. Look ar the highlighted words and phrases related to fashion and shopping, and guess their meaning HAVE YOU EVER FALLEN OVER BECAUSE YOU WERE ‘WEARING VERY HIGH HEELS? Pe newer fallen exer, but once Tae te ff my shoes in the middl Hense nf Leds! § ofa reception at the WHat DID YOU DO? Twalked ont inte the steect fae snc jumped into a taxit HAVE YOU EVER DESIGNED CLOTHES FORA MAN? Yes, [have WHEN WAS [T? Tewas when T was studying at she Tandon College of Fashion. I designe my first Men's Wear collection jackets. 8 He didn't veel to buy any leche that year! (Glossary bride /oridegroom 2 woman mann thedis ofr hi weaing The House of Lard th sero Towne of the Beth Paramore2 GRAMMAR present perfect or past simple?, Look at the last four questions inthe interview. Answer with apartner. 1 Which questiensare about experiences sometime in Lindki fife? 2 Which questions are about a fic mement in indk: 3. What does ever meanin the ‘ questions that hegin Have you ever. .2 b > p.132.Grammar Bank 48. earn more about the present perfect and past simple and practise them, 3 LISTENING 4 (2/26) Listento four people answeringthe question Have you ever bought something that you've never worn? What did they buy? Write 1-4 in the boxes. (There is one item you don't need) Dacoa (some sportselothes (7) a skier (some treusers (| ashiet b Listen again, What wasthe problem with the clothes? Write 1-4in the boxes. Thisperson... (9) bought something online, butdidn' like the clothes when they arrived. [bought he clothestoo quickly and ater didnt ike them (wanted to look like a famous singer, but looked like another. () sudéeniy didn’t need the new clothes any more. Have you ever bought something that you've never worn? Whar wast? 4 VOCABULARY shopping a 227) Listento some sentences fromthe listening Complete the gaps with one word. With a partner, say what the highlighted phrases mean. 1 Trememter when | wasn the___ eam I thought they locked fantastic. 2 f_iitomesay. 3 Shateclothes shepping and Inever__thiigson. 4 Ididn't have the receipt, so couldnt ack. 5 Well Uboughieie_from a website that hascheap coffers. b> p.155 Vocabulary Bank Shopping. 5 PRONUNCIATION c and ch a Howis pronounced in these words? Putthem inthe right row. ‘account auction cinema city click clothes credit card custome’ proceed receipt stopping centre Eo WS snake Ss ks b_ 2:30)) | istenand check. Whenisc pronounced V7 © 2:32)) How isch usually pronounced? Listen and Gila the two words where chs pronounced differently. How isit pronounced in these words? changing ‘ooms cheap checkout chemist's chic choose Practise saying the wordsin aande. 6 SPEAKING a Complete the questions with the past participle ofthe verb, 1 Hayeyouever__(buy)or ___(cell anything on eBay? What? Did you pay or get a good price? 2 Haveyouever__ (buy) something online and hada problem with it? What was it? What did you do? 3 Haveyouever___ (have).an argument with a shop assistant? What wasit about? 4 Haveyouever___ (try) tochange something wwithoutthe receipt? Were you successful? 5 Haveyoueveraccidentally something froma shop without paying? What did you take? What happened? 6 Haveyouever ___(buy) shoes without trying them on? Did they fit? 7 Have youeves (get) tothe supermarket checkoutand then found you didn't have ‘enough money? What did you do? 8 Haveyouever____(lose) yourcredic card? Where did you loseit? Did you get it back? b_ Ask other students question 1. Try to find somebody who says Yes, have. Then askethem, the past simple questions, Dothe same for questions 2-8. AT