Unit 2

Trends and Fads

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Watching & Brainstorming

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Warming-up Activity

Directions: You will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and answer the following questions.

1. What is your idea of fashion? How does it

change

with time?

2. What are the typical fashionable items among

college students today?

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Suggested answer:

Fashion is something popular among people during

certain time, but it is always fun and interesting to

see how style, trends and fads change our lives over

the years and how they even try to make a comeback

in our society. Everyone remembers a favorite toy or

something popular that he or she grew up with, but

they have moved out of life with the passing of time.

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Suggested answer: When it comes to the typical fashionable items possessed by the college students today, so far as I know, the following things are worth mentioning. They are computer (both for learning and games), mobile phone (for communication) and MP3 (both for learning and entertaining).

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Exploring the Topic

Listen and answer the following questions

1. Do you think fashion is good or not?

2. Why do people like to follow the fashion?

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Suggested answer: In my opinion, fashion is good for the following

reasons. First of all, it makes life different

from time to time, thus enriching our life by

providing with something new and colorful. Second,

it helps us make choices while shopping. Third, it

helps promote business and the national economy.

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Suggested answer: To follow the fashions seems to have become the general trend among young people in the modern society. But if we analyze the reasons, the following points should be taken into account. Firstly, they don’twant to be considered out-of-date. Secondly, they have a strong desire to show they are different from others.Last but not the least, they are curious about and interested in anything that is new.

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. It is recognized as the leading federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people—at home and abroad—providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnership. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

The Center for Disease Control

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Comprised of 36 islands in the Caribbean (16 of which are inhabited); about 113 kilometers east of Puerto Rico, north of the Leeward Islands, and adjacent to the U.S. Virgin Islands; principal islands are Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke. In 1666, British planters took over control of the island group from the original Dutch settlers. The Islands attained the status of British colony, and remained part of the Leeward Islands from 1872 until 1956, when the British Virgin Islands became a separately administered entity. In 1967, a new constitution provided for a ministerial system of government headed by a Chief Minister. The island group remains under British control today.

The British Virgin Islands

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Watch the Video and Brainstorm

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Practical Writing: Writing–Letters of Acceptance or Declination

Section C

Heavy Body, Not Heavy

Heart

Section BSection A

Our Changing Lifestyle:

Trends and Fads

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