Fashion Innovations - Unit 3

C2 Proficiency · Listening Matching · Ready for C2 Proficiency Workbook, Macmillan

You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about innovations in the fashion industry. While you listen you must complete both tasks.

to be unconventional

to reduce their impact on the environment

to make it cheaper for clothes to be reused

to help the product to have a greater impact

to save money

to experiment with new styles

to improve comfort

to avoid hurting animals

For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) the speaker's main reason for using the innovation.

They make decisions more quickly than before.

They have started using an item of technology less frequently.

They have started exploring new areas of research.

They have stopped buying certain items of clothing.

They feel reassured about their contribution.

They wear clothes they otherwise wouldn't have chosen.

They have encouraged others to follow their lead.

They have resolved a long-standing problem.

For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) the way the innovation has impacted each speaker.

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