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zi before springing back skywards. But if sheer fear isn39。60 a jump, probably will. These thrills don39。 (10) did (11) No way (12) ultimate (13) limits (14) skywards (15)163。IfdaehibcjIIs great! All that walking practice really paid off. And for once she won39。s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest. Q:What do the speakers think about the beauty contest? (3)W:What shall I do? I39。m fat. I39。ll see results. Q:What has the woman tried? (4)W:Did you hear that Helen got that modeling job? Her dream was ing true. M:Wow, that39。t be plaining about being so tall. Q:Why did Helen get the modeling job? M:Julia, e and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful women are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure. W:Bah! That39。m fat. I want to be slim and beautiful, but I39。ve tried all the new diet—high carb, low carb—but nothing works. M:Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet with fruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you39。s half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her. W2:That explains why she tans so well. I39。s for business reasons, but we know it39。III1.Susan:Rebecca, nice to run into you here. Shopping for anything special? Rebecca:Yes, Susan, makeup. You know, there39。m the one who wears makeup, not you. I39。t irritate your skin. Rebecca:OK. A bit expensive, but I guess I39。s next? Susan:You want to give a good overall impression. You have beautiful eyes, so you should highlight them with some mascara to make your eyelashes look fuller and thicker. Rebecca:I39。s what I want... to make other girls into greeneyed monsters. How does this one look? Susan:Good choice. Now if we can add a bit of color to your cheeks, you will be the classiest of the class. Rebecca:Thanks! But you haven39。ll need a tube of that, too. Susan:This color will perfectly plement to the rest of your makeup. You look elegant and classy. CAADB afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you39。 that is, you should buy winter coats, leather jackets, bathing suits, and summer dresses at the end of the season. You39。re perfect for buying things like Tshirts.There is yet another cheap way to buy stylish clothes. Many department stores have store brands, which offer current styles but are much cheaper than bigname brands.To save money, an important principle is not to buy outfits. With the exception of suits, interchangeable pieces are more affordable.Wearwithanything pieces are always a good buy. For example, you can almost always wear a pair of black trousers and a white dress shirt。s dresses became lighter in construction and material. A popular style in this period was the lingerie dress, a very light white cotton dress with strips of open lace and net. In the 1900s women39。s clothes had bee more formal, but the opposite was true in the United States. There the popular style was brightly colored shirts with hard white collars worn under sporty jackets. In the 1900s men39。Further listening Task 1Stylist:Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you? Nick:A simple haircut—short on the back and sides. Stylist:Very good. I can, of course, do something more fashionable for only $60. Nick:Sixty dollars! That39。t been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul. Nick:I39。m an expert at matching hairstyles to personalities, if I may say. Believe me, you39。d like to hear how you39。re going to use scissors to create peaks, which we39。ll braid into a pigtail. Now, it39。s just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What39。s preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashion statement. Nick:For heaven39。s missing.Stylist:Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will bee a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, but... Nick:Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid the disjunction? Stylist:That39。t she? Her skin is as smooth as a baby39。s bow. She must have dozens of admirers. Becky:I wonder what she looks like without all that makeup. She must put it on with a spoon. It39。t understand what men find so attractive about her. John:Do I detect a hint of jealousy? Becky:She has nothing for me to be jealous about. John:I39。re natural healers of the skin. Haven39。ve learned a lot, haven39。t pull my leg. Anyway, you39。ll keep that bald spot from shining so brightly. BABABll have to pay extra for overweight luggage. How did you manage to fit everything into one suitcase? Rebecca:You need to pack smart. First, I chose two colors, and then built my wardrobe around them. Susan:But we will need clothes for dress, casual wear, and sometimes sort of inbetween dressy casual. Rebecca:That39。t you? Rebecca:Well, not really, I have three. If I bring a pashmina, or a dress scarf, I can dress up the Tshirt into casual chic. Susan:Three outfits? But your suitcase doesn39。Viewing and speaking Task 1Andrew:Whereas in the 1960s clothing designers were responding to the space age, designers now are responding to the puter age, so they are literally bining clothing with new technology. Voiceover:In the 1850s the hardworking cowherders of the American West began wearing a brandnew style of heavyduty cotton clothing. Double stitched and fastened with rivets, this functional industrial design solution was the brainchild of young entrepreneur Levi Strauss. The pany that now bears his name is developing new industrial design solutions, but this time it39。s for the urban nomads of the information age. Voiceover:Jenny Arksey is the designer behind the ICD Plus jacket. Jenny:This is a new range of clothing we call ICD Plus. And it39