Lesson 3. We Need to Recycle Clothes
What you'll learn:
Vocabulary: Recycling Clothes/Fashion
Speaking: Famous fashion shows
Writing: A short essay about recycling clothes, and a poster on the topic

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LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Read through the questions. Then listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   a) Kinds of schools
   b) Equality in schools
   c) The design of uniforms
   d) Christ’s Hospital School
   e) Modern and traditional uniforms
2. Which is NOT mentioned according to the passage?
   Christ’s Hospital boarding school________
   a) was a charity school
   b) educated poor children
   c) was established in 1552
   d) prepares pupils to be doctors
   e) have never changed its uniform
3. Choose the WRONG statement about uniforms according to the passage.
   a) Today schoolchildren in England wear them
   b) Charity schools were first to wear them
   c) They have become more modern
   d) They brought equality to schools
   e) Pupils reject wearing them
4. Complete the statement according to the passage.
   The uniform of Christ’s Hospital boarding schools consisted of a _________ and __________
5. Write at least two kinds of clothes included into modern uniform according to the passage.
6. Which word in the passage is opposite in meaning to the word “colorful”

According to historians, school uniforms began life among charity schools. Schools such as Christ's Hospital boarding school, founded in 1552 in London, took up poor children and educated them. The schools required the students to wear uniforms which consisted of a blue cloak and yellow stockings. Today the uniform continues to be worn by Christ's Hospital’s pupils.

Later, the students at private and preparatory schools began to wear uniforms.

Today, many students attending elementary and secondary schools in England are required to wear uniforms. School uniforms were meant to bring equality to the students regardless of their parents' wealth, says the BBC.

In the past several years, uniforms have become more modern. Instead of the traditional uniform, T-shirts or polo shirts and sweatshirts in schools have become standard. Plain colored pants or jeans are also worn at some schools.

On the other hand, some schools have chosen to keep things just the way they have been for hundreds of years. For example, BBC reports that Christ's Hospital polled students in 2014 and 95% voted to keep the traditional uniform, citing school pride as a top reason.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   a) Kinds of schools
   b) Equality in schools
   c) The design of uniforms
   d) Christ’s Hospital School
   e) Modern and traditional uniforms
2. Which is NOT mentioned according to the passage?
   Christ’s Hospital boarding school________
   a) was a charity school
   b) educated poor children
   c) was established in 1552
   d) prepares pupils to be doctors
   e) have never changed its uniform
3. Choose the WRONG statement about uniforms according to the passage.
   a) Today schoolchildren in England wear them
   b) Charity schools were first to wear them
   c) They have become more modern
   d) They brought equality to schools
   e) Pupils reject wearing them
4. Complete the statement according to the passage.
   The uniform of Christ’s Hospital boarding schools consisted of a _________ and __________
   Answer: blue cloak/ yellow stockings
5. Write at least two kinds of clothes included into modern uniform according to the passage.
   Answer: T- shirt/ polo shirt/ sweatshirt/ pants/ jeans
6. Which word in the passage is opposite in meaning to the word “colorful”
   Answer: plain