Listening/Speaking
3. PW. Listen and express your ideas.
These pictures depict* of ideal beauty at different times and in different places.
Do you find any of these fashion styles attractive?

In Azerbaijan, India, Pakistan, the Middle East, and Africa, women paint their faces and hands with henna for special occasions and at the weddings.

Paduang women of Myanmar begin lengthening* their necks with gold hands at the age of five or six.

In New Zealand, it is traditional for Maori men to decorate their faces and bodies.

In the 18th century in Europe, well-to-do men and women wore extravagant wigs and clothing.

4. PW. Listen and answer the questions
The Story of the Zipper

Whitcomb L.Judson got a patent for the zipper in 1890. But this zipper didn’t work and nobody wanted it. Judson showed it to millions of people at World’s Fair in Chicago. He sold only 20 zippers. In 1913 Gideon Sundback made a better zipper. But this zipper wasn’t sold well either. Then ten years later, BF Goodrich company became interested in the zipper. That’s when zippers started to be sold. At that time BFGoodrich had a new product for the feet. He made rubber boots to protect people from the rain. He called these boots “galoshes.” He liked the zipper and bought 150,000 for his galoshes. After that zippers were sold everywhere.

• When and where was the zipper made?
• What do people do today to make their looks more attractive?
• Which techniques do you think are the most successful?
• Why do tastes change over time from culture to culture?
• What do you think about this expression:
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
*depict - show or represent by drawing, painting or another art form, describe
*lengthen - make or become longer.