Тема "Одежда" часто встречается даже во "взрослых" учебниках по английскому языку, и очень многим она кажется скучнейшей. Почему бы не подключить к этой теме замечательную веселую песню группы
The Kinks "The Dedicated Follower of Fashion"?
Можно сначала дать прослушать ученикам песню и попросить их постараться разобрать, о чем она.
А можно сразу дать задание попроще: выдать уже готовый текст с пропусками некоторых слов, прочитать, перевести и попытаться понять со слуха, какие именно слова пропущены. Затем раздать полный текст, прослушать еще раз и проверить себя.
Пропуски могут быть, например, такими
(ссылка на полный текст:
https://www.azlyrics.com/…/…/dedicatedfolloweroffashion.html):
DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION They seek him here, they seek him____,
His _____ are loud, but never square.
It will make or break him so he's got to buy the_____,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion. And when he does his little rounds,
'Round the______ of London Town,
Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and ____,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion. Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
He thinks he is a ______ to be looked at,
And when he pulls his frilly nylon_____ right up tight,
He feels a dedicated follower of fashion. Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
There's one thing that he _____and that is flattery.
One week he's in polka-dots, the next week he is in stripes.
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion. They seek him here, they seek him ____,
In Regent Street and Leicester Square.
Everywhere the Carnabetian army ___ on,
Each one an dedicated follower of fashion. Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
His ______is built 'round discoteques and parties.
This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his _____
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion. Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
He flits from shop to shop just like a ________.
In matters of the _______ he is as fickle as can be,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion
He's a dedicated follower of fashion
He's a dedicated follower of fashion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqXrAHuLksU