Vocabulary Comprehension - Words in Context

A. In each sentence,choose the best answer. The words in bold are from the passage.

1. Your sister really has style. She wears _______ clothes.
A) great
B) ugly

2. Those students never pay attention. They are always _______
A) listening quietly
B) talking and playing games

3. I like to dress simply. I _______ wear bright colors and jewelry.
A) love to
B) rarely

4. The newspaper reported the accident. That's why I _______ all of the details.
A) know
B) don't know

5. Fashion magazines usually tell you about the most popular _______
A) music
B) clothing

6. That man is snapping many pictures. He must be a _______
A) film maker
B) photographer

7. Please dress nicely for Saturday's party. You should wear _______
A) jeans and a T-shirt
B) your favorite suit or dress

8. I like to see models on the runway. They always look so beautiful _______
A) on the street
B) at fashion shows

B. Answer the questions below. Discuss your answers with a partner.

1. Is fashion important to you? Why?
2. Do you pay attention to new styles?
3. Who do you know who dresses well? Would someone want to snap a picture of them for their fashion blog?

Focus on Street Style

"People dress differently in New York and Paris," says Scott Schuman, who writes a blog about fashion. People in cities around the world pay attention to their clothes, and they work hard to look beautiful. They use their culture and the materials around them to create their own look.

Schuman started his blog to "simply share photos of people that I saw on the streets of New York." He thought the people looked fashionable, and he put photos online. Schuman isn't alone. Bloggers all around the world are using their cameras to report what is happening in their home cities. Since bloggers find and write about stylish people on the street, this type of fashion is called street style.

Fashion changes often. With the Internet, street style changes even more quickly. Bloggers only need minutes to snap a picture and post it online. Their readers can use those ideas to create their own styles. Fashion used to come from the runways of Paris and Milan. Now fashion is homegrown.

Do you think your city is fashionable? Go online! There are street style blogs for most cities around the world, even small ones. Does your city have one?