Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Can you remember the answers to these questions? Listen again and check. • Working in pairs, decide how you could say each of • the expressions in italics using non-idiomatic English. Write a short dialogue (no more than 4 lines) around one of these expressions. • Leave the expression out for your partner to guess. the position of the hat in society at • the end of the nineteenth century: the effect of the two world wars • on the wearing of hats: 1 What were the earliest hats made from? 2 Why is it so important to keep the head warm? 3 What modern examples of “hats for protection” does she give? 4 Why are hats so effective as symbols of power and status? 5 When did hats become popular as fashion items? 6 What is a milliner? 1 You can’t expect me to make a decision like that at the drop of a hat – I need time to think about this. 2 If Austria wins the next world cup, I’ll eat my hat! 3 Now I want you to keep this under your hat – I don’t want you to tell anyone. 4 The only fair way to decide who wins the prize is to give it to the first name out of the hat . 5 John’s leaving at the end of the month, so we’re going to pass the hat around and get a nice farewell present. 6 She’s eighty and she’s going to do a parachute jump next week. You’ve got to take your hat off to her . 7 You don’t know anything about politics. You’re talking through your hat . 8 What a fantastic hat trick! Three of the best goals I’ve ever seen. Why do people wear hats? Work in pairs and think of as many reasons as you can. Then listen to the first part of Jenny’s presentation “A short history of hats”. What reasons does she give for why people wear hats? 2 2/02 Listen to the second part of the presentation and take notes under the following headings: 3 2/03 Now listen to the final part of the presentation, which is about the role of hats in society today. Imagine YOU are giving the presentation, what points would you include? Language booster: Idiomatic expressions with “hat” 4 5 2/04 143 2 Compact unit 2: Headgear Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv