Rate your opinion for each statement. Explain to a partner
| strongly agree | strongly disagree |
| People worry too much about how they look. | |
| Uniforms are a good idea. | |
| I would have confidence in doctor who was wearing an old pair of jeans. | |
| My first impression of someone is nearly always correct. | |
| People express their character through the clothes they wear. |
Put the adjectives to the right group.
| POSITIVE | NEGATIVE | NEUTRAL | |||||
| over-dressed assertive fashionable | dynamic elegant keen | smart neat girlie | conservative adventurous efficient | bold unassertive minimalist | |||
3. Look at photos A, B and C. Which ‘look’ would the following people like the most and the least? Write A, B, or C in the chart.
| Like the most | Like the least | |
| a newspaper editor | ||
| a headteacher of a school | ||
| a designer | ||
| a banker |
Reading
4. Read the article and check. What do you think of their comments?
What to wear to get that job?
You get the job (or don’t) within six seconds of walking into the interview. Lucy O’Brien asks four bosses, two men and two women, how they’d react to these outfits.
THE EDITOR
Fine. I will probably give her a job. She looks efficient and keen. I would be quite impressed with her.
THE HEADTEACHER
High heels don’t make much sense in a school and a short skirt with tights is asking for trouble, quite frankly.
THE DESIGNER
Fine. A lot of designers look like that, quite minimalist. Black and grey are very popular.
THE BANKER
She’s smart, she’s fashionable, I’d employ her.
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THE EDITOR
I’d question whether she’d be adventurous enough, or bold enough as a reporter. He looks too conservative.
THE HEADTEACHER
Overdressed for an interview, let alone the classroom. She looks as if she’s going to a board meeting. It’s executive clothing, something industrial companies would no doubt love. Extremely bright and colorful, but too smart for here.
THE DESIGNER
She looks like a seventies air hostess. I’m not sure what her design would look like – probably not very exciting.
THE BANKER
What a smart, elegant young woman! She’s clearly going places. You can’t fault her outfit at all: neat hair, co-ordinated jewellery. And red! A good assertive colour. She’d do very well.
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THE EDITOR
Someone with no dress sense at all. I wouldn’t worry too much because journalists have no dress sense.
THE HEADTEACHER
Perfect. She’d taken a lot of trouble with her hair, she looks comfortable, the shoes are flat, and the skirt is not provokingly short. I’d give her the job.
THE DESIGNER
She looks very comfortable, which is a plus. I wouldn’t say no, but she would have to wear something smarter for a client meeting.
THE BANKER
She looks very unassertive. I’d worry ере she isn’t projecting herself as a dynamic young executive of the future if she’s dressing in this girlie way.
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Speaking
5. In groups. What clothes do you think are suitable to wear for a job interview as: part-time shop assistant? waiter at a café? secretary?