Unit 10
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Recent, current trends; a trendsetter |
U.10.1 pp.102-103 |
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To be concerned about diet and health | |
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To be aware of changes in fashion | |
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A general change in the social behaviour | |
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Trends can take many forms | |
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Certain trends catch on | |
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To find out about trends and buy into them | |
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To keep up with other people | |
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To take over the population (about epidemics) | |
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To slow down gradually or die out suddenly | |
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To be the first to pick up on new trends in fashion | |
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To become a must-have product | |
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The outbreak of a disease | |
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To start in a very small way | |
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To be influenced by, influential | |
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Wide social circles | |
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To introduce people to each other | |
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Mavens collect and gather information and pass on their knowledge to others | |
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Powerful negotiation skills | |
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A thought-provoking read | |
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The origin of trends | |
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Eventually, overall, what is more | |
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To start, to create, to set a fashion trend |
U.10.2 pp.104-105 |
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To comment on smth | |
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To go hand in hand | |
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To create a look which is still considered to be “cool” | |
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To lead to a revived interest in smth | |
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The fashion department of a major upmarket store | |
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To pressurize smb to buy smth, to put too much pressure on a customer |
Tr.2.17 |
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To do the job properly | |
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To be wearing designer labels | |
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No wonder | |
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To serve a difficult customer | |
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To do all business trips on one’s own | |
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To take smb along with you | |
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To give customers enough time to make up their minds | |
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To retire, to increase the retirement age |
U.10.3 pp.106-107 |
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A state pension scheme, to fund state pensions | |
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A sharp rise/dramatic increase in life expectancy | |
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This trend is likely to continue in the future | |
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To estimate the world life expectancy rate | |
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The decline in infant mortality | |
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Improved healthcare and better food production | |
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Medical advances | |
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To develop drugs which will slow down the ageing process | |
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People have become healthier, wealthier and live longer | |
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To enable people to live to an age of 90 | |
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A low birth rate has important consequences for people | |
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To keep on working later in life | |
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Business opportunities for companies in the leisure and entertainment industries | |
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To open up new segments of the market | |
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Anti-ageing drugs start to become widely available | |
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To soar by 500 million, to top out at 11 to 12 billion | |
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A sign of a civilized society | |
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To treat illness, to treat smb well | |
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People who are very overweight |