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1.5. If you see a foreign film, do you prefer when it is dubbed or when it has subtitles? Why? Do know what your friends and family prefer?

to dub: change the original spoken language of a film or TV programme into another language subtitles: the words printed over a film in a foreign language to translate what is being saidbythe actors

1.6. Film adaptations of well known literary works are never as good as the original. Do you as Why?

It is a controversial statement, because it depends on what one likes. It would be morę reasonable i; that a book and a film are never the same as they appeal to different senses.

Books	Films
Readers have to use their imagination and create their own images of people, clothes, sceneiy etc.	Viewers are offered ready-made images created b\ the director/director of photography.
It is sometimes difficult to imagine a place one has never seen.	Thanks to technology anything can be shown, e.g. scenes in science-fiction films.
Books include longish descriptions of places and events.	A lot can be shown in just one shot which is a few seconds long.
It usually takes a Iong time to read a book and it is necessary to stop reading a few times.	Very few films are longer than two hours.
A number of different plots and characters are presented and readers can follow all of them or choose some only.	The director chooses only some plots and characte to be explored to support the main ideas.
Readers usually know precisely what the characters think and why they behave like they do.	Viewers see characters’ behaviour and have to dra^1conclusions about their thoughts.

2. 'My philosophy has always been to help women and men feel comfortable and confident through clothes they wear,' said popular fashion designer Giorgio Armani. To what extent are the clothes we ■, important?

2.1. What would you answer to the following ąuestions?

a.    Do you ever wonder what to wear when you are just about to go to school/go on a trip/go out i: evening/visit friends or family/have friends or family in? Give your reasons.

b.    Do you like to wear any particular kind of clothes? Why?

c.    What brands/makes of clothes are popular with teenagers?

d.    Do you sometimes wear clothes you are not particularly fond of? When? What clothes? Why?

e.    How much can you know about a person from the way they dress?

f.    What is your image of a well-dressed person?

g.    What are current trends in fashions at the moment? Are you in favour of any of them?

h.    What is your opinion about 'fashion victims'₍ i.e. the people who follow fashions slavishly?

i.    Would it be true to say that only women are fashion-conscious?

j.    How important is confidence in one's appearance?