Контроль аудіювання "Blue jeans"

Blue  Jeans   

Levi  Strauss, a young immigrant from Germany, arrived in San Francisco in 1850.California was in the middle of the Gold Rush. Thousands of men were coming to California to dig for gold. And Levi Strauss came to sell canvas to these gold miners .Canvas is a heavy fabric. So Levi Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents. 

           One day Strauss heard a miner complain that he couldn’t find clothes strong enough for the work he doing. Strauss got an idea. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it into pants. These pants were what the miners needed. In one day Strauss sold all the pants he had made.         

  Strauss wanted to improve his pants. He wanted to make them even better. He bought a fabric that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was called Serge de Nimes. The miners liked this fabric. They called it “denim” /from de Nimes/ and bought even more pants from Strauss.

           However, denim had no colour. Because of this the denim pants didn’t look very interesting, and they got dirty easily. To solve this problem, Strauss dyed the denim blue.

Strauss continued to improve his jeans. Today the company he started is known around the world. And jeans are considered not just practical but very fashionable as well. 

I.  “True” or “False”:

  1. Levi Strauss, a young immigrant from Great Britain arrived in San Francisco.

  2. Thousands of men were coming to California to fish.

  3. Levi Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents.

  4. Levi Strauss made some canvas into jackets.

  5. In one day Strauss sold all the pants.

  6. Denim had no colour.

  7. They looked very interesting and they didn’t get dirty easily.

  8. To solve this problem Strauss dyed them blue.

  9. Jeans are considered not just practical but very fashionable as well.

     II.   One word in each sentence is not correct. Cross out the word and write the correct one:

  1. Levi Strauss came to Germany in 1850.

  2. There were thousands of men digging for canvas.

  3. Levi Strauss came to buy canvas.

  4. The miners needed clean pants.

  5. Strauss made tents from denim.

  6. Strauss got the denim from Germany.

  7. Strauss dyed the denim red.

  8. Levi’s jeans are known all over the United States.

     III.   Match:

  1. California was in                              a/ improve his pants          

  2. Levi Strauss came to                         b/ didn’t look very interesting

  3. He quickly took some of

      his canvas and                                   c/ sell canvas to the gold miners

  4. Strauss wanted to                              d/ is known around the world

  5. Denim had no colour.

      Because of this the denim

      pants                                                  e/ makes the pants better

  6. Strauss continued to                          f/ made it into pants

  7. Today the company he

      started                                                g/ the middle of the Gold Rush

IV. Answer the questions :

    1. Where did Levi Strauss arrive in San Francisco from?

    2. Why did thousands of men come to California?

    3. What did Levi Strauss do in California?

    4. What did the miners use the canvas for?

    5. Whom did Levi Strauss hear one day?

    6. Did he get an idea? What kind of idea was it?

    7. Did the miners buy the pants from Strauss?

    8. Why didn’t the denim pants look very interesting?

    9. Is his company known around the world?

   10. Do you like to wear jeans? Have you ever had Levi’s jeans?