On the Catwalk

1. Listen to the story by Chris Rose. Find the English for:

3. Answer the following questions:

1) Who was Carrie Brown?

2) How did Carrie do at school? Who was her best friend?

3) Where did she meet Max for the first time? What did he look like?

4) How did Carrie’s career begin? When did she become famous?

5) How did Carrie come to meet Helga Olin?

6) What did Carrie feel at catwalk shows?

7) Why do models take drugs?

8) What happened to Helga?

9) Why was Carrie accused of Helga’s death?

10) Who was guilty of Helga Olin’s death?

11) What do you know about the world of fashion? Do you think that modeling is a wonderful job? Why do millions of girls dream of becoming top-models?

4. Some of the statements below are true and some are false. Choose the false statements and tell why they are incorrect.

1. Carrie tells about her nightmare after which she usually wakes up and finds herself at home in her nice white bed.

2. Carrie was not stupid, she just wasn’t interested in any of the subjects, and she didn’t like the teachers.

3. Her school-mates were jealous of her beauty and dress-sense.

4. The only person who helped Carrie was her father.

5. Carrie used to spend summers in Cannes and Nice.

6. Max was thirty years old and had long worked in the fashion industry.

7. He was wearing an open-necked shirt without a tie, and he had a shave.

8. A chain of Italian shops asked Carrie to do a ‘show’ for them.

9. Max suggested finding a good manager for Carry.

10. After Carrie had signed the contract everything went badly for her.

5. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Make up three sentences using the patterns in bold type:

a) They were jealous of me.

b) I used to lie on the beach.

c) I saw him talking to mom; I feel everybody’s eyes looking at me; I hear their voices talking about me.

6. Make up a dialogue between: a) Carrie and her mother; b) Carrie and Max discussing Helga’s death.

7. Reproduce the story in writing.