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UNIT 10 CHAPTER 2 From Trash to Fashion

Before You Read A Think about answers to these questions.

Recycled Fashion Show
1 Look at the words below. Which of these things do you own?

backpack bicycle cell phone
keys skirt wallet

2 What do you do when these items are dirty or broken?
3 Look at the title of the passage on the next page. Look at the photo.
What do you think the dress in the photo is made from?

B Discuss your answers with a partner.

Reading Skill A Read the headlines of the passage on the next page. Read the
Reading for Details sentences below. Write a check (.t) next to the sentences you
predict will be true.
When we read for An Unusual City
details, we read slowly.
For example, when D a People in Austin are very friendly and work hard.
we read instructions D b People in Austin like to be strange and interesting.
to understand how
something works, we Remember to Recycle
read carefully so we D a Austin has an art event every year to get people to recycle.
do not miss something D b The people in Austin recycle more than people in any other city in the
important. United States.

Recycling Can Be Creative
D a Wearing second-hand clothes is fun.
D b People can make these kind of clothes themselves.

B Carefully read the passage on the next page. Were your predictions in
correct?

C Read the passage again. Then answer the questions on page 132.

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