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Reading                 A  Choose the correct answers.
          Comprehension               1  Which of the following does NOT describe Austin, Texas?
          Check Your Understanding       a  strange    b  different   c  boring

                                      2  Why is Austin called America's greenest city?
                                         a  T h e city has many trees and flowers.
                                         b  People there care about the environment.
                                         c  Cafes in Austin must recycle their trash.
                                      3  What is the purpose of the fashion show?
                                         a  to raise money for a recycling center
                                         b  to get people interested in recycling
                                         c  to get people to come to the art museum
                                      4  Why is T i na Sparkles mentioned in the passage?
                                         a  She invented the idea of recycled fashion.
                                         b  She has a fashion blog about recycled fashion.
                                         c  She wrote about about how to make recycled fashion.

                                   B  Discuss these questions with a partner.

                                      1  What is something that you recycled recently?
                                      2  Besides recycling, can you come up with other ways to be eco-friendly?
          Critical Thinking        C  1  Do you like the idea of using recycled things for fashion?

                                      2  What things do you own that you could recycle into fashion?



          Vocabulary               A  Read the sentences below. Check (ti) true (T) or false (F). If the statement
          Comprehension               is false, change it to make it true. The words in blue are from the
          Words in Context            passage.
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                                   /                                                            T      F  '
                                    1   If you recycle something, then it becomes something new.

                                    2  A designer is a person who flies an airplane.
                                    3   To look after something is to take care of it.
                                    4  You can use a calendar to remind yourself about important
                                       meetings.
                                    5  A house made out of grass will be very strong.
                                    6  When you admit to doing something, you say you did it.
                                    7   To come up with an idea means to think of something new.
                                    8   If your friends are weird, they do very normal things in their
                                       free time.
                                   '-.




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