Intro
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When it’s cold in the winter, scarves can do a great job of keeping you warm. The wind might be blowing and the snow might be falling, but a scarf made of a warm material can keep you nice and toasty.
Scarves aren’t just for warmth, though. Some people find them very fashionable. They wear scarves in bright colors or edgy patterns, or they wear them to match their outfits. Other people like to knit scarves themselves and give them to friends as gifts. Find out whether Sara and Lily like scarves in this fashion English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Lily: Sara, I got the best scarf the other day.
Sara: Tell me about it.
Lily: It’s nice and warm. It’s made out of wool. It basically is like an entire alpaca around your neck. It’s awesome.
Sara: Is it itchy?
Lily: A little bit, but the warmth quotient far exceeds the itchy part of it.
Sara: That sounds really nice. I really like wearing scarves, especially in the winter, but it’s sort of weird, scarves are so fashionable right now. Sometimes I feel like I must seem like I’m just trying to follow some fashion trend, even if I’m just wearing it to be warm, do you know what I mean?
Lily: Yeah. Well, I think you can distinguish, because trendy scarves tend to be sheer, they’re kind of thin, they’re not necessarily warm, they’re just for effect. Like layering things.
Sara: Right, right. And I guess if you see someone wearing a scarf inside, and it’s not cold, you know they’re just wearing it for fashion.
Lily: Or they just have a really cold neck.
Sara: That’s possible too. Are you a knitter? Have you ever knit a scarf?
Lily: I wish I could. I tried to crochet once, and, you know, I made a potholder.
Sara: Not really big enough, I guess, for a scarf.
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Discussion
Lily tells Sara about a new scarf that she recently got. Lily likes the scarf because it’s very warm, and it’s not too itchy.
Sara thinks that scarf sounds nice, and she likes wearing scarves, too. But she’s afraid that someone might think she’s just wearing a scarf to be trendy. Lily thinks that scarves for fashion and scarves for warmth have some important differences, so hopefully no one will mistake one for the other.
And, of course, there’s nothing like a scarf you knit yourself. Lily crocheted once, which is kind of like knitting, but what she made wasn’t very big.
Do you like wearing scarves? Are scarves fashionable where you live? Have you ever knit a scarf, or worn a scarf that someone knit for you?
Scarf photo provided by Naturally Knotty.
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