Vocabulary I
Definition: Low in price, but not bad quality
Example: I am very lucky! This shirt was really ___________!
Inexpensive
To connect something to something else.
Example: I ________ my dog to my hand with a leash (rope for animals).
Link
S + V + O + C (adjective)
Fast fashion makes the production of clothes _____________.
a) quick and cheap
b) slow and expensive
c) factory
What type of fashion has become very popular all over the world?
FAST fashion
Definition: To make something happen, especially something bad.
Example: When people do crimes, it can _______ the population to feel unsafe.
Cause
Poor, but trying to grow (usually about a country).
Example: They don't have a lot of money, but they are still improving and ___________ very quickly.
developing
S + V + O + C (adjective)
I found this movie _________.
a) money
b) theater
c) very interesting
c) very interesting
What type of fashion makes environment-friendly products and pay workers a living wage?
ETHICAL fashion
A building where goods are produced, usually with machines.
Example: I work at the _________ that makes Samsung phones.
Factory
To depend on something or use it as a starting point of something you do.
Example: I will ________ myself on my friend because I trust their answers.
Base
S + V + O + C (adjective)
The butterfly colored its wings __________.
a) pink
b) paint
c) leaf
a) pink
A company in the U.K. reports the low prices of clothes are creating a huge amount of ___________.
Waste
To make someone do something, especially when they do not want to.
Example: I need to ________ my students to do their homework or they will not do it.
Force
Money paid for work that is enough to provide a good standard of living.
Example: I have enough money for everything in my life because I am paid a ____________.
Living wage
S + V (causative verb) + O + C (base verb)
Kai let his sister ________ his book.
a) reading
b) read
c) to read
b) read
How much clothing is burned or sent to landfills every second?
One garbage truck (of clothes).
To say that your are annoyed or not satisfied with something.
Example: I will go __________ to the kitchen because there was a hair in my food.
Complain
Example: That factory does a lot of ___________ of books.
Mass production
S + V (causative verb) + O + C (base verb)
I _________ my friends play baseball with me.
a) make
b) play
c) start
a) make
Where is the environmental activist that complains about the mass production of cotton from?
India
Definition: Inside a period of time
Example: I should be home ________ the next 30 minutes.
Within
In a way that is related to what is right or wrong.
Example: Stealing from my friend was a _________ bad thing to do.
Morally
S + V (causative verb) + O + C (base verb)
Her sensei _________ her ___________ her homework.
a) let her to do her homework
b) read her do her homework
c) made her do her homework
c) Her sensei made her do her homework
What are 2 things that farmers use to produce cotton for fast fashion products?
Chemical fertilizers
Pesticides
S + V (Perceptual verb) + O + C (base verb / present participle)
I smell the candle __________.
a) burning
b) burned
c) to burn
a) burning
What do each of us need to do? (to solve the fast fashion problem)
Cooperate.
S + V (Perceptual verb) + O + C (base verb / present participle)
They __________ the man run home.
a) had
b) saw
c) played
b) saw
What happens if a factory does not accept an order from a company?
The company places the order with a different factory.
S + V (Perceptual verb) + O + C (base verb / present participle)
We ___________ the band _________ their music.
a) We hear the band to play their music.
b) We hear the band playing their music.
c) We go the band playing their music.
What are the TWO most important things to keep in mind when buying clothes?
1. There are always workers behind each product.
AND
2. The product is always linked to the environment.