Alia: I don’t like our new sports kit for our after-school athletics club. It’s too plain. It isn’t colourful enough!
Lara: Really? I like it. It’s comfortable, smart and everyone looks the same. It makes you feel part of the team.
Alia: I don’t want to look the same as everyone! I’d like to wear something more fun, like a spotted T-shirt or striped trousers.
Lara: Haha! Not together, I hope! Listen, our sports kit is cheaper than other sports kits so that everybody can buy the same things. And that’s important.
Alia: I guess so. But the jackets are too baggy, the trousers are too long and the T-shirts aren’t short enough!
Lara: Come on! It isn’t so bad. Hey, why don’t you design a new sports kit and show it to our athletics instructor?
Alia: Yes, I think I will. It will be more interesting than our new one ... and you’ll have to wear it to be part of the team!
1.Listen and read. Do Lara and Alia feel the same about the sports kit? No, they don’t feel the same. Alia doesn’t like it but Lara does.
2 Work in pairs. Read the dialogue again. Say True or False. Then say why.
1 Alia likes the new sports kit.
False. She thinks it’s too plain, and not colourful enough. The jackets are too baggy, the trousers are long and the T-shirts aren’t short enough.
2 Lara thinks it’s good that everyone looks the same.
True. Because it makes them feel part of a team.
3 Alia thinks the new sports kit is too colourful.
False. She thinks it’s not colourful enough.
4 Alia is going to design a sports kit.
True. It will be more interesting than the new one.
