Unit 4 Task 4

A. Breadwinner – A person who earns money in the family.

B. Broke – To lose wealth, to become impoverished.
C. A rainy day – Saving money for the time will come when the worst of times.
D. Blown it – Spending money is reckless.
E. Splashed out – Spend a good amount of money on something.
F. A fortune – A very large amount of money.

Write about:

A. I would love to blow this money on a weekend in Almaty.

B. I would have splash out on a good Swiss wristwatch.
C. I don’t have a thing that wotth a fortune yet, but I’m sure it will appear in the future.
D. This happens almost always, because I don't work.
E. The main breadwinner in my family is my grandmother.
F. My close friend always saving his money for a rainy day.
Reading
Read about some famous ‘designer brand’ companies, and match each sentence to a
company A–H.
A Gucci
Guccio Gucci founded the House of Gucci in 1921. He started out selling leather bags and other
items to wealthy horse riders and moved on to luxury luggage as his customers graduated from
horses to cars. Today, Gucci handbags are among the company's biggest money makers.
B Chanel
Chanel is one of today's best-known fashion brands, and has been since Coco (Gabrielle) Chanel
opened a hat shop in 1910. Coco Chanel set herself up as a fashion designer offering women
elegant, relaxed and functional clothes. The Chanel suit is still one of the world’s most popular
fashion items.
C Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein started producing coats for men and women in 1968. In the mid 1970s he created a
new fashion by putting his name on the back pocket of jeans. An inexpensive and unfashionable
item of clothing suddenly became an expensive designer item. Today the CK brand ranges from
high-end pieces to moderately priced casual clothes.
D Louis Vuitton
This French company producing luxury fashion and leather goods started life in 1854 as a
luggage shop. It is now part of the group LVMH. The company is famous for its leather
handbags and designer Marc Jacobs is its creative director. It is currently working with a series
of artists to create limited-edition handbags.
E Christian Dior
This fashion-house became famous after the Second World War for the ‘New Look,’ a fitted
jacket and full skirt. There had been a limited supply of material to make clothes during the war,
so Dior's excessive use of material was seen as a shocking new direction. John Galliano has been
the chief designer of Dior since 1996.
F Versace
Founded in Milan in 1978 by Gianni Versace, this Italian company was well known for its
extravagant designs. Since Versace’s death in 1997, the company has been run by his sister
Donatella and brother Santo, and is still completely owned by the Versace family.
G Giorgio Armani
This fashion and luxury goods group, run by founder Giorgio Armani, sells everything from
clothing to make-up and perfume and beautiful items for the home – all under seven different
brand names, but it is still best known for its menswear.
H Prada
The granddaughter of founder Mario Prada inherited his leather goods company in 1978.
Miuccia grew the Milan-based business into a haute-couture company, but it was her signature
Prada black nylon handbag that turned the company into a billion-dollar business.
Example:
Which company is part of another business organisation? D
Which company:
1 remains a family-owned business? F
2 became extremely rich and successful because of just one product? H
3 changed the products it made to reflect a change in the way people travelled? A
4 surprised people a lot with a famous outfit? E
5 turned something that was usually quite cheap into a luxury item? C

Listening
Listen to extracts from a talk about English expressions that use the word money. Match
the expressions a–f to each description.
a Money doesn’t grow on trees.
b He / she has money to burn.
c Put your money where your mouth is.
d Money talks.
e Money is the root of all evil.
f A fool and his money are soon parted.

Example:
Description 1 b
6 Description 2 C
7 Description 3 E
8 Description 4 D
9 Description 5 A
10 Description 6 F