. LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE WORD(S) YOU HEAR TO COMPLETE...

2. . Listen and fill in the gaps with the word(s) you hear to complete the passage. (1,0pt)Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t been always popular. The story of jeans started (2) ______two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth (20) ______in Genoa was called “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman (21) ______ California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Straus. (22) ______ they was so strong , “ Levi’s pants” became (23) ______ with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years (24) ______, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began wearing jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

II. PHONETICS – GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY