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[English]

Where are the belts for this jacket?

Why is no one ready?

Here. It's a tough call. They're so different.

[Miranda] Mm...

[sniggers]

Something funny?

Oh... no, no, n-nothing's you know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me.

You know, I'm still learning about this stuff and, uh...

'This... stuff'?

Oh. Okay. I see.

You think this has nothing to do with you.

You... go to your closet and you select, I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance

... because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back.

But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue,

it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean.

And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns.

And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent... wasn't it? Who showed cerulean military jackets?

I think we need a jacket here.

Mm.

And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers.

And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores

... and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin.

However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs

... and it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry,

... when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room

... from a pile of stuff.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
belts /belts/ A2	noun - strips of leather or other material used to hold up trousers or secure something
ready /ˈredi/ A2	adjective - prepared for something
different /ˈdɪfrənt/ A2	adjective - not the same
funny /ˈfʌni/ A2	adjective - causing laughter or amusement
learning /ˈlɜːrnɪŋ/ A2	verb - gaining knowledge or skill
select /sɪˈlekt/ B1	verb - to carefully choose something
seriously /ˈsɪəriəsli/ B1	adverb - in a thoughtful or sincere way
turquoise /ˈtɜːrkwaɪz/ B2	adjective - a greenish-blue color
lapis /ˈlæpɪs/ C1	noun - a deep blue metamorphic rock
cerulean /səˈruːliən/ C1	adjective - deep sky blue in color
collection /kəˈlekʃən/ B1	noun - a group of things gathered together
designers /dɪˈzaɪnərz/ B1	noun - people who design things
filtered /ˈfɪltərd/ B2	verb - passed through a filter
stores /stɔːrz/ A2	noun - shops
tragic /ˈtrædʒɪk/ B2	adjective - causing sadness or distress
represents /ˌreprɪˈzentz/ B1	verb - to stand for or symbolize
comical /ˈkɒmɪkəl/ B2	adjective - amusing; humorous
exempts /ɪɡˈzempts/ C1	verb - to free from an obligation or liability

Key Grammar Structures

• Where are the belts for this jacket?

  ➔ Present Simple Interrogative

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense in an interrogative form with 'are' as the auxiliary verb to ask about the location of the belts.

• You... go to your closet and you select, I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater...

  ➔ Present Simple with Ellipsis

  ➔ The sentence uses ellipsis ('I don't know') to omit unnecessary words, maintaining the flow of the present simple tense.

• However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs...

  ➔ Conjunctive Adverb

  ➔ The word 'However' is used as a conjunctive adverb to contrast the previous statement with the current one.

• And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores...

  ➔ Past Simple with Hesitation Marker

  ➔ The phrase uses 'uh' as a hesitation marker in the past simple tense to indicate a pause or uncertainty in speech.

• when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room...

  ➔ Past Passive Voice

  ➔ The sentence uses the past passive voice ('was selected') to emphasize that the action was done by someone else.