1. Blue Jeans

2. Levi Strauss came to America from Germany. In 1850 he arrived in San Francisco. It is a large city in the United States of America. It is situated in California. There were many people in California in those days because they wanted to find gold and become rich.

3. They worked a lot looking for gold and spent much time in the water of the river. They needed strong trousers. That time was called “gold fever”.

4. Fill in the gaps with letters. • Am – r – ca • G – rm –ny • S – nFran – isc – • M – n – y • P –opl – • F – nd • W –t - r

5. The USA Germany The UK France Ukraine London Washington, D.C. Paris Kyiv Berlin Match the countries with the capitals.

6. Match two forms of the verbs (Present and Past) spent were find come are came found spend

7. Levi Strauss had a lot of strong materials. He hoped people could build tents with it. So he decided to make special trousers of this material. They were strong and people like them. In one day, Strauss sold all the trousers he had.

8. But they had no colour and became dirty very easily. So, Strauss decided to colour them blue. Now people all over the world wear blue jeans. They think they are good for work and travel, they are practical. Now California has the largest population in the USA.

9. About 20 millions people live there. It is because of that “gold fever” of the 1850s. Those people, who didn’t find gold, stayed in California as well and became farmers.

10. Match the opposites. dirty like strong weak hard good easy dislike clean bad

11. Answer about yourself. • Do you like wearing jeans? • Have you got a jeans jacket? • What is your favourite colour of jeans clothes? • Do you wear jeans when you are at school? • Are jeans popular in your family? • When do you usually wear jeans? • Do you find wearing jeans clothes practical or not?