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Millie is reading an English magazine article to find out why many boys and girls dress in different colours. Scan the article to help Millie find the answers.
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Unit 2 Colours
Study skills
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Scanning
Scanning means moving our eyes quickly over the text to look for specific information such as names or numbers. We do not need to read every word. Instead, we look for the key information that will answer our questions. Skimming is often used when we read: • some parts like "What's on TV" in the
Scientists now think this started many years ago. When most men worked in the fields, the weather was very important to them. If the sky was blue, it meant good weather. So when the men thought of
People were also influenced by old stories. The colour blue was once
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believed to have the power to drive evil spirits away, so people dressed baby boys in blue in the hope that boys would be protected. Baby girls were dressed in pink because, according to a European story, girls were born inside pink roses.
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1. What did it mean if the sky was blue? If the sky was blue, it meant good weather. 2. Why did women in the past like pink
and red? They liked pink and red because these were the colours of healthy food, such as strawberries and apples.
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3. What power was blue once believed to have? The colour blue was once believed to have the power to drive evil spirits away.
4. Where did girls come from according to a European story? According to a European story, girls were born inside pink roses.
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Exercises
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Blue for boys and pink for girls
In many places, baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls in pink. Why the difference?
3. Blue helps keep us calm and relaxed because it can make us ._t_h_in_k__o_f_ the blue sky and the sea.
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blue, they were very happy. In the past, women's main job was to look for food for their family. They liked pink and red because these were the colours of healthy food, such as strawberries and apples.
1. What did it mean if the sky was blue? 2. Why did women in the past like pink
and red? 3. What power was blue once believed
to have? 4. Where did girls come from according