Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 15 - Now trending for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

Answer

The man has short hair at the side, long on top with a flick, tattoos and a long beard (all very popular trends among young men in 2015).

Trends may begin because:

  • a celebrity wears a certain style
  • a film or TV show popularises something
  • something trends on Twitter or another social network
  • a major sporting occasion such as the World Cup starts trends
  • sometimes they start as a joke or a serious world event may affect how people feel about life and the world and cause a trend.

Explanations for the rise, peak and fall are provided in the text.