hong kong
A Fashion Designer
in Hong Kong
Christina talks about her life and work.
Vocabulary
| moment | live | at the moment |
| fashion | design | clothes |
| collection | pure | nature |
| ecological | fabric | close (2) |
| passion | environment | globalization |
| all | restaurant | facility |
| find | all over | place |
| move | abroad | kind (2) |
| kind of | crave | want |
| also | because | really |
| embrace | culture | sun |
| shine | sunshine | sound |
| it sounds | very | cliche |
| after | rain | non |
| nonstop | trust | trust me |
| worry | about (2) | anything |
| everything | wake up | morning |
| if | right (2) | rights |
| thing (2) | especially | nice |
| herb | use | a lot of |
| lime | flowers | home |
| garden | family | happy |
Transcript
My name is Christina Kountiou. I’m 27 years old, and I live in Hong Kong, at the moment.
What do you do for a living?
I’m a fashion designer. I design clothes. I’m designing collections of pure nature which is for ecological fabricks that is so close to my passion which is working close to the environment.
What does “globalization” mean to you?
Globalization is all the restaurants and facilities you can find all over the place. With moving abroad, you kind of crave what you want from home.
But that is also globalization because you’re not really embracing a new culture.
What makes you happy?
The sunshine. It sounds very cliche to say the sunshine, but after you’ve been living in a place that rains nonstop — trust me, the sunshine.
Whabt worries you?
I worry about anything and everything. I worry about when I wake up in the morning, if I have the right clothes on, if I’ve said the right thing.
What’s your favorite food?
I like Vietnamese food, especially because they have really nice herbs in them and use a lot of lime which makes it like your eating flowers and tea.
What do you expect for your future?
A home and a garden, and I don’t know, a family to be happy I think.
Questions
1. Has Chritina always lived in Hong Kong?
2. What does she do?
3. What is the theme or niche of her products?
4. What does she think about globalization?
5. What makes her happy? Why?
6. She worries about……..
7. What kind of food does she like?
8. What does she look forward to? What does she expect for the future?
A. Are you from Hong Kong? Do you live in Hong Kong? Have you been to Hong Kong?
B. Have you met people from Hong Kong? Who were they? What were they doing?
C. Describe the climate and geography of Hong Kong.
D. Describe the economy of Hong Kong. What does it import and export?
E. What are some of Hong Kong’s problems or challenges?
F. What’s the food and cuisine of Hong Kong like?
G. What are some tourist attractions (cultural, historic, natural)?
H. What comes to mind when you think of Hong Kong? What do you associate with Hong Kong?
A Chef from Hong Kong
Jacky talks about food and travel.
Vocabulary
| dim sum | chef | for me |
| personally | personally | globalization |
| mean (2) | get to know | other |
| culture | especially | concern (2) |
| drink (2) | I’d have to think about it | because |
| at the moment | worry | happy |
| like (2) | everything | make |
| deep | deep fried | much |
| visit | center/central | east/eastern |
| west/western | north/northern | south/southern |
| very | interesting | interested |
| there | North Pole | future |
| hope | become | famous |
| around (2) | world | around the world |
| just | everyone |
Transcript
My name is Jacky Lau. I’m 33 years old, and I live in Hong Kong.
What do you do for a living?
I’m a dim sum chef.
What does “globalization” mean to you?
For me personally, globalization means I can get to know other cultures, especially concerning food and drink.
What worries you?
I’d have to think about it because at the moment i have no worries, I’m very happy.
What’s your favorite food?
I like everything I make, but I don’t like deep fried foods very much.
What countries would you like to visit?
I would like to visit central and eastern Africa. I would also like to go North and South America. I’m very interested in the culture there. And I’d also like to go to the North Pole.
What do you expect for your future?
In the future I hope that dim sum, and not just the ones I make, will become famous around the world.
And I hope that people will learn to make dim sum, and not just Chinese people, but everyone.
Questions
1. Jacky roasts chicken, pork, and beef. True or false?
2. For him personally, globalization means……….
3. Is he worried about anything?
4. What does he like and dislike eating?
5. He would like to visit………..
6. What does he hope for the future?
7. Name ten things and seven activities from the video.
A. Are you from Hong Kong? Do you live in Hong Kong? Have you been to Hong Kong?
B. Have you met people from Hong Kong? Who were they? What were they doing?
C. Describe the climate and geography of Hong Kong.
D. Describe the economy of Hong Kong. What does it import and export?
E. What are some of Hong Kong’s problems or challenges?
F. What’s the food and cuisine of Hong Kong like?
G. What are some tourist attractions (cultural, historic, natural)?
H. What comes to mind when you think of Hong Kong? What do you associate with Hong Kong?
