Read and listen. Urban tribes - Oxford University Press

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Urban tribes

When we can identify a group of people with the same attitudes and behaviour, we call that group a subculture or `tribe'. They usually have their own tastes in music, hairstyles, body decoration and clothes.

What kind of things do people have done in order to identify themselves as part of a `tribe'? Urban Gear magazine went to a typical British town to find out. Our guide was 18-year-old Susie Gatrell.

At the market

Here there are stalls that sell clothes, second-hand CDs, jewellery, badges and stuff. There's usually a gang of emos down here, and one or two goths from a local band. Goths generally have big jewellery ? a lot of rings and chains.

Black's the thing for everybody here though ? they've all had their hair dyed black. The girls have got black lipstick, nail varnish and eyeliner. Some guys wear the eyeliner too. I don't like the music they're into, but they've given themselves an identity and I think that's cool.

At the shopping centre

I like hanging out here because nearly everyone I know comes here on a Saturday. There's always someone I can talk to. I recognise some of the people from my area.

English plus Intermediate ? Unit 6 pp.50?51

? Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE

They haven't had their hair dyed or anything like that. The guys generally wear sports clothes ? tracksuit bottoms, trainers, hoodies and baseball caps. The girls like those big earrings and leggings. It's almost like a uniform.

At the skateboard park

Skaters tend to hang out with each other, and there's quite a big skating scene in my town. Some skaters here used to have dreadlocks and cute goatee beards, but you don't see that much now.

My brother's into hip hop, which I hate, and designer shoes and skateboards. He doesn't go anywhere without his skateboard. He's got five of them, and he gets special designs painted on them too ? he's spent a fortune on them!

At the gig

When there's a heavy metal gig on, this is the place where you'll see people wearing dark hoodies with band names on. A lot of them have had piercings done, or tattoos. Some of the guys get their heads shaved. They look scary, but nobody causes trouble. They're just into the music, and some of them like to mosh and crowd surf at the gigs. I've heard it gets pretty mad in here sometimes!

English plus Intermediate ? Unit 6 pp.50?51

? Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE

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