Moscow removes giant Louis Vuitton suitcase (30th November, 2014)

The Reading / Listening - Level 3

Russia's government will remove a large building in the centre of Moscow. The building looks exactly like a brown Louis Vuitton suitcase. It is nine metres high and 30 metres long and is covered in Louis Vuitton's famous logo. It also has two giant Russian flags running down one side. The luxury goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition of Louis Vuitton luggage. The exhibition was going to open on December the 2nd to mark the 150-year anniversary of the company. A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at the company was disappointed. The company had planning permission to make the building and Moscow building inspectors visited it many times before the builders finished it.

The giant suitcase became very unpopular with ordinary Muscovites. Many people could not understand why the city agreed to build it in Moscow's famous Red Square. A member of Russia's Communist Party said Red Square was "a sacred place for the Russian state". The suitcase was built next to the tomb of Lenin. A Moscow pensioner said: "This is an embarrassment for our country. All we think about is business, business, business." He said it was shocking because most Russians could never afford to buy a Louis Vuitton product. The building may be moved to another part of Moscow. The money collected from the exhibition will go to a Russian children's charity.

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Sources

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/shameful-louis-vuitton-trunk-to-be-removed-from-red-square/490409.html
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131127/185059988/French-Fashion-House-Asked-to-Remove-Giant-Trunk-from-Red-Square.html

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. LOUIS VUITTON: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Louis Vuitton. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

government / suitcase / logo / flags / luxury goods / exhibition / anniversary / planning / unpopular / ordinary / famous / sacred / embarrassment / business / afford / charity

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. LUXURY GOODS: What would you like and why? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change partners often.

	What	Why	How would you feel?
Shoes
Clothes
Food
Jewellery
Electronics
Car

4. LUGGAGE: Students A strongly believe an exhibition of Louis Vuitton luggage would be very interesting; Students B strongly believe it wouldn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. EXHIBITION: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the exhibitions you most want to see at the top. Change partners often.

• Louis Vuitton

• Apple

• Ferrari

• The United Nations

• BBC

• McDonald's

• Mickey Mouse

• Levi's

6. SUITCASE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "suitcase". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The Louis Vuitton building looks like a giant bag.	T / F
b.	The building is nine metres long.	T / F
c.	The building was built for Louis Vuitton's 150th anniversary.	T / F
d.	Louis Vuitton had permission to build the building.	T / F
e.	Most people in Moscow loved the building.	T / F
f.	The building was put next to where a famous Russian man was buried.	T / F
g.	An old Russian man said the building embarrassed Russia.	T / F
h.	The money from the exhibition will go to help homeless people.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	remove	a.	senior citizen
2.	exactly	b.	upset
3.	giant	c.	normal
4.	disappointed	d.	huge
5.	inspectors	e.	take away
6.	ordinary	f.	have the money for
7.	understand	g.	checkers
8.	pensioner	h.	totally
9.	afford	i.	raised
10.	collected	j.	comprehend

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	remove a large building	a.	for our country
2.	It also has two giant Russian flags	b.	visited it many times
3.	mark the 150-year	c.	from the exhibition
4.	The company had planning permission	d.	running down one side
5.	building inspectors	e.	another part of Moscow
6.	Many people could not understand	f.	to make the building
7.	a sacred place	g.	anniversary
8.	This is an embarrassment	h.	in the centre of Moscow
9.	The building may be moved to	i.	why
10.	The money collected	j.	for the Russian state

GAP FILL

Russia's government will remove a large building in the centre of Moscow. The building looks (1) ____________ like a brown Louis Vuitton suitcase. It is nine metres high and 30 metres long and is (2) ____________ in Louis Vuitton's famous logo. It also has two giant Russian flags running down one (3) ____________. The luxury goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition of Louis Vuitton (4) ____________. The exhibition was going to open on December the 2nd to (5) ____________ the 150-year anniversary of the company. A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at the company was (6) ____________. The company had (7) ____________ permission to make the building and Moscow building inspectors (8) ____________ it many times before the builders finished it.

disappointed
luggage
covered
visited
exactly
planning
side
mark

The giant suitcase became very (9) ____________ with ordinary Muscovites. Many people could not understand why the city (10) ____________ to build it in Moscow's famous Red Square. A member of Russia's Communist Party said Red Square was "a sacred (11) ____________ for the Russian state". The suitcase was built next to the (12) ____________ of Lenin. A Moscow pensioner said: "This is an embarrassment for our country. All we think about is business, business, business." He said it was (13) ____________ because most Russians could never (14) ____________ to buy a Louis Vuitton product. The building may be moved to (15) ____________ part of Moscow. The money collected from the exhibition will go to a Russian children's (16) ____________.

tomb
another
agreed
afford
charity
unpopular
shocking
place

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	The building looks ______ brown Louis Vuitton suitcase
	a. exactly like a b. exact like a c. exact see like a d. exacts like a
2)	The luxury goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition of ______
	a. Louis Vuitton baggage b. Louis Vuitton luggage c. Louis Vuitton rug gauge d. Louis Vuitton lug gage
3)	The exhibition was going to open on December the 2nd to mark the ______
	a. 150-year anniversaries b. 150-year an adversary c. 150-year universally d. 150-year anniversary
4)	A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at the company ______
	a. was disappoints b. was disappointed c. was disappointing d. was disappointment
5)	building inspectors visited it many times before the ______
	a. builders finishes it b. builders finished it c. builders finishing it d. builders finish it
6)	The giant suitcase became very unpopular with ______
	a. ordinarily Muscovites b. order many Muscovites c. ordinary Muscovites d. awe dinner we Muscovites
7)	Red Square was a sacred place for ______
	a. the Russian states b. the Russian stately c. the Russian stated d. the Russian state
8)	A Moscow pensioner said: "This is an ______ our country
	a. embarrassments for b. embarrassed meant for c. embarrassment for d. embarrassing for
9)	most Russians could never afford to buy a ______
	a. Louis Vuitton productive b. Louis Vuitton production c. Louis Vuitton product d. Louis Vuitton products
10)	The money collected from the exhibition will go to a Russian ______
	a. children's charitable b. children's charities c. children's charity d. children's chariot

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Russia's government (1) ___________________ large building in the centre of Moscow. The building (2) ___________________ a brown Louis Vuitton suitcase. It is nine metres high and 30 metres long and is covered in Louis Vuitton's famous logo. It also has two giant Russian flags running down one side. The luxury goods (3) ___________________ for a 6-week exhibition of Louis Vuitton luggage. The exhibition (4) ___________________ on December the 2nd (5) ___________________-year anniversary of the company. A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at the company was disappointed. The company had planning permission to make the building and Moscow (6) ___________________ it many times before the builders finished it.

The giant suitcase became very (7) ___________________ Muscovites. Many people could not understand why the city (8) ___________________ in Moscow's famous Red Square. A member of Russia's Communist Party said Red Square was "a (9) ___________________ the Russian state". The suitcase was built next to the tomb of Lenin. A Moscow pensioner said: "This is (10) ___________________ our country. All we think about is business, business, business." He said it was shocking because most Russians could never (11) ___________________ Louis Vuitton product. The building may be moved to another part of Moscow. The money (12) ___________________ exhibition will go to a Russian children's charity.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What does the building look like?
2.	What is the length of the building?
3.	How long was the exhibition going to be?
4.	How did Louis Vuitton workers feel about the situation?
5.	Who visited the building many times?
6.	What did ordinary people from Moscow think of the building?
7.	In which famous place in Moscow was the building built?
8.	How did a Moscow pensioner describe the building?
9.	Where might the building now go?
10.	Who would get money collected from the exhibition?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What does the building look like?	6.	What did ordinary people from Moscow think of the building?
	a) a wallet b) a logo c) a suitcase d) a giant		a) they loved it b) they didn't like it c) they wanted more d) they thought it would help Moscow
2.	What is the length of the building?	7.	In which famous place in Moscow was the building built?
	a) 30 metres b) 9 metres c) very long d) the longest		a) the Pushkin Museum b) the Kremlin c) Gorky Park d) Red Square
3.	How long was the exhibition going to be?	8.	How did a Moscow pensioner describe the building?
	a) 6 days b) 6 weeks c) 6 months d) 6 years		a) as a sacred place b) as an embarrassment c) as a disappointment d) as affordable
4.	How did Louis Vuitton workers feel about the situation?	9.	Where might the building now go?
	a) unpopular b) shocked c) embarrassed d) disappointed		a) Siberia b) another place in Moscow c) Leningrad d) New York
5.	Who visited the building many times?	10.	Who would get money collected from the exhibition?
	a) tourists b) shocked c) embarrassed d) Vladimir Putin		a) a children's charity b) Louis Vuitton shareholders c) Moscow residents d) fashion models

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Louis Vuitton

You think a Louis Vuitton exhibition would be the most interesting. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their exhibitions. Also, tell the others which would be the least interesting of these (and why): a United Nations exhibition, a Mickey Mouse exhibition or a Ferrari exhibition.

Role B – United Nations

You think a United Nations exhibition would be the most interesting. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their exhibitions. Also, tell the others which would be the least interesting of these (and why): a Louis Vuitton exhibition, a Mickey Mouse exhibition or a Ferrari exhibition.

Role C – Mickey Mouse

You think a Mickey Mouse exhibition would be the most interesting. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their exhibitions. Also, tell the others which would be the least interesting of these (and why): a United Nations exhibition, a Louis Vuitton exhibition or a Ferrari exhibition.

Role D – Ferrari

You think a Ferrari exhibition would be the most interesting. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their exhibitions. Also, tell the others which would be the least interesting of these (and why): a United Nations exhibition, a Mickey Mouse exhibition or a Louis Vuitton exhibition.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'suit' and 'case'.

suit

case

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

centre
covered
side
open
everyone
times

ordinary
famous
state
think
afford
money

LOUIS VUITTON SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about Louis Vuitton in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

LOUIS VUITTON DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the company 'Louis Vuitton'?
c)	Would you like to have some Louis Vuitton products?
d)	What do you think of an exhibition hall that looks like a giant suitcase?
e)	Is Moscow right to remove the building?
f)	Would you like to see a Louis Vuitton exhibition?
g)	Why are Louis Vuitton products so popular?
h)	What do you know about Louis Vuitton?
i)	Why do you think Louis Vuitton built the building in Moscow?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Why do you think the building was unpopular with people from Moscow?
c)	Was it wrong of Louis Vuitton to put the building in Red Square?
d)	Was the building more for publicity than for an exhibition?
e)	Why would the building be an embarrassment for Moscow?
f)	Is it wrong to always think about "business, business, business"?
g)	Is the world becoming overtaken by brands?
h)	Should the exhibition go ahead if money goes to a children's charity?
i)	What questions would you like to ask the boss of Louis Vuitton?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

Russia's government will remove a large building in the (1) ____ of Moscow. The building looks exactly like a brown Louis Vuitton suitcase. It is nine metres high and 30 metres long and is (2) ____ in Louis Vuitton's famous logo. It also has two giant Russian flags (3) ____ down one side. The luxury goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition (4) ____ Louis Vuitton luggage. The exhibition was going to open on December the 2nd to (5) ____ the 150-year anniversary of the company. A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at the company was disappointed. The company had (6) ____ permission to make the building and Moscow building inspectors visited it many times before the builders finished it.

The giant suitcase became very unpopular with ordinary Muscovites. Many people could not understand why the city (7) ____ to build it in Moscow's famous Red Square. A member of Russia's Communist Party said Red Square was "a (8) ____ place for the Russian state". The suitcase was built next to the (9) ____ of Lenin. A Moscow pensioner said: "This is an embarrassment for our country. All we think about is business, business, business." He said it was (10) ____ because most Russians could never (11) ____ to buy a Louis Vuitton product. The building may be moved to another part of Moscow. The money (12) ____ from the exhibition will go to a Russian children's charity.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	centred	(b)	central	(c)	centrality	(d)	centre
2.	(a)	cover	(b)	covering	(c)	covers	(d)	covered
3.	(a)	jogging	(b)	running	(c)	pacing	(d)	dashing
4.	(a)	at	(b)	from	(c)	of	(d)	as
5.	(a)	blemish	(b)	grade	(c)	mark	(d)	symbol
6.	(a)	planning	(b)	fashion	(c)	suitcase	(d)	permit
7.	(a)	believed	(b)	agreed	(c)	ordered	(d)	constructed
8.	(a)	sacred	(b)	scared	(c)	scarred	(d)	scored
9.	(a)	comb	(b)	tomb	(c)	bomb	(d)	womb
10.	(a)	shocked	(b)	shocks	(c)	shocking	(d)	shocker
11.	(a)	affront	(b)	affect	(c)	afford	(d)	affluent
12.	(a)	counted	(b)	deposited	(c)	printed	(d)	collected

SPELLING

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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	why the city agreed to build it in Moscow's famous Red Square. A member of Russia's Communist Party said Red Square
( )	pensioner said: "This is an embarrassment for our country. All we think about is business, business,
( )	part of Moscow. The money collected from the exhibition will go to a Russian children's charity.
( )	The giant suitcase became very unpopular with ordinary Muscovites. Many people could not understand
( )	afford to buy a Louis Vuitton product. The building may be moved to another
( )	permission to make the building and Moscow building inspectors visited it many times before the builders finished it.
( )	company. A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at the company was disappointed. The company had planning
( )	luggage. The exhibition was going to open on December the 2nd to mark the 150-year anniversary of the
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( )	business." He said it was shocking because most Russians could never
( )	in Louis Vuitton's famous logo. It also has two giant Russian flags running
( )	exactly like a brown Louis Vuitton suitcase. It is nine metres high and 30 metres long and is covered
( )	down one side. The luxury goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition of Louis Vuitton

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

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2.	down giant one Russian side flags running Two.
3.	150 anniversary company the year the Mark - of.
4.	at company disappointed Everyone the was.
5.	building Moscow times many it visited inspectors.
6.	suitcase very giant became unpopular The.
7.	could understand people not why Many.
8.	to the tomb of Lenin The suitcase was built next.
9.	part of Moscow The building may be moved to another.
10.	exhibition The collected the money from.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Russia's government will remove / removal a large building in the central / centre of Moscow. The building looks exactly / exact like a brown Louis Vuitton suitcase. It is nine metres high and 30 metres long and is covering / covered in Louis Vuitton's famous logo. It also has two giant Russian flags running down one / two side. The luxury goodness / goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition / exhibits of Louis Vuitton luggage. The exhibition was going to open on December the 2nd to grade / mark the 150-year anniversary of the company. A spokesperson from Louis Vuitton said everyone at / to the company was disappointed. The company had planning permission to make the building and Moscow building inspections / inspectors visited it many times before the builders finished it.

The giant suitcase became very unpopularity / unpopular with ordinary Muscovites. Many people could not understand why the city agreement / agreed to build it in Moscow's famous Red Square. A member of Russia's Communist Party said Red Square was "a scared / sacred place for the Russian state". The suitcase was built next to the comb / tomb of Lenin. A Moscow pension / pensioner said: "This is an embarrassment for our country. All we think about is / are business, business, business." He said it was shocking / shocked because most Russians could never afford to buy a Louis Vuitton produce / product. The building may be moved to another parts / part of Moscow. The money collected from / of the exhibition will go to a Russian children's charity.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

russia's government will remove a large building in the centre of moscow the building looks exactly like a brown louis vuitton suitcase it is nine metres high and 30 metres long and is covered in louis vuitton's famous logo it also has two giant russian flags running down one side the luxury goods maker built it for a 6-week exhibition of louis vuitton luggage the exhibition was going to open on december the 2nd to mark the 150-year anniversary of the company a spokesperson from louis vuitton said everyone at the company was disappointed the company had planning permission to make the building and moscow building inspectors visited it many times before the builders finished it

the giant suitcase became very unpopular with ordinary muscovites many people could not understand why the city agreed to build it in moscow's famous red square a member of russia's communist party said red square was "a sacred place for the russian state" the suitcase was built next to the tomb of lenin a moscow pensioner said "this is an embarrassment for our country all we think about is business business business" he said it was shocking because most russians could never afford to buy a louis vuitton product the building may be moved to another part of moscow the money collected from the exhibition will go to a russian children's charity

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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e150-yearanniversaryofthecompany.AspokespersonfromLouisV
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sRedSquare.AmemberofRussia'sCommunistPartysaidRedSquare
was"asacredplacefortheRussianstate".Thesuitcasewasbuiltnextto
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tforourcountry.Allwethinkaboutisbusiness,business,business."He
saiditwasshockingbecausemostRussianscouldneveraffordtobuya
LouisVuittonproduct.ThebuildingmaybemovedtoanotherpartofMo
scow.ThemoneycollectedfromtheexhibitionwillgotoaRussianchild
ren'scharity.

FREE WRITING

Write about Louis Vuitton for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

Compare and contrast a $2,000 Louis Vuitton bag and an ordinary $20 bag.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the Louis Vuitton exhibition in Moscow. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. LOUIS VUITTON: Make a poster about Louis Vuitton. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. EXHIBITION: Write a magazine article about the Louis Vuitton exhibition in Moscow. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to Louis Vuitton's boss. Ask him/her three questions about Louis Vuitton. Give him/her three of your opinions on the company. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

F

c

T

d

T

e

F

f

T

g

T

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	remove	a.	take away
2.	exactly	b.	totally
3.	giant	c.	huge
4.	disappointed	d.	upset
5.	inspectors	e.	checkers
6.	ordinary	f.	normal
7.	understand	g.	comprehend
8.	pensioner	h.	senior citizen
9.	afford	i.	have the money for
10.	collected	j.	raised

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	A brown Louis Vuitton suitcase
2.	30 metres
3.	6 weeks
4.	Disappointed
5.	Building inspectors
6.	It was unpopular with them
7.	Moscow
8.	He said it was an embarrassment
9.	Another part of Moscow
10.	A children's charity

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

c

2.

a

3.

b

4.

d

5.

c

6.

b

7.

d

8.

b

9.

b

10.

a

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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