GUCCI Business in Fashion ELEMENTARY 2

P e n g u i n R e a d e r s A n s w e r K e y

Answers to Book activities 4 a-iv, b-v, c-vi, d-i, e-iii, f-ii 5 (Possible answers.) 1–2 Open answers a Giorgio Gucci opens a Gucci store 3 a He would use the same designs for with products for everybody. handbags. b Aldo Gucci is fighting with his son, b They took packages to customers on Paolo. He wants to close Paolo’s their bikes. company. c Because he loved movies and c Aldo Gucci goes to prison for one wanted to be an actor. year. He is eighty-two when he goes d Aldo opened new stores in America – into prison and eighty-three when he in Chicago, San Francisco, and comes out. Beverly Hills – and one in Japan. d Somebody kills Maurizio Gucci 4–6 Open answers outside his office. 7 a Because he had different ideas from e Patrizia Gucci, wife of Maurizio, pays his Uncle Rodolfo in Italy. Then his her husband’s killers. She wants father, Aldo, in America didnít like his more money from him. ideas. So Paolo started his own 6 (Possible answers.) company. a It’s too small and there’s a lot of b Giorgio didn’t want a store for rich noise. people only. So he left and opened a b $10,000,000 store in Rome. Here he sold cheaper c She doesn’t do a job. Gucci products. d A famous actor. c Aldo didn’t pay all his taxes and he e Nobody. went to prison. f They buy Gucci clothes and jewelry. 8 a Tom Ford g He wants one for every day of the b Leather products month. c At fashion shows h All of their new friends. 9–14 Open answers i Open answer. 7 a only travels and works in the United Answers to Factsheet activities States / travels and works around the world Activities before reading the book b chairs and tables / buildings 2 a Yes. Tom Cruise and Bryan Ferry buy c 1990 / 1994 their clothes. d exciting colors / black and brown b handbags and luggage e Washington, D.C. / Rome c No, it isn’t. f down / up g clothes / leather products Pages 1–6 8 Open answers 1 a right – he spoke Italian, English, 9 Open answers French and German Activities after reading the book b wrong, the Savoy Hotel is in London c wrong, the store sold chairs and 1 (Other pairs are possible.) clothes store, tables T-shirt, leather products, Gucci logo, d right movie actor, Fifth Avenue, summer e right dress, money man, fashion show f right 2 a Florence g right b 1921 h wrong, they took packages to c six customers on their bikes d a stirrup 3 b, g, f, c, d, e, a e a horse’s saddle 4 the Gucci logo and the green/red/green f Guccio Gucci stripes g Japan 5 a Grimalda h The river ran into the old town. b the movie business I Paolo c People didn’t want to pay a lot of j Giorgio money for things. Leather was very k Maurizio’s expensive. l Milan d Rodolfo m President e They opened a store in New York. n More than 160. f Italy 3 Open answers 6 Open answers Pages 7–23 1 a-iii, b-vi, c-i, d-v, e-ii, f-iv 2 Open answers 3 a problems b uncle c father d same e logo f son g family