When you are learning co write, you must, at the same time, learn to revise. You must make it a habit to revise the essays you write for practice in this book. Revi-sion is as important a pan of the writing process as the writing itself. | 314 Writing for the TOEFL BT 119 AD Do you agree or disagree with the following statement People behave differently when they wear different clothes. Do you agree that different clothes influence the way people behave Use specific examples to support your answer. People behave differently depending on what they are wearing. The reason is not because they have changed but because peoples reactions to them have changed. Strangers react to your appearance because it is all they know about you. A friend may be influenced by your dress also if it is inappropriate for a situation. In addition appearance is almost always important at work. Strangers can judge you only by the clothes you wear. Once I was wearing an old army coat. I went into a fancy candy shop to buy some chocolates. The woman saw my coat and was very suspicious of me. Because of the womans negative reaction to me I acted more politely than usual. The woman reacted to my clothes and that made me behave differently. With friends clothes are less important because friends know more about you. However friends can also react to you because of your clothes. Imagine you arrive at a friends party. Everyone is wearing formal clothes and you are wearing casual clothes. You might have a good reason for this mistake but your friend will still be disappointed. You will probably feel uncomfortable all evening because you disappointed your friend and because you are dressed differendy from everyone else. Certain clothes are appropriate for certain jobs. For example business clothes are appropriate for some jobs uniforms are appropriate for others. If you are not dressed appropriately for your job clients and coworkers take you less seriously. You might begin to take yourself less seriously also and your work could suffer. On the other hand if you are wearing the right clothes people will have confidence that you are the right person for the job and you will feel this way too. Clothes don t change you into a different .
