Download this free B2–C1 English worksheet PDF for adult learners and English teachers. This lesson is based on the controversy around a Louis Vuitton Paris Fashion Week show that used an artificial waterfall during a severe June heatwave.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world topic about luxury fashion, climate awareness, public space, heatwaves, branding and social responsibility. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, advanced conversation practice and homework before a discussion lesson.
The article explains that Louis Vuitton set up an eight-metre artificial waterfall beside a sand-covered runway for Pharrell Williams’ spring-summer menswear show. The event took place during one of Paris’s most severe June heatwaves, with temperatures rising above 40°C.
This worksheet encourages learners to discuss how luxury brands communicate during climate pressure. Students consider why the show came under fire, whether the event gave off the wrong message, and how fashion houses should weigh up image, profit, public space and responsibility.
The article also explores the details behind the criticism. Students read that LVMH said the waterfall used city water in a closed-loop system, the sand would be reused and the underfunded institution could make use of the income. The lesson asks whether these details are enough to soften criticism, and what a genuinely climate-aware fashion week should look like.
The PDF includes a B2–C1 reading article, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners discuss luxury spectacle, brand image, inequality, public trust, public institutions, heatwaves and responsible creativity.
Level: B2–C1
Date: 28 June 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, fashion, heatwaves, public space, responsibility and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B2–C1 reading text about Paris Fashion Week’s waterfall controversy
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with useful expressions
- Synonym Match vocabulary practice
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful phrases such as set up, took place, came under fire, pointed out, give off, make use of, fit in with, weigh up, keep cool and draw attention to. It also practises vocabulary such as luxury, artificial, severe, residents, exclusive, criticism, controversy, responsibility, striking and inequality.
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