4. Listen to someone explain the origin of bowler hats in Bolivia and answer the questions. 1. Where did the first bowler hats come from? 2. Who took them to Bolivia and why? 3. What problem did they have? 4. What did they decide to do? 5. What story did they tell? 6. What happened?

The first bowler hats came from England (Europe).

British railway workers took them to Bolivia because they needed hats for their work.

The problem was that the hats were too small and did not fit the workers.

They decided to sell the hats to local people, especially Bolivian women.

They told the women that the hats were fashionable European hats and that wearing them could bring good luck (in some versions, they said they could help women have children).

The women liked the hats, started wearing them, and the bowler hat became a traditional part of Bolivian women’s clothing.