时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:新视野大学英语:视听说教程 2


英语课

V. Let’s Talk

The Miniskirt

Mary Quant was a famous dress designer in the 1960s. Her main contribution to fashion history was the miniskirt. During the 1960s many young people were starting to think women could do more in life than be wives and mothers. Clothes became a weapon in the battle between generations. Anything different and daring 1 was soon popular. During this period miniskirts attracted the world’s attention. It was teenagers and very young girls who bought short shirts that displayed their legs. Ms. Quant said that at her fashion shop, young women began demanding shorter and shorter skirts. “If I didn’t make them short enough, the girls that had wonderful legs would take scissors and shorten 2 the skirts themselves.” She said. Eventually, Ms. Quant’s skirts, which arrived in the United States in the mid-60’s, were reduced to about five inches. In parts of Europe and North America the miniskirt represented loose morals 3. Members of the older generation believed good girls would never appear in miniskirts. But in Ms. Quant’s opinion, short skirts worn with heavy pantyhose would make the girl look childlike. Lately, feminists 4 have come to see mini as a symbol of women’s liberation 5, as a powerful weapon against the traditional stereotype 6 of the woman simply as wife and mother.

1.D   2.D   3.A   4.C   5.B

 



adj.大胆的,勇敢的,敢作敢为
  • It was a daring attempt but he carried it off.那是个大胆的尝试,而他成功了。
  • Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
vt.弄短,缩小,减少
  • Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
  • My dress is too long I must shorten it.我的连衣裙太长了,我得把它截短些。
n. 道德; 名词moral的复数形式
  • a self-appointed custodian of public morals 自封的公共道德的卫道士
  • We must arm the people against the lowering of our morals. 我们必须武装人们的头脑,以防我们的道德标准降低。
n.男女平等主义者,女权扩张论者( feminist的名词复数 )
  • Only 16 percent of young women in a 1990 survey considered themselves feminists. 在1990年的一项调查中,只有16%的年轻女性认为自己是女权主义者。 来自辞典例句
  • The organization had many enemies, most notably among feminists. 这个组织有许多敌人,特别是在男女平等主义者中。 来自辞典例句
n.解放,解放运动(为获得平等权利和地位的行为)
  • We should help those who are still struggling for liberation.我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。
  • Many people died during famines every year before liberation.解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。
n.固定的形象,陈规,老套,旧框框
  • He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
  • There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。
学英语单词
advisees
after-glow tube
allurements
analytical abilities
anaphylactoid purpura
argilloecia affinis
autoconfigured
auxiliary towing line
brittle stars
busca
camphorates
closed depression
cold plastics
combined vector and raster data structure
compacting by centrifuging
complete spell
constant-speed motor
content-related
converted length of a locomotive
corpus luteum
Crotalaria micans
defining function
degged
drift across
excitatory transmitter
exteroceptive impulses
FOBW
fodio
formosina lucens
freestylers
grade aqueduct
greyish-blacks
griffonnes
hauncing
hortalus
hospital stay
impact sparking
in anticipation of
in the face of something
incutes
instrumental theory of technology
integral outer ring
iohexol
Irosul
issacs
lacklusterness
Larc.
learning experience
LVSV
moving operation
my prayer
Neturei Karta
non-measuring relay
Nærφy
olivospinalis fasciculi
ophthamoscopy
ormiston
Ornithocoris
outslick
oxide-based composite
park-keepers
partial undisturbed response signal
phased-out
PMAS
polyantibiotic
primocryst
product conditions
Ranunculus taisanensis
record cross reference
representative-numbers
rethreaded
salaries and allowances
sand bank(sand bar)
scalpretractor
Seravezza
side-branch
skelly
slotted top screw
solangustine
spectradyne
spider web
sports stadiums
St Helens, Mt.
strongbow
tea kiosk
temporary font
terminal space
text initial cursor position
thalasemia
thymic lymphocyte
transmission-level admittance
ultimate carcinogen
unfavourable trade balance
uniaxial anisotropy constant
unit design
universal joint lubricating nipple
urbicum
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony
vegetation continuum
warrant fund
yard finishing
yinkas