2021年6月17日大学英语四一课一练阅读理解5-2

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How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life.1:Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are,and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.(我们办法忽视时尚)

Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should in a certain way or behave in a certain manner.If we do,they tell us,2：we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment.Changing fashion,of course,does not apply just to dress.A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to,and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did.The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.

What causes fashions to change?3:Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion.Take hats for example.In cold climates,early buildings were cold inside,so people wore hats indoors as well as outside.In recent times,the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats:more American men have followed example.(3:A:统一的 D:无发说明的)

There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion.In the 1920s in Europe and in America,short skirts became fashionable.After World War II,they dropped to ankle length.Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion.After a few more years,skirts became longer again.

Today,society is much freer and easier than it used to be.It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else.4:Within reason,you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion.The popularity of jeans and the ’untidy’ look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashions of the top fashion houses.

At the same time,appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully.It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater;and it would be discourteous to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club.However,you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo.Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does either. (5:最后一段主要讲正式场合是需要关注自己的外在形象的)

全文翻译：
在我们十几，二十几岁的时候，我们比生命中其他任何的时候都担心我们的外貌以及在他人心里的形象，很少有人可以满意的接受自己，也很少有人能够勇敢的忽视时尚潮流。
许多时尚杂志还有电视广告劝说我们去以某种方式行事。他们告诉我们，如果我们这么做，我们可以很自信的去认识他人，也可以自信的处理任意一种情况再也不会感到尴尬。当然，时尚的变化并不仅仅适用于服装。今天的理发师不会像过去那样给男孩剪头发，女孩也不会像她们的母亲和祖母那样化妆。广告商向我们展示了最新的时尚风格，我们一直处在追随时尚的压力之下，不想让我们的朋友认为我们古怪或乏味。
是什么导致了时尚发生变化？建立一种时尚有时是因为方便实用，有时仅仅是因为一个有影响力的人的喜好。以帽子为例。在寒冷的气候下，早期的房子内很冷，所以人们在室内和室外都戴帽子。近来，许多美国男人效仿已故的肯尼迪总统不戴帽子的喜好导致了美国帽子行业的萧条。
时尚界也存在一定模式的循环。20世纪20年代，短裙开始在欧洲和美国流行起来。第二次世界大战之后，裙子长到了脚踝。然后它们变得越来越短，直到迷你裙成为时尚。又过了几年，裙子又变长了。
今天，社会比过去更加自由简易。再也没有必要穿得跟别人一样了。在合理范围内，你可以打扮成你喜欢的样子，也可以把头发做成你喜欢的样子，不再需要因为时尚去成为别人眼里的你。牛仔裤还有不整洁形象的流行似乎就是对所谓高端时尚的一种抵抗。
与此同时，在某些情况下外在形象也是很重要的，我们必须细心的挑选衣服。如果你穿着牛仔裤和毛衣去律师事务所面试，那就太愚蠢了。如果你去拜访一位著名的学者，看起来就像去海滩或夜总会一样，那将是不礼貌的。如果你看起来不够时尚，你不必感到沮丧。看看你的周围你会发现其他人也是一样如此。