SKIRTS OUT,JEANS IN
THE HISTORY 五百年前,哥伦布发现了新大陆.标志着欧洲文化登陆美洲,哥伦布当时用的帆,是一种坚韧、实用的粗糙布料做成。这种布料原产于法国一个小镇 NIMES,因此以法文取名 "Serge De Nimes",而后被简称为 DENIM。(也就是单宁布) 另一个关于牛仔裤起源的故事,发生于意大利北部港口 Genoa。当地水手喜欢穿著一种用当地出产的粗糙而结实的布料做成的工作裤子,名为 "Jean"。名称由来是因当时的外来商旅叫港口工作的水手为 "Genoese" 之故。 而三百六十年后,一位犹太裔商把一种质料粗糙的帆布引入美国,因而缔造了牛仔裤历史性的的一页,同时亦建立了一个牛仔文化的神话王国,此人名叫 Levi Strauss.
Reading the text We found four questions: First: How are girls changing their traditional image? Second: Why are girls changing their traditional image? Third: As a boy, what do you think of this? Support or against? Fourth: Does the writer support the school fashion trend or not ? (find the answers in the text)
Words & expressions Conclude vt.(正式)结束; 圆满解决, 使...完毕断定, 得出结论订立, 达成(协议)(经讨论后)决定 conclude a speech 结束演说 We conclude that...我们断定... Scrutinize vt. vi.细察, 详审 The jeweler scrutinized the diamond for flaws. 宝石商人仔细察看钻石有无瑕庇 Security n.平安; 安全(感)确信; 安心保护, 防御; 防御物; 保护物(against; from)治安防卫(措施); [常Security ]治安防卫当局【律】保证; 抵押担保品, 保证人[常用复]证券, 债券疏忽; 过度自信 live in peace and security过着平静安稳的生活 Embarrass vt.使窘迫, 使困惑, 使为难使负债, 使财政困难使(问题)复杂化妨碍, 阻碍 be [feel] embarrassed局促不安
Satisfy one’s curiosity:满足某人的好奇心 Tend to:倾向,趋向 Abide by:遵守