【正文】 1950s,but then became associated with youth, new ideas,rebellion and Levi Strauss amp。Hemlines have a more peculiar significance during this has often been noted that there is a precise correlation,with only a few exceptions,between the length of women’s skirts and the the stock market rises, so do hemlines, and when it fails,so do why women should want to expose more or less of their legs during periods of economic boom and bust remains a the general trend is the economic outlook is unsettled,both men and women tend to wear more conservative clothes. 裙擺在這一時(shí)期有著特殊的意義。 當(dāng)法國(guó)杰出的時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師庫(kù)雷熱把超短裙變成一件高級(jí)時(shí)裝時(shí)， 超短裙得到了人們更多的尊敬。The mid1980s saw the rise of a number of different dressing was characterized by smart suits and, for the newlyempowered women,shoulder pads and kneelength skirts. Not surprisingly,the economy was unstable,and people took less risks in what they men,the Miami Vice style,named after the television series,made use of smart Tshirts under designer jackets,and designer stubblethree of four days of beard as always,denim remained popular with the particular,heavy metal music fans wore bleached and ripped jeans and denim jackets. 80年代中期興起了幾種風(fēng)格各異的服裝。 勞 倫和布魯克斯兄弟品牌的經(jīng)典服裝，衣領(lǐng)帶紐扣的襯衫、斜紋棉布褲、平 底便鞋，脖子上隨意系著一件毛衣。Then in January 2000 the New York technology stock market usual, so did hemlines,which were described by one mentator as “the prim and proper look is should be below the knee.”But merely one year later,the stock market began to recover,and the micro miniskirt were higher than they had been for many years. 2000年 1月紐約的科技股市崩盤(pán)。緊身牛仔褲在英國(guó)及歐洲大部分 地區(qū)很流行。During the whole period,fashion styles have ranged widely,and have usually been sparked off by a desire to identify people as belonging to a particular the constant factors over this period are denim and hemlines and the greatest influences have been a 19thcentury Californian clothes manufacturer and a young designer in the Swinging London of the 1960s. 在整個(gè)這段時(shí)期內(nèi)，時(shí)裝的風(fēng)格多種多樣，它們的誕生往往起因于人 們希望歸屬于某種亞文化、與之認(rèn)同的愿望。我是通過(guò)按揭貸款買(mǎi)的房子，可那會(huì)兒誰(shuí) 買(mǎi)房不貸款呢？我每個(gè)月底都付清信用卡欠款。When I had recovered from the shock,which took several seconds,I asked why. It appears that because I pay my credit card bill both on time and in full,I’m not the kind of person that they want to have their gold credit target people who are prone to impulsebuying,and potentially bad credit risks,tempted to spend more than they have, and liable to fall behind with they can charge them more interest,and earn more ’s the way they do business. 過(guò)了幾秒鐘，我才從這個(gè)打擊中回過(guò)神來(lái)，我問(wèn)為什么。” “What is it,darling? Tell me everything.”“親愛(ài)的，什么事??？都說(shuō)出來(lái)讓我聽(tīng)聽(tīng)。通過(guò)書(shū)信同 銀行交涉的時(shí)間相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)，未能即時(shí)訪(fǎng)問(wèn)帳戶(hù)資金使得她欠了銀行的債，欠 款額超過(guò)了透支額度（1500英鎊）200多英鎊。 Things then went from bad to few months into her final year,the bank notified her that it was going to reduce her overdraft from $1500 to told her to apply for a student loan to cover the when the loan pany did a credit check,they discovered the card debt.事情越來(lái)越糟。And what happened? She had to drop out of university, 結(jié)果怎樣呢？結(jié)果是：她不得不退學(xué)。所以她不僅 欠銀行手續(xù)費(fèi)，而且還欠信用卡的債務(wù)及利息。我一個(gè)朋友的女兒凱麗在大學(xué)攻讀現(xiàn)代語(yǔ)言， 其中有一年要到國(guó)外交流。她穿的衣 服是從當(dāng)?shù)氐拇壬贫值曩I(mǎi)來(lái)的，平時(shí)很少出門(mén)。 So I applied for the most distinctive,shiny golden card the pany offered.于是，我去信用卡公司申請(qǐng)最特別、最耀眼的金卡。然后就輪到她付款了，整個(gè)交易進(jìn)行得和我的一樣順利， 但我的高興勁兒很快就變成了莫大的羞恥：我的信用卡太寒酸了，是不顯示身份地位的黑藍(lán)色，而她的信用卡則是高級(jí)的金卡。果然，2008年秋 天金融危機(jī)襲擊美歐，波及全球，股指急劇下跌。伯斯士及莫斯奇諾剪裁、銷(xiāo)售。帽衫、 棒球帽及松垮型牛仔褲在街上隨處可見(jiàn)。Gradually hemlines started to rise again ... Until the world stock market crash in 1987,So the late 1980s in the US saw the rise of the more conservative style called Preppy style,with classic clothes by Ralph Lauren and Brooks Brothers for men, buttondown shirts,chinos and loafers,with a sweater tied loosely around the also wore jeans,but either brandnew or clean and smartly pressed not at all what Levi Strauss originally intended. 在 1987年全球股市崩盤(pán)之前，裙擺也開(kāi)始逐漸地上升起來(lái)。As a backlash to the anarchy of punk,the New Romantics was a fashion movement which occurred mainly in British nightclubs. It was glamorous and courageous,and featured lavish frilled shirts. Jeans were definitely not acceptable. 作為對(duì)朋克無(wú)政府主義的一種抗拒，新浪漫派是一個(gè)主要出現(xiàn)在英國(guó) 夜總會(huì)的時(shí)裝潮流?？锾?發(fā)明的超短裙。施特勞斯公司開(kāi)始 向歐亞出口藍(lán)色牛仔褲。這就是讀書(shū)的力量。費(fèi)迪曼發(fā)明了“全壘打書(shū)籍”這個(gè)詞。 合適的書(shū)好像自己就會(huì)在恰當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候找到我們，出現(xiàn)在我 ”們面前，而不是我們?nèi)ふ夷潜緯?shū)。我們不見(jiàn)得總能理解 其中的每一個(gè)字、句，但不管我們是癡迷其中，還是覺(jué)得被排除在外，我 們的情感被調(diào)動(dòng)起來(lái)了。、 歐文的 《第四只手》 亞歷山大通常，我們不知道這些差異的大小， 但一旦發(fā)生了不平常的事情并引起了我們的注意， 這種變化或差異與其說(shuō)是機(jī)會(huì)，毋寧說(shuō)是威脅。Unit 2 Active reading(1)危險(xiǎn)！書(shū)可能會(huì)改變你的人生Like Lewis Carroll’s Alice,who falls into a rabbit hole and discovers a mysterious wonderland, when we pick up a book we are about to enter a new bee observers of life from the point of view of a person older than ourselves, or through the eyes of a child. We may travel around the globe to countries or cultures we would never dream of visiting in real life. We’ll have experiences which are new, sometimes disconcerting, maybe deeply attractive, possibly unpleasant or painful,but never less than liberating from the real world we e from.劉易斯如果干得好，你就會(huì)被人發(fā)現(xiàn)的。林登費(fèi)爾德相信男人比母親和姐妹更容易幫助 他們的兒子、侄子、或朋友的兒子。但很多父母心太軟 了。他可能還得付房租，分擔(dān)家庭開(kāi)支?？涩F(xiàn)在 我卻跟那些沒(méi)上過(guò)大學(xué)的朋友處在同一個(gè)水平線(xiàn)上， 他們整天給客人倒酒， 干無(wú)聊的活。我覺(jué)得自 己不可能那樣，但我顯然就是那樣的。古德溫今年夏天從諾丁漢大學(xué)政治學(xué)系 畢業(yè)，獲得二級(jí)一等榮譽(yù)學(xué)士學(xué)位。As the summer break es to a close and students across the country prepare for the start of a new term,you find that your graduate son is still spending days slumped in front of the television,broken only by texting,Facebook and visits to the former scion of Generation Y has morphed overnight into a member of Generation he ever get a job? 等到暑假快要結(jié)束，全國(guó)各地的學(xué)生正在為新學(xué)期做準(zhǔn)備的時(shí)候，你 發(fā)現(xiàn)大學(xué)畢業(yè)的兒子還歪躺在沙發(fā)上看電視?？偹惆镜筋^了。there was a big lived with five other boys all of whom did the was no pressure to find a job,even though most of the girls he knew had a clearer plan. 來(lái)自米德?tīng)柸怂箍さ慕芸说?面試時(shí)，他們說(shuō)我‘太冷漠’了，談吐‘太像專(zhuān)家治國(guó)國(guó)論者’。到了大學(xué)，我又埋頭苦讀，才得到一個(gè)好學(xué)位?！盇lthough she is taking a soft line with her son at the moment, she is clear that after an uping threeweek trip to South America, his holiday from work will have to end. He may even have to pay rent and contribute to the household bills.雖然現(xiàn)在她對(duì)兒子的態(tài)度還比較溫和，但是她心里很清楚，去南美度