英語(yǔ)四級(jí)讀美文【3】

1、Unit3SocialPerspective社會(huì)視角社會(huì)視角Text1WomenFashionIfwomenaremercilesslyexploitedyearafteryear，theyhaveonlythemselvestoblame.Becausetheytrembleatthethoughtofbeingseeninpublicinclothesthatareoutoffashiontheyarealwaystakenadva

2、ntageofbythedesignersthebigstes.Clotheswhichhavebeenwnonlyafewtimeshavetobeputasidebecauseofthechangeoffashion.Whenyoucometothinkofitonlyawomaniscapableofstinginfrontofawardrobe(衣柜)packedfullofclothesannouncingsadlythats

3、hehasnothingtowear.Changingfashionsarenothingmethantheintentionalcreationofwaste.Manywomenspendvastsumsofmoneyeachyeartoreplaceclothesthathavehardlybeenwn.Womenwhocannotaffdtothrowawayclothinginthiswaywastehoursoftheirti

4、mealteringthedressestheyhave.Skirtsarelengthenedshtened；necklinesareloweredraisedsoon.Noonecanclaimthatthefashionindustrycontributesanythingreallyimptanttosociety.Fashiondesignersarerarelyconcernedwithvitalthingslikewarm

5、th，comftdurability.Theyareonlyinterestedinoutwardappearancetheytakeadvantageofthefactthatwomenwillputupwithanyamountofdiscomftaslongastheylookright.Therecanhardlybeamanwhohasn’tatsometimeinhislifesmiledatthesightofawoman

6、shakinginathindressonawinterday，delicatelypickingherwaythroughdeepsnowinhighheeledshoes.Whencomparingmenwomeninthematteroffashiontheconclusionstobedrawnareobvious.Dotheconstantlychangingfashionsofwomen’sclothesonewonders

7、reflectbasicqualitiesofinconstancyinstabilityMenaretooclevertoletthemselvesbecheatedbyfashiondesigners.DotheirunchangingstylesofdressreflectbasicqualitiesofstabilityreliabilityThatisfyoutodecide.[A]altering[B]fashion[C]t

8、remble[D]constantly[E]contributes[F]durability[G]delicately[H]appearance[I]intentional[J]lengthened[K]mercilessly[L]reliability女人與時(shí)尚如果女人年復(fù)一年被無(wú)情地利用，她們也只能埋怨她們自己。因?yàn)樗齻円幌氲皆诠矆?chǎng)合被看見穿著過(guò)時(shí)的衣服就會(huì)不寒而栗，所以她們就總是被設(shè)計(jì)師和大商場(chǎng)利用。因?yàn)闀r(shí)尚的改變，僅穿過(guò)幾次的

9、衣服不得不被擱置在一邊。當(dāng)你考慮這個(gè)問題的時(shí)候，不要忘了只有女人才會(huì)站在裝滿衣服的衣柜前傷心地宣布自己沒有什么可穿的。時(shí)尚的改變僅僅是浪費(fèi)的蓄意產(chǎn)物。許多女人每年花費(fèi)很多錢去替換那些一點(diǎn)也不舊的衣服。那些負(fù)擔(dān)不起像這樣扔掉衣服的婦女將大量的時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在去改變她們現(xiàn)有的衣服上。比如裙子被改長(zhǎng)或改短，領(lǐng)口被改低或者改高等等。沒有人能夠聲稱時(shí)尚工業(yè)為社會(huì)做了什么真正重要的貢獻(xiàn)。時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)者很少關(guān)心像保暖、舒適和耐穿等重要的事情。他們只對(duì)外表感興趣

10、并且利用了這樣一個(gè)事實(shí)，即只要看起來(lái)好看，女人能夠忍受任何的不適。幾乎所有的男人在他的一生中都有過(guò)這樣的時(shí)候，在冬季的某一天，他笑看著一個(gè)女人穿著單薄的衣服在發(fā)抖，或者是穿著高跟鞋在厚厚的雪地里優(yōu)雅而小心翼翼地行走。當(dāng)在時(shí)尚問題上比較男人和女人時(shí)，得出的結(jié)論是顯而易見的。你可能想知道，女人時(shí)裝式樣經(jīng)常改變是否反映了反復(fù)無(wú)常和不穩(wěn)定的基本品質(zhì)男人太聰明，因而不會(huì)讓自己上時(shí)尚設(shè)計(jì)者的當(dāng)。他們不變的服裝風(fēng)格是否反映了穩(wěn)定和可靠的基本品質(zhì)這就要

11、看你怎么想了。難句解析1.Becausetheytrembleatthethoughtofbeingseeninpublicinclothesthatareoutoffashiontheyarealwaystakenadvantageofbythedesignersthebigstes.【分析】多重復(fù)合句。句首是由Because引導(dǎo)的原因狀語(yǔ)從句，在該從句中that引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾clothes。2.Whenyoucometothin

12、kofit，onlyawomaniscapableofstinginfrontofawardrobepackedfullofclothesannouncingsadlythatshehasnothingtowear.【分析】多重復(fù)合句。句首為When引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，sting...fullofclothes和announcing...nothingtowear并列，由連接，that引導(dǎo)的從句作announcing的賓語(yǔ)。soften

13、9s((e7))fn@@v.變溫和，使變得較不嚴(yán)厲、不刺耳【引申】〈同根〉softball▲n.壘球；softdrink▲n.軟飲料【完形例句】Mostoftheirremarkswerekindlymade—withtoleranceratherthanbitterness—frequentlyweresoftenedbythefactthatthestudentswerespeakingaboutsomenotallinstruct

14、s.他們基本上說(shuō)得比較客氣，語(yǔ)氣寬容而不尖刻，并且不時(shí)溫和地表示，他們針對(duì)的只是部分老師，并非所有老師。[01.1]反義↓harden9hA:dn@@vi.變硬；凝固【詞根】來(lái)自hard(硬的)＋en(使)【活用例句】Lifeinthecamphadhardenedhimconsiderably.軍營(yíng)生活使他變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)多了。同綴↓darken9dA:k(5)n@@vt.使變黑；變暗【引申】〈同根〉darka.黑暗的，暗的〈反義〉brigh

15、tenv.(使)變亮；(使)愉快｜lightenv.減輕，(使)輕松；(使)發(fā)亮〈同綴〉共享en→fastenvt.扎牢，扣?。黮oosenv.解開，放松｜hastenv.催促，趕緊，加速｜wsenv.(使)變得更壞，惡化｜threatenvt.恐嚇，威脅【活用例句】Theskydarkenedasthestmapproached.風(fēng)雨欲來(lái)天色黑暗。contributek5n9trIbju:t@@vi.捐款，作出貢獻(xiàn)；(to)有助于，促

16、成；投稿vt.捐，捐獻(xiàn)【詞根】con(加強(qiáng))＋tribute(給予)→捐獻(xiàn)【搭配】contributetotheRedCross向紅十字會(huì)捐獻(xiàn)(款)；contributetothepopulationgrowth促進(jìn)人口增長(zhǎng)；contributetoajournal向刊物投稿【活用例句】TheSongDynastycontributedthreegreatinventionstowldcivilization.宋朝的三大發(fā)明為世界文明做

17、出了貢獻(xiàn)。同義↓devotedI9v5Ut@@vt.(to)將…奉獻(xiàn)給，致力于…【聯(lián)想】de＋vote(投票)→投票時(shí)可是專人專票喲→把…專用于【搭配】devoteoneselftosth／bedevotedtosth獻(xiàn)身于某事物，致力于某事【引申】〈同根〉devoteda.忠實(shí)的｜devotionn.專心，熱愛【活用例句】Iamdeterminedtodevotemywholelifetothecauseofeducation.我決心

18、把自己的一生獻(xiàn)給教育事業(yè)。durabilityn.經(jīng)久，耐久力【引申】〈同根〉durablea.耐用的，持久的｜durationn.持續(xù)(期間)【活用例句】Durabilityisonestardofquality.耐久性是質(zhì)量好壞的一個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。appearance59pI5r5ns@@n.外貌，外表；出現(xiàn)，露面【詞根】來(lái)自appear(出現(xiàn))＋ance(名詞后綴)【搭配】putinanappearance露了一下面；judgebyapp

19、earances以貌取人；keepupappearances維持面子，裝門面【活用例句】Oneshouldnotjudgepeoplebytheirappearances.人不可貌相。同綴↓allowance59laU5ns@@n.津貼，補(bǔ)貼，零用錢【聯(lián)想】allow(允許)＋ance(名詞后綴)→允許自由支配的錢→零用錢【短語(yǔ)】makeallowance(s)f原諒，體諒；考慮到，顧及【活用例句】IBMoffersahightrave

20、lingallowancetoitsemployees.美國(guó)國(guó)際商用機(jī)器公司給員工很高的出差津貼。delicately9delIkItlI@@ad.優(yōu)美地；微妙地【引申】〈同根〉delicatea.易碎的；微妙的；精美的：adelicatevase易碎的花瓶〈同義〉elegantlyad.優(yōu)雅地【活用例句】HewaltzedmeroundsodelicatelyIfeltasifIwasfloatingonair.他非常輕快地帶著我跳華