新视野大学英语视听说教程2原文及答案Unit6

II. Listening Skills

Dialog 1

Girl 1: What do you think of this miniskirt, Amy? Pretty hot stuff, eh?

Girl 2: Wow…it’s pretty short. My mom would never let me wear something like that.

Girl 1: My mom’s cool. She lets me make my own decisions about clothes. Girl 2: Not my mom. She’d be mad if I came home in a skirt like that. Girl 1: Let’s both got one; then maybe your mom wouldn’t be so upset if we both wore the same skirt.

Girl 2: Well…maybe.

1.D 2. The first girl(The girl who suggests wearing the short skirt.) Dialog 2

Mother: Lily, where did you get that skirt? You can’t wear that. It’s much too short! What will others think?

Lily: You don’t understand fashion. It’s what everyone is wearing. I think it looks very attractive.

Mother: Nonsense, it’s only suitable for a supermodel on the catwalk. It’s not meant for ordinary people like us. Your dad is sure to say the skirt is far too revealing!

Lily: But it’s really in high fashion; everyone is wearing clothes like this. Mother: Not everyone. Your friend Amy would never wear a skirt like that! Mother: My God, I give up. 1. B 2. No, she hasn’t. III. Listening In

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Task 1: A Woman’s Funny Dress

Lily: Mom, look at that woman. Her dress looks funny. Mother: I wouldn’t say that, Lily. It looks fine to me.

Lily: Are you kidding? She’s out of fashion. That’s last year’s style. Lily: Wow, you’re really as out-dated as she is.

Mother: You’re right. I’m out of date. So what? What’s the point of following the fashion?

Lily: No wonder you never buy me new dresses. looks funny looks fine to her is behind the times went out looks good on her out-dated

keeping herself in style no wonder

Task 2: How is fashion decided?

Fashion designers design and make fashionable clothes for men and women. They deign trends and create new styles. Paris has been the traditional center of world fashion, though recently British designers have had great influence in setting new styles, and so have certain designers in the United States and Italy. French designers guard the secrets of their new designs until their collections are shown to the public. Then pictures of the styles are published in newspapers and magazines all over the world. People from many countries travel to Paris to buy the clothes and

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copy the newest ideas. In January they go to see the spring clothes; and in July, to see the autumn designs. Many dress manufacturers from other countries buy the original clothes of the famous French designers. They then take them back to their own sewing rooms, where the clothes are copied and made up in great numbers. That’s why you may be able to buy in your town the clothing that is in the latest style without paying a very high price for it. Other manufacturers use the Paris styles

simply as a starting point for their own ideas. Still others may adapt only a part of the French design into their own styles.

1. F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F

Fashion designers design fashionable clothes, begin trends and new styles,

and their work is copied all over the world.

Paris is the center of the world fashion, where the secrets of the new designs are guarded until they are shown to the public Other manufacturers use Paris styles simply as a starting point for their own ideas.

Still others adapt only a part of the French design Task 3: Dreaming of Being a Fashion Model

Top fashion models travel all over the world, earn huge salaries and live exciting lives. If you want to be a model, you should know the basic rules. Girls are usually picked to be models when they are between 15 and 22 years old. Ideally, they are tall, long-legged, and thin. The minimum height is about , and the average weight is 108-125 pounds. A few other important things for a fashion model are clear skin, healthy hair, straight teeth, and a well-shaped body. You’ll also need ambition, intelligence, confidence, independence, and will-power.

Make an important decision today. Order Kimi right now! Don’t you think having the hegith and shape of a fashion model would be wonderful? Yes, Kimi helps you realize your dream.

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1.D 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C

Top fashion models…..earning large salaries Future models…..being at least tall Kimi…………..massaging one’s feet

A part of the brain……producing growth hormones directly Customers…….buying Kimi IV. Speaking Out

Model 1 How did you like the fashion show? Laura: How did you like the fashion show last night?

John: It was dumb. I think it’s stupid of women to wear clothes like that. Laura: I didn’t see anything wrong with the clothes; they looked pretty nice to me.

John: Do you really think people can wear that stuff and walk around the streets?

Laura: Yes, I do. At least, some people certainly can. They wear high-fashion clothes to show off their sense of style and wealth.

John: Well, I still think they’re dumb. It makes more sense to spend the money on more practical purposes.

Now Your Turn

A: What did you think of the low-cut dress at the fashion show yesterday evening?

B: I think it’s not decent for Chinese girls to wear a dress like that.

A: The dress seemed quite al right to me. In fact, they looked pretty nice to me.

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