Reading

Task 7

Read Passage 1 and then work in pairs to speak out the common expressions given in brackets.

1.Clothes____________________（增强安全感）during activity by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment.

2.Outside of their purely functional purpose，clothes often play an important____________________（社会和文化作用）.

3.Finally，clothing functions as a form of adornment and an expression of____________________（个人品位和风格）.

4.Articles carried rather than worn（such as purses，canes and umbrellas）are normally considered as____________________（时尚配件）rather than clothing.

5.One of the primary purposes of clothing is to____________________（保暖）or in some cases cool.

6.Clothes also____________________（降低风险程度）during an activity，such as work or sport.7.____________________（服装的面料）deteriorate quickly compared to stone，bone，shell and metal artifacts.

8.Western fashion has,to some extent,become____________________

（国际时尚），as western media and styles penetrate all parts of the world.

Passage 1

Task 8

Read the passage again and supply the missing words or expressions to complete the following statements in pairs.

1.Clothing acts as a protective screen to keep bacteria and viruses away from the body and limit their____________________.

2.History witnessed the evolvement of clothes materials,ranging from natural grasses and furs to elaborate and exotic____________________.

3.Climate and shelter have great influence on the function of clothing,so do other factors like____________________.

4.Clothing not only protects people from environmental hazards,but also____________________from the clothing wearer on the contrary.

5.Scientists have conducted a genetic analysis of____________________which estimates the approximate date of the origin of clothing.

6.People choose western-style clothing in their daily life,but wear____________________on special occasions or in certain roles or occupations.

Task 9

Work in groups and discuss the following questions.

1.What's the primary purpose of clothing?

2.In what aspects do clothes play an important social and cultural role?

3.What materials have been used for making clothes throughout history?

4.When did people start wearing clothes?

5.When will people wear ethnic or national dresses?

Task 10

Read the sentences taken from Passage 1 and work in groups to translate them into Chinese.

1.A feature of nearly all human societies is the wearing of clothing or clothes,a category encompassing a wide variety of materials that cover the body.

____________________________

2.Clothing also acts as a hygienic barrier,keeping toxins away from the body and limiting the transmission of bacteria and viruses.

____________________________

3.Jewelry and glasses are usually considered as accessories as well,even though in common speech these particular items are described as being worn rather than carried.

____________________________

4.Similarly,clothing has seasonal and regional aspects,so that thinner materials and fewer layers of clothing are generally worn in warmer seasons and regions than in colder ones.

____________________________

5.Western fashion has,to some extent,become international fashion,as western media and styles penetrate all parts of the world.

____________________________

Task 11

Work in pairs to complete the statements with the information from Passage 2.

1.Before the Second World War,one of the criteria that people used to judge each other was their____________________or the quality of their clothing.

2.____________________should bear certain responsibility for changing the criteria which people used to buy garments.

3.The reason why people prefer five cheap shirts rather than one top quality shirt is that they don't understand____________________.

4.Most of us know first impressions matter and cheap clothing is not as impressive as____________________to those who are familiar with the difference.

5.The appropriate clothing which stands out for quality can create____________________like a decent overcoat,a decent suit or a decent shirt.

Passage 2

Task 12

Read the passage again and work in pairs to translate the expressions into Chinese or English.