1: Which of the following prepositions means that something is fashionable? o+ D4 N L1 n* P! ? ~
a.up
, l8 L3 y% m: W* ?# e b.down
+ U [* U9 X* H4 }0 f- R c.in+ X* G1 ~$ z% f% O! u- J
d.out, B7 R# L( @% t8 @, i* \2 \5 ]
答案是:c. in,in 在英语四级里往往代表时尚的意思,比如what‘s in at the moment?意思就是现在流行的是什么?你可能也会听到人们谈到thein-thing,它指那些现在流行、时尚的东西,并不局限于时装,还包含音乐,语言表达等。Up,downt都不是时尚的意思,out正好和时尚相反,这个词是指过时的。
# C; F7 b. t% J 2: If a piece of clothing is a bit big and loose on the body, which word would we use in English todescribeit?- I+ L# R9 P6 \; E
a.loosy
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c.tight
% o# ?% G0 K& R) | d.shaggy9 C2 d& x* a* ?" |8 f
答案是:b.baggy,Baggy 表示衣服穿着很宽松,有的时候流行的是宽松类型的衣服,并不代表衣服不合身。a不对,因为英语里没有loosy这个词;c不对,因为tight是宽松的反义词,意思是很紧;d不对,因为Shaggy一般是用来形容头发乱糟糟的意思。4 F# R6 v( m4 t& F) [
3: When British people talk about “high street fashion” – what dothey mean?
% d. |# a3 `7 V' ]. [" M" J a. Clothes that they bought ata shop on a mainroad
/ G* U- x3 \. D, T$ ~ b. Expensive designer clothes
" T: B E _: O+ Q c. Clothes bought from one of the many chain fashion shops that you typically see in all towns across Britain
2 q1 B* c$ c/ t5 e- h2 D d. Clothes that you can onlywear outside9 Z1 @+ |* ?- [1 Z
答案是:c,Highstreet fashion 的意思就是指大众能接受的时装流行趋势。a不对,因为A high street一般指商业街,不过不是所有商业街上的时装店买的都是highstreet 时装;b不对,因为high streetfashion一般没有价格昂贵的顶级名牌时装。* A, H* ~# ~) S& O0 b! R9 P
4: Which of the following expression_rs does NOT mean to be reallydressed up in very nice?7 B. h* `! B- N G- L4 X( o
clothes?
3 |, O2 E0 B: Y: t- ` K y a. Dressed tokill0 G3 S# b9 h& c9 i/ u
b. Dressed to thenines
* H4 q: |9 A) u* ~ c. Dolledup
# Q/ H" P3 T3 i5 m$ n" e d. Dresseddown
7 o0 V. P8 W2 l# O/ k) _- Y/ [ 答案是:d. Dresseddown,dressed down 意思就是穿得很普通,没有特意打扮自己,其它的选择都是特意打扮的意思。a不对,因为如果一个人dressed tokill 那就是说穿上了最好的衣服,非常漂亮;b不对,因为如果一个人dressed to thenines 那就是说穿得非常漂亮,准备参加晚会;c不对,因为如果一个人dolledup那就是说穿得非常漂亮,这是一个非常口语化的表达。, _( A9 ~8 O& s1 R6 U; }
5: Which of the following is another common expression_r meaningfashionable?
& t% \* ^4 B9 e3 l! g1 Q- \0 j a. All therage
$ A# d, [5 S+ D- q" r/ x# j b. All theanger
3 {1 W* ~6 R$ ^ N: E, I, U c. All thefury" m/ J( n( V! Q( x
d. All theupset- }( S% P& f( q
答案是:a. All therage,如果什么东西现在非常时尚,就可以用这个词来形容。比如有人说喜欢你的拎包,你可以回答说 that style is allthe rage at the moment. 这个包的款式现在非常流行。b不对,因为英语里没有这个表达;c不对,因为英语里没有这个表达,fury的意思是发怒;d不对,因为英语里没有这个表达。5 j- z! p5 I9 j4 X
6: Skinny jeans are fashionable in the UK at the moment – but whatarethey?
0 O" `# x" L" k! {0 W a. Jeans that make you loseweight
; f9 M8 w2 }' Q: l" v b. Jeans that make you lookthinner/ \) p$ `1 z: X/ l3 O3 z9 l
c. Very longjeans
4 F: w, H8 A1 W9 q d. Very tightjeans# \8 y3 K$ @! B% ~8 L$ N
答案是:d. Verytight jeans, skinnyjeans是一个流行款式,是很紧身的牛仔裤,要瘦的人穿着才好看。a不对,因为Skinnyjeans不是说穿了就可以减肥的牛仔裤,而是人要瘦才有可能穿进 skinny jeans;b不对,因为不是说穿上skinnyjans,人看上去就瘦了;d不对,因为Skinny jeans不是很长的牛仔裤。 |