Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as ten years before, you can't help being strucked by the __1__ appearance of the women taking part. Their hair styles and make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too __2__ short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicurous.The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__ There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__ by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__ have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__ style of dress. The same cannot be said for women. Each year,a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down __7__ on the law and women whole world over run to obey. The __8__ decrees of the designers are unpredictable and dictatorial.
; c4 ?7 [1 v4 z' y% ]. H Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__ waist will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__
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1. strucked—struck或strucken.过去分词形式有误.strike的过去式是struck,过去分词为struck或strucken.据广大同学的答案及我自己的理解,before在此也应该是错的,改为ago的同学也是对的!有问题可以短消息我. M c' W& W& e0 u2 ^
2. date—dated(个人认为outdated一类的词也可以,欢迎商榷).look为系动词,其后应该是形容词,构成系表结构8 E+ c- c( ]2 t7 k/ \+ z4 B8 n
3. on other hand—on the other hand4 L6 n; j4 b, a. Z
4. entire—entirely.副词修饰形容词different,并与different一起修饰age4 M; ]3 y8 U8 J' P' b* \$ g/ b
5. minority—majority.从上下文以及常识判断,多半男性成功抵制了改变他们服装款式的企图,即多年来,男性的服装款式与女士服饰相比没有多大变化- z* i& I' C$ Z8 r) t
6. it—them.them代表the great majority of men/ I% \$ y2 S3 H3 ^2 ?! L
7. fewer—few.此处没有比较的意思9 {5 t4 f; O' L x3 V8 q
8. 去掉on.lay on为习语,表示“规定(规则,原则,法规等)”
' |. G0 Q# A/ M& b 9. Sometime—Sometimes.sometime为“在任何时候”,sometimes为“有时”& i- h( J: H+ }% e3 p0 ^+ b0 }
10. height—high |