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.3 n8 e: m* f: e* S# |2 { W
Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__ waist will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__) J+ [8 V8 }) F; r$ n
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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．. h' i( @1 H, c) g
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
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: j- x; E8 v% |* v% o( E 4. entire—entirely．副词修饰形容词different，并与different一起修饰age
$ g& o% Y9 n v* R 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) a. F1 n, N7 A4 f& a3 o
6. it—them．them代表the great majority of men
9 v8 x- S/ n5 j0 O 7. fewer—few．此处没有比较的意思 O" E& Y# @7 E1 V
8. 去掉on．lay on为习语，表示“规定（规则，原则，法规等）”
# Q: D; y* r* i+ y& N( V; [" r, e 9. Sometime—Sometimes．sometime为“在任何时候”，sometimes为“有时”
Y% j/ b( U% D 10. height—high |
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