unit 2 Trends and Fads讲义.ppt

21世纪“千面女郎” “四六分”的郭富城，和“三七分”的林志颖 96年《古惑仔》 流星花园 莫西干头 日系 more than just ?not just 不仅仅 Humor is more than just a smile or a laugh. 幽默并不仅仅是微笑或大笑。 in style ?fashionable 时髦；流行 Many young girls prefer to wear shoes in style. 许多年轻女孩喜欢穿时髦的鞋子。 out of date ?not popular, not used any more 过时的；不用的 What we learn now will be out of date in the near future. 我们现在学的东西，不久之后就会过时了。 ?One year, people wear hats and blue jeans; they drink white wine and eat at Japanese restaurants; for exercise they run several miles a day. The next year, however, everything has changed: women wear long skirts; people drink expensive water from France, and eat at Italian restaurants; everyone seems to be exercising at health clubs.  Almost nothing in modern life gets away from the influence of fashion: food, music, exercise, books, languages, movies, furniture, and even names go in and out of fashion. The interests that people follow can change very quickly.  get away from ?escape from 逃避；逃离 I get away from my worries by watching TV. 我靠看电视排除烦恼。 in/out of fashion ?popular/unpopular 流行/不流行 Some car models go in and out of fashion. 某些车型流行一段时间就过时了了。 In the United States, even people can be in or out. Americans enjoy following the lives of famous people: actors, sports heroes, well-known artists, politicians, and the like. But Americans also pay a lot of attention to people who have no special ability at all.  actor n. 男演员 actress 女演员 He has made up his mind to be a good actor. 他下决心要成为一名好演员。 hero n. 英雄；男主角，男主人公 [ 复数heroes ] heroine n. 女英雄，女主角 heroin n. 海洛因 politician n. 政治家，政客 politics n. 政治 political [p?litik?l] adj. 政治的；党派的 and the like ?诸如此类；等等 My daughter likes swimming, running and the like. 我女儿喜欢游泳、跑步等。 In 1981, for example, an unknown elderly woman appeared in a TV advertisement in which she looked at a very small hamburger and complained loudly, Wheres the beef? These three words made her famous. Suddenly she appeared in magazines