英语高级阅读unit6Dressedtothrill.pptVIP

Dressed to Thrill Difficult words Androgyny : n. the state of being neither distinctly masculine nor distinctly feminine.?雌雄同体；?雌雄同体性 erotic :If you describe something as?erotic, you mean that it involves sexual feelings or arouses sexual desire. ? provocative :adj. If you describe something as?provocative, you mean that it is intended to make people react angrily or argue against it.?挑衅的；?刺激性的 Difficult words Detachable: adj. If a part of an object is?detachable, it has been made so that it can be removed from the object.?可分开的，可拆开的 mannishness: n. mannish（男子气的，男子似的）的名词形式 assortment ：n. ?a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colors or have different qualities.??分类；?搭配；?花色品种；?混合物 the gist of the essay In this essay, the author point out that there is a sensational trend in appearance androgyny, women are wearing clothes after men styles, while men are looking more feminine. Each sex is taking up the fundamental qualities of the other in order to look attractive. In modern, the idea of androgyny can be best applied in active sports clothing for young people. Women wear men style, wheal men trying to look feminine. Important sentences Each sex is trying to take up the fundamental qualities of the other sex, but rather of the other sexuality---the erotic dimension, which can biology and its attendant social assumptions and situtions. 每一性别并不想吸收另一种性别的原始生理特征，而是要吸收另一种性别的性感---那种性爱方面的东西，它可以超越生物学及相关的假定和社会风格的约束。 Important sentences Much of our present female mannishness and feminized manhood is a nostalgic reference to the effects fashionable for men and women in those pioneering days, rather than a new revolutionary expression of the same authentic kind. 我们目前的女性男人化和女性化男人的大部分是对一种那些先锋时代的男男女女们来说时髦的效果的怀旧，而不是对原有类型的一种新的革命化的表达。 Important sentences Ordinary outrageousness and perverse daring in dress are the signs of licensed play, never the signal of action. 在服装上的普通的突出和反常的大胆是有执照表演时的标志，从来不是严肃行动的信号。 Important sentences