广外大一下综合英语第六单元教师用书概要1.docVIP

Unit 6 Fashions I. 课文解释 课文一 Language Points: Even people who say they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day. (Para.1) ⑴ In this sentence there are four clauses: “who” leads an attributive clause modifying “people”, “what” clause serves as the object of the verb “care”; “that” leads another attributive clause modifying “clothes”, “how” clause serves as the object of the preposition “about”. ⑵ The first “say” in this sentence means “to utter something”, while the second means “to indicate”. ⑶ The whole sentence expresses the idea that people actually care a lot about clothes, and the clothes worn by them often indicate their personality and their moods at the moment. Musicians and other cultural icons have always influenced what we’re wearing, but so have political figures and royalty. (Para. 4) ⑴ “so have political figures and royalty” is an inverted structure led by “so”. See more examples below: a) We failed to catch the train, so did they. b) She bought bread and butter at the supermarket, so did her husband. ⑵ The sentence means “musicians and others cultural icons as well as political figures and royalty have influenced people’s dressing styles. Physical attraction: many styles are worn to inspire “chemistry”. (Para.8 ) ⑴ “chemistry” means mutual attractions ⑵ The whole sentence means: People can improve their attraction to others by wearing some types of clothes. Emotions: we dress “up” when we’re happy and “down” when we’re upset. (Para. 8) ⑴ dress down: to dress in a modest way, e.g. in grey colors, simple styles etc; dress up: to dress in bright colors, etc. ⑵ The sentence implies that what we wear often shows our moods. No one can tell how the short skirts and boots worn by teenagers in England in 1960 made it to the runways of Paris, or how blue jeans became so popular in U.S., or how hip-hop made it from the streets of the Bronx to the Haute Couture fash