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第 第 PAGE 10 页 共 15 页 阅读理解专项练习 1 When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to grandmas generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday best. But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware (粗 陶) and stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times. Last week Royal Doulton, the largest emplo