第九篇 Style, Not Fashion
Style goes way beyondfashion: It is the distinctive way we put ourselves together. It is a uniqueblend of spirit and substance-personal identity imposed oil and created throughthe world of things. _____ (1) It is what people really want when they aspireto be fashionable. (if they aren't just adorningthemselvesin status symbols).
Through clothes, wereinvent ourselves every time we get dressed. Our wardrobe is our visual vocabulary. Style is ourdistinctive pattern of speech, our individual poetry.
Fashion is the least of it.Style is, for starters, one part identity: self-awareness and self-knowledge._____ (2) And style requires security-feeling at home in your body, physically andmentally. Of course, like all knowledge, self-knowledge must be updated as yougrow evolve; style takes ongoing self-assessment.
Style is also one partpersonality: spirit: verve, attitude, wit, inventiveness. It demands the desireand confidence to express whatever mood one wishes. Such variability is notonly necessary but a reflection of a person's unique complexity as a humanbeing. _____ (3) In order to work, style must reflect the real self, thecharacter and personality of the individual; anything less appears to be acostume?
Lastly, style is one partfashion. It's possible to have lots of clothes and not an ounce of style. Butit’s also possible to have very few clothes and lots of style. Yes, fashion isthe means through which we express style, but it takes fewer clothes to bestylish than you might imagine.
Whatever else it is, styleis optimism made visible. Style presumes that you are a person of interest:that the world is a place of interest that life is worth making the effort for.It also shows that you are morally responsible. It shows that you don't buythings at the whim of the marketplace or the urging of marketers. _____ (4) Styleexposes people's ambivalence over good looks. It always demonstrates that appearancesdo count. Deep down we suspect this, since we ourselves make judgments aboutothers from how they look.
No one should be penalizedfor not having style, of course, but those who have it are distinctive and thusmore memorable. _____ (5) They announce to the world that they are in commandof themselves.
詞匯：
adorn v.裝飾，使更美觀
wardrobe n. (個(gè)人的)全部服裝
suspect v.懷疑，猜想
wit n.風(fēng)趣，說話風(fēng)趣的人
blend v.混在一起，混合
ambivalence n.矛盾心理，矛盾心態(tài)
注釋：
1.aspire to be fashionable:渴望趕上時(shí)尚潮流
2.an ounce of style: 一丁點(diǎn)的風(fēng)格
3.atthe whim of:心血來潮(突發(fā)奇想)
練習(xí)：
A It is a way of capturing something vibrant,making a statement about ourselves in clothes.
B Fashion is part of sty1e.
C Rather, you focus on what is personallysuitable and expressive.
D You can’t have style until you have a senseof who you are.
E They create a unique identity for themselvesand express it through grooming and a few well-chosen clothes.
F People want to be themselves and to be seenas themselves.
答案與題解：
A 第一段都在解釋什么是風(fēng)格，六個(gè)選項(xiàng)中A、B、D三項(xiàng)都涉及風(fēng)格，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容和句式的排比可以看出答案是選項(xiàng)A。
D 本段的主旨句是第二句話，本句是對(duì)主旨句的闡釋，講風(fēng)格與自我認(rèn)知的關(guān)系。只有選項(xiàng)D符合。
F 本段的主旨句是第一句話，全段在解釋風(fēng)格與個(gè)性的關(guān)系。所以，只有選項(xiàng)F符合。
C 前一句在講有風(fēng)格的人不是心血來潮，可以推測(cè)此處應(yīng)該講有風(fēng)格的人應(yīng)該是如何的。只有選項(xiàng)C的句意與其對(duì)照，且符合整個(gè)段意。所以，正確答案是選項(xiàng)C。
E 前一句講有風(fēng)格的人是獨(dú)特的，因此也更容易被人記住，選項(xiàng)E在解釋他們是通過什么方式做到這一點(diǎn)的。所以，選項(xiàng)E符合本段段意。
