(单词翻译:单击)
Morning, boys and girls. Today we are glad to have Miss Wilson here to give us a lecture about dressing.
同学们，上午好。今天我们很荣幸请来了威尔逊小姐为我们做关于着装的演讲。
Mrs. Wilson is a famous etiquette teacher. Hi, Miss Wilson, welcome.
威尔逊小姐是著名的礼仪课程的老师。您好，威尔逊小姐。
Thank you. Well, I guess all of us care about our personal appearance, right?
谢谢。我猜我们大家都很注重自己的形象，对吗？
In fact, how we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more
事实上，我们人生中可能没有哪个阶段
when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life.
会比我们在十几岁和二十岁出头的时候更在乎自己的形象以及在他人眼中的样子了。
Few of us are willing to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.
我们当中只有很少人能够接受自己本来的样子，而且很少有人有足够的勇气忽视流行趋势。
Most fashion magazines try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner.
很多时尚杂志都试图劝说我们要按照一定的方式穿衣和行事。
If we do, they tell us that we will be able to meet new people with confidence
它们告诉我们，如果我们这样做，我们可以自信地面对新认识的人，
and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment.
并且丝毫不感觉尴尬地应对各种状况。
Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress.
当然，时尚的改变说的并不只是服装。
A barber today does not cut a boy's hair in the same way as he used to.
理发师不会用过去的方式给现在的男孩子理发。
The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles
广告商通常会把最流行的款式展示给我们，
and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.
而我们也一直备受压力，努力跟随时尚的步伐，生怕我们的朋友认为我们古怪或愚钝。
What causes fashions to change?
什么会导致流行趋势的变化呢？
Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an important person can establish a fashion.
有时候仅仅是因为便捷或实用，或者仅仅一个人的时髦打扮就会创造一个潮流。
Take hats, for example.
就拿帽子来举例吧。
In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside.
早期的建筑在寒冷的天气里室内温度很低，所以人们在室内和室外都戴着帽子。
There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion.
流行还是有周期的。
In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable.
在20世纪20年代，短裙开始在欧洲和美洲流行起来。
After World War Ⅱ, they dropped to ankle length.
二战后，长及脚踝的裙子开始流行。
Then they got shorter and shorter; the miniskirt was in fashion.
随后它们又变短了，超短裙开始流行。
After a few more years, skirts became longer again.
又过了一些年，裙子又变长了。
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be.
而现在的社会更加自由和包容，
It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else.
再也没有必要和别人穿得一样，
Within reason, you can dress as you like
只要不过分，你可以穿自己喜欢的衣服，
or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion.
剪自己喜欢的发型，而不是穿时下流行的衣服。
The popularity of jeans and the "untidy" look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.
牛仔装和“邋遢风”服装的流行可能是针对价格飙升的顶级时装店的一种反应。
At the same time, appearance is still important in certain situations and then we must choose our clothes carefully.
但是，在一些特定的情况下外表还是很重要的，这时候我们需要仔细挑选自己的衣服。
It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater;
如果你穿着牛仔裤和毛衣去一家法律公司面试，这就很愚蠢了；
and it would be impolite to visit some well-known scholar looking as if we weregoing to the beach or a night club.
如果你去拜访知名学者却穿得像是去逛海滩或夜店，这就显得你很失礼。
However, you need never feel depressed if you don't look like the latest fashion photo.
不用因为自己穿得不像最新时尚照片上那样而难过，
Look around you and you'll see that no one else does either.
环顾四周你会发现大家都一样。
Question 16. When do people care about personal appearance the most during the lifetime?
问题16 人的一生当中哪个阶段最注重自己的外表？
Question 17. According to most fashion magazines, what's the benefit of following their advice?
问题17 听取时尚杂志的建议能获得的最大的收益是什么？
Question 18. Why do people no longer follow fashions they dislike today?
问题18 现在为什么人们不会跟随他们不喜欢的流行趋势？
Question 19. What does the speaker emphasize at the end of the speech?
问题19 演讲结束时演讲者强调了什么？
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