2014年职称英语考试综合类阅读理解新增文章(6)
<p> 第四十五篇 <span word="Women">Women</span> <span word="Staying">Staying</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mini">Mini</span>-<span word="Skirts">Skirts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Longer">Longer</span></p><p> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="nowadays">nowadays</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wear">wear</span> <span word="mini">mini</span>-<span word="skirts">skirts</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 40, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Debenhams">Debenhams</span>.<span word="Just">Just</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="few">few</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="dare">dare</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wear">wear</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mini">mini</span>-<span word="skirl">skirl</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 33, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="confidence">confidence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dress">dress</span> <span word="accordingly">accordingly</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="trend">trend</span> <span word="continues">continues</span>, <span word="theres">theres</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>, <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="mid">mid</span> 40<span word="s">s</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> 50<span word="s">s</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="rightly">rightly</span> <span word="regard">regard</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mini">mini</span>-<span word="skirt">skirt</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="essential">essential</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="everyday">everyday</span> <span word="wardrobe">wardrobe</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="emerged">emerged</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="examined">examined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="profile">profile</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="short">short</span>, 36-<span word="cm">cm</span> <span word="skirts">skirts</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="months">months</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="jumped">jumped</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 36-<span word="years">years</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millennium">millennium</span>1 <span word="to">to</span> 40 <span word="today">today</span>. <span word="Figures">Figures</span> <span word="from">from</span> 1980 <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="minis">minis</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 33 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span> -- <span word="a">a</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="unchanged">unchanged</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-960<span word="s">s</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="popularity">popularity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intensive">intensive</span> <span word="gym">gym</span> <span word="culture">culture</span>2, <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="toned">toned</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span>3 <span word="for">for</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reason">reason</span>,<span word="The">The</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span>, <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="factor">factor</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Debenhams">Debenhams</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="womans">womans</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="affair">affair</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="miniskirt">miniskirt</span> <span word="begins">begins</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 14 <span word="but">but</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="doesnt">doesnt</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 16. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="flouts">flouts</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="rolling">rolling</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="waistband">waistband</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="uniform">uniform</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="impression">impression</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wearing">wearing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mini">mini</span> <span word="skirt">skirt</span>.</p>
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