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Task 7
Read Passage 1 and then work in pairs to speak out the common expressions given in brackets.
1.____________________（在时装界），Coco Chanel was one of the most significant designers in the 20th century.
2.The Chanel style has everything to do with____________________（优雅、舒适、简洁、实用）.
3.Among her design innovations，all trademarks were____________________（针织毛衫的设计和仿珠宝首饰的运用）.
4.Chanel____________________（将自己的头发剪短），and so did most of the western world.
5.It is hard to believe that a 71-year-old woman could reconquer____________________（爱挑剔的时装界）.
6.In the 1950s and 1960s，Chanel was____________________（处于其事业的巅峰）.
7.Above all else，it is a____________________（时尚）goes out of fashion.Style，never.
8.Menkes says that's why Chanel is still an____________________（标志性品牌）.
Task 8
Read the passage again and supply the missing words or expressions to complete the following statements in pairs .
1.As the most successful woman in the fashion world,Coco Chanel's inspiration came from____________________.
2.Coco Chanel herself became a style icon known for her____________________yet highly____________________design.
3.In her design,____________________are the important part of Chanel's style,which bring to mind the rosary beads the nun wore,the chains around the nun's waist.
4.With the use of____________________and____________________,including pearl ropes and coloured crystal hanging around her neck,Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today.
5.In 1926,Coco Chanel introduced the now legendary____________________.
6.In Coco Chanel's tribute,many of the mourners wore____________________.
Task 9
Work in groups and discuss the following questions .
1.What was Coco Chanel's revolutionary design in the 1920s?
2.What does the word"ford"mean in the fashion industry?
3.Why was Chanel copied by almost every designer in the world at one time or another?
4.In Chanel's funeral,what did many of the mourners wear?
5.Why did Bernard Shaw refer to Chanel as one of the two most important women living in the world?
Task 10
Read the sentences taken from Passage 1 and work in groups to translate them into Chinese .
1.Her father,a travelling wine peddler,then took her and her sister to convent,consigning them into the care of the nuns and disappearing to America forever.
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2.In 1926,she introduced the little black dress and for the first time this colour had been in favour(except for mourning)since Spain of the 15th century.
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3.But perhaps her most enduring legacy is the Chanel suit—a simple,cropped jacket usually bound with braid,soutache,or ribbons,open and unbuttoned,with a soft,straight,or pleated skirt.
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4.This style was as fresh and new in 1925 as in the late 1990s,copied by almost every designer in the world at one time or another.
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5.Perhaps her own words sum her life up best: speaking in the third person,she said"Chanel,above all else,is a style.Fashion,you see,goes out of fashion.Style,never."
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Task 11
Work in pairs to complete the statements with the information from Passage 2 .
1.The reason that the fashion world perpetuates a historical solution to an increasingly complex network of modern dilemmas is____________________.
2.According to the author,____________________is an industry based on seasonal collections.
3.Some celebrities like Beyoncé promote fashion shows into the pages of____________________and____________________.
4.One of the benefits of fashion show is that it provides a lot of opportunities for brands,editors,retailers,____________________and____________________.
5.People who hold negative opinions about fashion shows regard the cost of producing a show is____________________.
6.In this article,the actual benefits of producing fashion show are____________________.
Task 12
Read the passage again and translate the expressions into Chinese or English in pairs .
