2013年考研阅读文章精读——解析版
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①In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her. ②Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.
* scold 在一般词典里注作“骂”，实际是“大声的叱责”
* unattractive无吸引力的；不受欢迎的
* assistant 助手
* descended是…的后代的；为…的后裔的; 由…演变而来的；为…的变种的
* bargain 便宜货
* doubtless很可能地；几乎肯定地
= undoubtedly, doubtlessly, no doubt | unquestionably, indisputably, undeniably, irrefutably | certainly, surely, of cour, indeed.
①This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world described in Overdresd,Elizabeth Cline’s three-year indictment of “fast fashion”. ②In the last decade or so, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precily. ③Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent relea, and more profit. ④The labels encourage style-conscious consumers to e clothes as disposable—meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t adverti that—and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. ⑤By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, the brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a asonal pace.
* top-down conception自上而下的概念
收到英文* out of date or at odds过时或不相称
* feverish紧张忙乱的；狂乱的
* indictment控诉；谴责
* anticipate demand more precily更准确的预测需求
* turnaround (观点、态度或方法的)彻底转变，完全改变
随身wifi怎么用的* inventory储备；存货
* style-conscious consumers注重穿着的消费者
* disposable用后即可丢弃的；一次性的
* accustomed习惯的
①The victims of this revolution, of cour, are not limited to designers. ②For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and u massive amounts of harmful chemicals.
* The victims of this revolution这场革命的受害者
*it must rely on low-wage overas labor必须依赖海外廉价的劳力
* strain natural resources过度消耗自然资源诗经式微
①Overdresd is the fashion world’s answer to consumer-activist bestllers like Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. ②“Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful,” Cline argues. ③Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year—about 64 items per
person—and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.
* consumer-activist维护消费者权益
* give away捐赠
①Towards the end of Overdresd, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes—and beautifully. ②But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can’t be knocked off.
* it took decades to perfect her craft 花费数十年来改进她的手艺
戏曲人物①Though veral fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment—including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line—Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer. ②She exhibits the idealism common to many advocat
es of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. ③Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they ca n’t afford not to.中国人口数据统计网
* lasting change can only be effected by the customer只有消费者才能带来持久的改变
* Vanity is a constant虚荣心不会改变
核心表达：
* scold 在一般词典里注作“骂”，实际是“大声的叱责”
* unattractive无吸引力的；不受欢迎的
* assistant 助手
* descended是…的后代的；为…的后裔的; 由…演变而来的；为…的变种的
* bargain 便宜货
* doubtless很可能地；几乎肯定地
= undoubtedly, doubtlessly, no doubt | unquestionably, indisputably, undeniably, irrefutably | certainly, surely, of cour, indeed.
实践意义* top-down conception自上而下的概念
* out of date or at odds过时或不相称
* feverish紧张忙乱的；狂乱的
* indictment控诉；谴责
* anticipate demand more precily更准确的预测需求
* turnaround (观点、态度或方法的)彻底转变，完全改变
* inventory储备；存货
* style-conscious consumers注重穿着的消费者
* disposable用后即可丢弃的；一次性的
* accustomed习惯的
* The victims of this revolution这场革命的受害者
*it must rely on low-wage overas labor必须依赖海外廉价的劳力
* strain natural resources过度消耗自然资源
* consumer-activist维护消费者权益
* give away捐赠
* it took decades to perfect her craft 花费数十年来改进她的手艺
* lasting change can only be effected by the customer只有消费者才能带来持久的改变
* Vanity is a constant虚荣心不会改变
测试：
1.scold
2.unattractive
3.assistant
4.descended
5.bargain
6.doubtless
= undoubtedly, doubtlessly, no doubt | unquestionably, indisputably, undeniably, irrefutably | certainly, surely, of cour, indeed.
8.out of date or at odds
慈祥9.feverish;
10.indictment;
11.anticipate demand more precily
12.turnaround
13.inventory
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14.style-conscious consumers
15.disposable;
16.accustomed
17.The victims of this revolution
18.it must rely on low-wage overas labor
19.strain natural resources
21.give away
22.it took decades to perfect her craft
23.lasting change can only be effected by the customer
24.Vanity is a constant
