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Americans live in a style-conscious culture even elementary school children know the difference between Air Jordans and the ch
Americans live in a style-conscious culture even elementary school children know the difference between Air Jordans and the ch
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2022-05-13
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Americans live in a style-conscious culture even elementary school children know the difference between Air Jordans and the cheaper imitations. By the time they enter junior high school, most American adolescents are already highly skilled at distinguishing between brand names. The real lesson young Americans learn is that they live in a world where it matters what brand of clothes or furniture or car they buy. It matters what style of music they listen to, how they wear their hair, whether they’re tattooed or pierced, and what kind of food they like to eat. Even everyday use—objects from staplers to tooth brushes to laptop computers matter too.
In many ways, it seems that such a concern for personal style and the appearance of objects is shallow and trivial. After all, what does it really matter whether or not someone’s clothes or music or computer is at the cutting edge of style? Why should anyone care? One reason is that style is a guide to economic and social class in America Style identities. Whether consciously or unconsciously, we make judgments about people based on their appearance and their style. Simply by growing up in American culture, we acquire a sense of the style appropriate to different walks of life—how, for example, a high school teacher, a business executive, a truck driver, or a rock star ought to look.
Style communicates messages about economic and social class precisely because we share with others cultural codes that define what’s normal and expected. For example, we expect wealthy professionals in metropolitan areas to be museum members, go to the opera, and enjoy gourmet food and fine wine. On the other hand, we are likely to expect that working-class men in the Midwest drink beer, listen to classic rock, and support their local pro-football team. This doesn’t mean that everyone in a particular social group conforms to these cultural codes. What it does indicate, however, is that style carries cultural meanings that go far beyond individual likes and dislikes. Style, in other words, is linked to the way of life that identifies groups of people, cultures, and subcultures. If the styles we adopt seem to be freely taken personal choices, they are contained nonetheless in a larger system of cultural codes that organize the way we think about identity, social status, prestige, good (and bad) taste, tradition, and innovation.
Fashion designers, graphic designers, and product designers understand this intimate connection between style and identity. They design everything from corporate logos and brand trademarks to the latest style of jeans and athletic shoes to computers and cars. Their job is to match styles to people’s identities and, at the same time, to create styles that offer people new identities.
What can we infer from the passage?
选项
A、When they are junior high school student, all of them can distinguish between brand names.
B、The young Americans who pursue personal style are shallow.
C、Style reflects the culture of a country.
D、The designers produce everything according to what they like.
答案
C
解析
此题为推理分析题。文章第三段指出:Style, in other words, is linked to the way of life that identifies groups of people, cultures, and subcultures.由此可以推测出风格反映文化。所以C项符合题意。文章第一段第二句指出:...most American adolescents are already highly skilled at distinguishing between brand names.由此可以知道,大部分青少年能辨认出名牌,但并不是所有。A项错误。第二段第一句话指出:...it seem that such a concern for personal style and the appearance of objects is shallow and trivial.说明追求个人风格表面上看起来是肤浅的,但实际并非如此。B项错误。最后一段最后一句话指出:Their job is to match styles to people’s identities.设计师们是根据不同的身份设计不同的作品,而不是根据他们自己的喜好,D项错误。
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