Номер 1, страница 41 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Вербицкая, Маккинли

Unit 5. The body beautiful. Grammar and reading - номер 1, страница 41.

Условие.

Beauty

through the ages

A sign of health ... or a sign of wealth?

Hair: Queen Elizabeth The First started going bald at an early age. She started a fashion for wigs in England. The fashion spread and eventually wigs were popular with both sexes for the next three hundred years. Wigs became a status symbol – the bigger the wig, the more important you were. However, there was another reason that wigs were an advantage. In those days, even rich people rarely washed and the unhygienic conditions attracted fleas and other pests. Shaving off your hair and wearing a wig was often the only answer. People used animal fat to keep the wigs in place – the smell must have been terrible!

Build: Nowadays, a woman who wants to make a career in the world of fashion has to watch her weight. However, during most of our history, being plump was considered more attractive for women: it showed that they didn’t have to work and could afford good food. However, the story is a little different for men. In Greek or Roman society, people thought that a muscular physique was the most attractive symbol of masculinity and this idea has continued through the centuries with a few small changes. For example, in the Middle Ages, men wore tights or stockings so it was fashionable to have muscular legs and thighs. Today, in the age of the T-shirt, men worry more about arm and chest muscles. It is still fashionable for men to look fit as it suggests you take your health seriously.

Skin: During the Renaissance in Europe it was unfashionable to have a dark complexion because it was a sign that you worked outside. Because of this, men and women did everything they could to keep their skin pale – often women used dangerous chemicals to paint their faces, which sometimes resulted in a painful death. This didn’t change until the 1920s when Coco Chanel, a famous fashion designer, accidentally fell asleep in the sun. The suntan was born and remained popular for the rest of the twentieth century – an easy way to show that you were rich enough to spend your holidays in exotic, sunny places.

GRAMMAR AND READING

1 Read the texts and decide which of these did NOT use to be considered attractive in the past.

a suntan b being slim c a muscular body

Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте тексты и решите, что из этого НЕ считалось привлекательным в прошлом.

Ответ:

1. a suntan (загар)