Unit 10 The Jeaning of America答案综合教程二(2)

2) Levi’s brothers sent him brown cotton cloth made in Nimes, instead of the previous canvas.

3) Davis fixed copper rivets on blue jeans as a kind of joke.

2. The incidents that made them popular throughout the country:

1) Blue jeans were first introduced to the East, apparently, during the dude ranch craze of the 1930s, when vacationing Easterners returned and spread the word about the wonderful pants with rivets.

2) Another boost came in World War II, when blue jeans were declared an essential commodity and were sold only to people engaged in defense work.

Vocabulary

I. Phrase

1. get around: spread 传播，流传，各处走动

2. draw no distinctions: do not indicate differences / do not distinguish people according to their social status

3. eke out a living: make just enough money to survive 艰难度日

4. jump at the opportunity: eagerly seize the opportunity 迫不及待地接受机会

5. and the like: and people or something of the same kind 诸如此类，类似的人或物

II.

1. favor; 2. sought after; 3. break up; 4. stand up to;

5. had run out of; 6. converts into; 7. adapted to; 8. word of mouth.

III. Word derivation

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

1. emigration 2. exaggerated 3. adaptable 4. conversion

5. prosperity 6. demanding 7. symbolized 8. profits

IV.

1. A; 2. D; 3. B; 4. D;

5. C; 6. D; 7. B; 8. D.

V. Synonym / Antonym

Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. Antonym: unequally

2. Synonym: simply, just

3. Synonym: pulling, dragging

4. Synonym: significance, importance

5. Synonym: following, subsequent

6. Synonym: dependability, durability

7. Antonym: soft, flexible

8. Synonym: only