C
They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories（配饰）. Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies. A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.

她们穿着最时尚的衣服，佩带着最前卫的配饰。但是她们却不是十几二十岁的女孩，她们是六十多，七十多的老太太。那曾经穿着过时的衣服的那一代现在也喜欢他们一半年纪女孩穿着的街头时尚穿着。

Professor Julia Twigg, a social policy expert, said,“Women over 75 are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they did when they were young in the 1960s. In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter. It was an expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years—now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to. Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly.”

JT教授，一位社会政策学家，说“当年，女人过了75岁后买衣服的比他们在1960时要频繁，那个时候他们还很年轻。在1960年时，买一件大衣对一个女人来讲是一件大事。这很贵重，他们每三年或四年买一次 – 现在当你想时，你就可以在超市里买一件。时尚便宜了很多，而且人们对事情的疲劳度也更快。

Professor Twigg analyzed family expenditure（支出）data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—at 5 or 6 per cent of spending—the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply.

T教授分析家庭花费数据，然后发现女人花费在衣服和鞋子上的钱都差不多 – 占5%或6%的花费比例 – 买衣服的数量却增加的很快。

The professor said.“Clothes are now 70 per cent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East. In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from, but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere. Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them.”

教受谈到“衣服比1960年时要便宜70%，因为远东地方的产量巨大的提高了。在1960年时，L是英国工业的心脏地带，大部分衣服都是从那里出产，但是现在，我们几乎所有我们的衣服都是来自别的地方。每个人都买了更多的衣服，但是普遍上我们并没有在买衣服上花更多的钱。”

Fashion designer Angela Barnard, who runs her own fashion business in London, said older women were much more affected by celebrity（名流）style than in previous years.
She said,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties, they want to follow them. Older women are much more aware of celebrities. There’s also the boom in TV programmes showing people how they can change their look, and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties. When I started my business a few years ago, my older customers tended to be very rich, but now they are what I would call ordinary women. My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago.”

时尚设计者AB，她在伦敦做着她自己的时尚生意，说年纪大的女士比年青的一代更容易被名流影响。

她说，“当人们看到类似于JD和HM的明星在他们六十多岁时看起来很有魅力和时尚，他们想模仿他们。年纪大一点的女士对名流更敏感。电视节目里也有栏目向人们展示他们如何改变自己的外表，许多我的老顾客做们做着瑜伽，在她们50多的时候，体形也很好。当几年前我开始了我自己的事业，我顾客里年龄稍大的都比较富有，但是我现在他们就是我言语里的普通女人。我母亲也61了，在某种程度上，她穿着最时尚的衣服。在十年前她是不会这样作的。

59．Professor Twigg found that, compared with the 1960s,           .
A．the price of clothes has generally fallen by 70%
B．the spending on clothes has increased by 5% or 6%
C．people spend 30% less than they did on clothes
D．the amount of clothes bought has risen by 5% or 6%

69 PT发现，相对于1960年，

A衣服的体格普遍下降了70%

B花费在衣服上的钱增加了5%到6%

C人们比那个时候买衣服的钱少花了3%

D他们多买了5%或6%的衣服。

60．What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?
A．They are often ignored by fashion designers.
B．They are now more easily influenced by stars.
C．They are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion.
D．They are more interested in clothes because of their old age.

60 就时尚而言，我们知道了关于年纪大的女人什么？

A 她们常常被时尚设计师所忽略

B 她们现在更容易被明星影响

C他们现在被冠上流行先锋的称号

D他们对衣服更感兴趣，因为她们年龄大了

61．It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because           .
A．they get tired of things more quickly
B．TV shows teach them how to change their look
C．they are in much better shape now
D．clothes are much cheaper than before

61 可以这样总结，年纪大的女人现在趋向于穿着最时尚的衣服因为？

A他们对事情疲劳更快

B电视表演教会了她们如何改变穿着

C她们现在的体形保持的更好

D衣服比原来更便宜

62．Which is the best possible title of the passage?
A．Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans
B．The More Fashionable, the Less Expensive
C．Unexpected Changes in Fashion
D．Boom of the British Fashion Industry

62这篇文章的标题是什么？

A 年龄不是时尚粉丝的壁垒

B更时尚，更省钱

C时尚里无法预料的改变

D英国时尚界的爆炸