词汇练习：

Please choose the correct word for each explanation:

Avoid
Dirty
Hospital
Moisturize
Protect
Sun block

1 A building full of doctors and nurses. (Noun)
2 A lotion that prevents sunburn. (Noun)
3 To add or restore moisture. (Verb)
4 To keep away from something. (Verb)
5 The opposite of clean. (Adjective)
6 To guard or keep something safe. (Verb)

答案：

1. hospital
2. sunblock
3. moisturize
4. avoid
5. dirty
6. protect

语法练习：

Match the acronyms on the left with their full form on the right.

TGIF Estimated time of arrival

PRC Ultra-violet

SPF Thank goodness it’s Friday

USA As soon as possible

ASAP People’s Republic of China

ETA Sun Protection Factor

UV Repondez s’il vous plait

RSVP United States of America

答案：

1. TGIF
2. PRC
3. SPF
4. USA
5. ASAP
6. ETA
7. UV
8. RSVP

A. Estimated time of arrival
B. Ultra-violet
C. Thank goodness it’s Friday
D. As soon as possible
E. People’s Republic of China
F. Sun Protection Factor
G. Repondez s’il vous plait
H. United States of America

阅读练习：

Sun Tanning

In Europe, during much of the 18th and 19th centuries, fair, freckleless skin was considered attractive, especially in women, since tanned skin was associated with manual labour such as on a farm or in the outdoor employ of a wealthier person. Having fair skin signified that one was wealthy enough to hire other people to do manual labour. In 18th-century France, members of the royal court emphasized this point by powdering their faces to look as white as possible. As labour patterns shifted during the early 20th century, with indoor work becoming the norm, tanned skin came to be seen as a credential for membership of the leisured classes. When famous fashion designer Coco Chanel accidentally acquired a dark tan during a vacation on the French Riviera in the 1920's, she ignited a fad among whites for tanned skin. By the 1960s, a tan's earlier social significance had been reversed and bronzed skin among whites often signified social status, wealth and health, possibly for the opposite reason. Now that most jobs are done inside, tans among whites signify the wealth required to have the leisure time to acquire one.


Comprehension Questions

1) Who made tanning socially acceptable?

2) Why did people want fair skin in the past?

3) What does tanned skin now represent?

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