A recent article in The New York Times noted that Hollywood types now are wearing flip-flops(拖鞋)-- shoes appropriate for beachcombers--to business meetings. Decades ago, Californians were forgiven their sloppy attire as unique to their somewhat frivolous culture.
Elsewhere during that bygone era, people were careful how they dressed when seen in public and certainly when going to the office. No one would think of traveling by plane in shorts or wearing anything but their best clothes for attending a church service, concert, wedding, or funeral. Look at old newsreels of baseball games and you will see most of the men in a shirt and tie.
Walk through an airport today and you have to strain to find a man wearing a jacket (forget the shirt and tie) or a woman in a nice shirt. If so, they clearly are over 60. The standard for dressing down continues to decline. Neckties and suits no longer are fashionable; male models think it cool to have a face full of stubble
A. is to discuss the standard of manner and courtesy.
B. is to emphasize the importance of dressing down.
C. is to advocate the seriousness of character.
D. is to advise on how to be selfless and thrifty.
| For many people the New York Times is the greatest
newspaper anywhere. But there has long been a small pool of conservative
dissenters in its hometown. For them. the Times is left-wing, inaccurate, devoid
of humor, and, worst of all. unopposed (they never seem to count the Wall
Street Journal. which, to be fair, doesn’t write that much about the Big Apple).
Now these criticisms are being made, daily, and often wittily, by a flee
web-based publication. The publisher, reporting staff and editor of smartertimes.com is Ira Stoll. a 28-year-old former managing editor of Forward, a Jewish weekly. At 6 o’clock every morning he picks up a copy of the Times at a Brooklyn news-stand and, within four hours, unleashes an invariably scathing report on something he thinks either ridiculous or wrong. Categories on the website range from the peda A. extremist B. humourous C. unfaithful D. unopposed [填空题]
The New York Times was once the best example of all that was great about American newspapers．Now it symbolizes the difficult situation the whole industry is fecde with.The Grey Lady’s circulation is tumbling down another 3.9%according to the latest data from America’s Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)． (9) . Pick almost any American newspaper company and you can tell a similar story．The ABC reported that for the 530 biggest daily newspapers，average circulation in the past six months was 3.6%lower than in the same period a year earlier．As for Sunday papers．it was 4.6%lower．Ad revenues are plunging across the board：by 22.3%at Media General，for example．In 2007 total newspaper revenues fell to$42.2 billion． (10) . Much of this decline is being blamed on the rise of the internet，which offers free，round-the-clock coverage．What’s more，Internet has provided a new，better home for classified advertising，which was o [单项选择] 第二篇
Americans Get Touchy
The New York Times recently reported that American teens are hugging practically everyone they see. Say goodbye to the greetings of the past, from the hands-off "Whats up!" to the handshake or high-five2. For young people across the country, hugging is the new "Hello".
Girls are hugging girls. Boys are hugging boys. Girls and boys are hugging each other. And, like every major trend, there are lots of variations on the form. Theres the classic, full-body, arms-around-the-person bear hug, the casual one-armed side hug, the group hug and the hug from behind. Theres the handshake that turns into a hug and the hug that turns into a pat on the back.
As trends go, this one seems pretty innocent. But some parents, teachers and school administrators are worried nonetheless. Will young people who arent as comfortable with physical contact feel peer pressured into hugging Will kids who dont receive hugs feel left Out3 Could an extra-long hug slide into the
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