Unit 5 Christian Dior
Skill Training
Practice 1
Paragraph 1:but;Paragraph 2:however;Paragraph 3:instead;
Paragraph 4:for instance;Paragraph 5:and.
Practice 2
but:however;however:nevertheless;instead:on the contrary,rather;
for instance:for example.
Practice 3
1.Pei’s father encouraged him to attend college in England because he had many British banking connections.
2.He remained in Boston and worked as a research assistant at the Bemis Foundation.
3.He absorbed the ideas about designing unadorned buildings in abstract shapes.
4.Pei strove to bring together the modern and traditional styles.
5.Pei gained national recognition for his design of the National Gallery of Art’s East Building.
Reading in Depth
Pre-reading
Exercise 1
b—d—c—a
Exercise 2
1—c;2— f;3—a;4—e;5—b.
Re-reading
Exercise 1
1)He brought light and hope to the fashion scene.
2)He was a docile and delicately featured child.
3)She required that the name Dior should never be seen to be associated with the business because she regarded her family concerned with trade unthinkable.
4)He was unable to find any sort of job and lived on his friend’s charity.
Exercise 2
1.C 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.B
Reading the News
Exercise 1
1.B 2.C 3.A
Exercise 2
1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F
Exercise 3
1.find a way to smile through the pain 2.lean on one another
3.advocacy organization 4.the medical workers