四级阅读练习：裸色-时尚也是种族主义者吗？_大学英语阅读

四级阅读练习：裸色-时尚也是种族主义者吗？

　　【今日阅读推荐】本篇阅读材料裸色：时尚也是种族主义者吗?选自《卫报》。如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步^^

　　Nude is the fashion colour du jour. But its only nude if youre white， not if youre black.

　　Michelle Obama must be used to causing a stir with her frocks. But she could not have known when she chose a floorlength gown in a lovely shade of well， lets just pass over that for the moment to meet the Indian prime minister last November， the furore that would follow. The dress was described by its designer Naeem Khan as a sterling-silver sequin， abstract floral， nude strapless gown。 Associated Press said it was flesh-coloured， the colour of Obamas own flesh notwithstanding. Now AP appears to have revised that description to champagne， an act that has triggered debate about fashions use of the word nude。 Nude? For whom? asks Jezebel magazine.

　　To anyone who reads fashion magazines these terms will be familiar. Nude shades are everywhere this season， having dominated the spring/summer 2010 catwalks， from off-white through pale rose to gold 。 InStyle magazine goes as far as to say that nude is the new black： just about the surest way to exclude black-skinned women from adopting the trend， since its apparently not acceptable to wear black as black， nor black as nude.