To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essen

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问题     To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s
character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essence is to be strong, (1)______
or effective, or competent.) It does not need someone in the throes of femi- (2)______
nist awareness to perceive that the way women are taught to be involved in (3)______
beauty encourages narcissism, reinforces independence and immaturity. (4)______
Everybody knows that. For it is "everybody", a whole society, which has (5)______
identified being feminine with caring about how one looks. Giving these (6)______
stereotypes, it is no wonder that beauty enjoys, at best, a rather mixed reputation.
    It is not, of course, the desire to be beautiful is wrong but the obligation (7)______
to be. Women are taught to see their bodies in parts, and to assess each part (8)____
separately. Breasts, feet, hips, waistline, neck, eyes, nose, complexion, hair,
and so on—each by turn is submitted to an anxious scrutiny. Even if some (9)______
pass the scrutiny, some will always be found wanted. Nothing less than per- (10)______
fection will do.
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答案need — take

解析 尽管这句话的主谓语动词在汉语里应为“需要”,但在英语里it takes往往作为一个固定搭配表示“做某事需某物或某种品质”,如:It takes five minutes for me to go homefrom school.It took patience and perseverance to accomplish the task.需谨防“中式英语” 的影响。
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