M: Where did you put my new red tie
W: It’s right there in the cupboard with your other ties.
M: There’s a green one and a couple of brown ones, but no red one.
W: Here it is in your drawer. You must have put it there when you brought it home.
M: I suppose so. We’d better hurry up or we’re going to be late. The Smiths said to come at 7:00.
W: Oh, it’ s 6:24 now. Sue isn’ t here to take care of the children yet.
M: She shall be here at 6:40. That still gives us time to get there.
W: Who else is coming tonight
M: The Browns and the Franks. And Mrs. Johnson’s sister will be there too.
W: Well. I think we’d better go down. Sue should be here pretty soon.
By the mid-sixties, blue jeans were an essential part of the wardrobe of those with a commitment to social struggle. In the American Deep South, black farmers and grandchildren of slaves still segregated from whites, continued to wear jeans in their mid-nineteenth-century sense; but now they were joined by college students-black and white-in a battle to overturn deeply embedded race hatred. The clothes of the workers became a sacred bond between them. The clothing of toil came to signify the dignity of struggle.
In the student rebellion and the antiwar movement that followed, blue jeans and work shirts provided a contrast to the uniforms of the dominant culture. Jeans were the opposite of high fashion, the opposite of the suit or military uniform.
With the rise of the women’s movement in the late 1960s, the political significance of dress became increasingly explicit; Rejecting orthodox sex roles, blue jeans were a woman’s weapon against uncomfortable
A. jeans summon us into action
B. jeans challenge us to a duel
C. jeans ask us to get out of home
D. jeans become an eye-catching fashion
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