Japanese turn on to Chinese chic

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Japanese turn on to Chinese chic

• 2004 - UE Section C
• Gapped Summary

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Japanese turn on to Chinese chic

• What do you think is the most stylish city in
  Asia?
• Why do you think the Japanese have suddenly taken
  an interest in Chinese things?
• Will this interest last?

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Japanese turn on to Chinese chic
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Nowadays in Tokyo, the new place to look for (45)
to follow is China.
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Nowadays in Tokyo, the new place to look for (45)
to follow is China.

• Paragraph 1
• Line 1 All of a sudden, China is trendy.

• What is the passage about?
• look for need a noun.
• Common collocation with follow.
• Speaking generally need plural.
• (45) trends

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Only a few years ago, anything from China was
perceived as poor (46) and without (47)
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Only a few years ago, anything from China was
perceived as poor (46) and without (47).

• Paragraph 1.
• Line 3 To think that just five years ago, China
  was a metaphor for everything cheap and
  tasteless.

• If something is cheap, it is of poor
• Poor is an adjective so we need a noun.
• (46) quality
• If something is tasteless, it is without
• (47) taste

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Now, young people in Tokyo favour cities like
Shanghai more than Paris. This is reflected in
the fact that (48) is a popular pastime in the
city.
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Now, young people in Tokyo favour cities like
Shanghai more than Paris. This is reflected in
the fact that (48) is a popular pastime in the
city.

• Paragraph 1
• Line 5 now Tokyo youth are talking about
  Shanghai in tones that they used to use for
  Paris. Mandarin conversation classes have cropped
  up all over the city,

• Many people are taking Mandarin classes.
• We need a subject for is a popular pastime.
• We need 2 words.
• (48) learning/ studying Mandarin

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These days, as marrying someone from a different
(49) becomes more common, fashionable Tokyoites
are increasingly likely to have Chinese (50).
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These days, as marrying someone from a different
(49) becomes more common, fashionable Tokyoites
are increasingly likely to have Chinese (50).

• Paragraph 1
• Line 8 and the No. 1 partner of choice in the
  ever-increasing trend of mixed marriages carries
  the PRC passport.

• Mixed marriages involve people from different
• a need singular
• (49) country/culture
• If a person from Tokyo marries someone from
  China, they will have a Chinese
• Speaking generally - need plural.
• (50) spouses/partners

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America does not (51) young Japanese any more.
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America does not (51) young Japanese any more.

• Paragraph 3
• Line 9 They still believe in the American
  dream. But after 9-11 and everything that
  followed, the US doesnt seem that exciting any
  more.

• The US doesnt seem exciting.
• We need a verb because of does not
• (51) interest/attract

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Instead, China has become the place to go to make
(52).
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Instead, China has become the place to go to make
(52).

• Paragraph 3
• Line 12 China, on the other hand, is full of
  anticipation. Its where anyone with a product to
  sell can strike gold, and thats what we all
  want.

• To strike gold is to become rich.
• To become rich, you need to make
• (52) money

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Hiromi Morishita, , says her family expressed
their (53) when she moved to China because it was
a Communist country.
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Hiromi Morishita, , says her family expressed
their (53) when she moved to China because it was
a Communist country.

• Last paragraph
• Line 3 My parents were concerned at first that
  I was going to go and work in a Communist
  country

• Her family was concerned.
• You express something. Their is used in front
  of a
• Noun.
• (53) concern

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However, whenever she (54) to Japan these days,
she finds that her native land feels more
Communist than her new home.
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However, whenever she (54) to Japan these days,
she finds that her native land feels more
Communist than her new home.

• Last sentence.
• Now when I come back, its Japan that feels
  Communist.

• She lives in China, so she has to come back to
  Japan.
• Need 1 word.
• She (third person singular).
• (54) returns

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Her friends in Japan are always asking her to
have (55) for them in the Chinese style.
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Her friends in Japan are always asking her to
have (55) for them in the Chinese style.

• Paragraph 2
• Line 4 She says that she is always getting
  requests from her friends back in Tokyo for
  tailor-made Chinese dresses,

• Need two words.
• What do they want?
• Dresses.
• Passive with have - e.g. have my hair cut.
• They have the dresses
• made
• (55) dresses made

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The Japanese (56) viewed Chinese style as rather
traditional and conservative now it is typically
perceived as very glamorous.
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The Japanese (56) viewed Chinese style as rather
traditional and conservative now it is typically
perceived as very glamorous.

• Paragraph 2
• Line 8 Indeed, the key word for the new China
  trend is glamour, very different from the
  traditional Mao collar look that had always
  defined Chinese fashion in the Japanese mind.

• We are comparing the new perception of Chinese
  style with the old perception.
• We need an adverb to modify viewed.
• The adverb should let us know that this is the
  old way of viewing Chinese style.
• (56) traditionally

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The new designs are (57) and (58) than in the
past.
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The new designs are (57) and (58) than in the
past.

• Paragraph 2
• Last line The designs are bold and sexy.

• We need 2 adjectives describing the new Chinese
  designs.
• The use of than tells us that we need to use
  the -er form.
• (57) (58) bolder / sexier

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Trends do not start in Japan any more, but (59).
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Trends do not start in Japan any more, but (59).

• Only an overall understanding of the passage is
  needed.

• The passage is about how trendy Chinese things
  are in Japan.
• (59) in China

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They (Chinese models) are popular because they
have long (60), are (61), and come with an
attitude.
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They (Chinese models) are popular because they
have long (60), are (61), and come with an
attitude.

• Paragraph 4
• Last 2 sentences Long-limbed Chinese girls are
  in high demand. They come with an attitude and a
  confidence that Japanese models just dont have.

• They have long
• We need a plural noun.
• If someone is long-limbed, they have long
• (60) limbs (arms and legs)
• A person has confidence (noun) but they are
  (adjective)
• (61) confident

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He says that the Japanese have become very good
at choosing what to copy and what to (62).
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He says that the Japanese have become very good
at choosing what to copy and what to (62).

• Paragraph 4
• Line 5 But I think weve become very skilful at
  dealing with that, and imitate some things while
  discarding others.

• Imitate copy
• We are comparing what they copy and what they
  choose not to copy.
• Because of what to we need the infinitive.
• (62) discard

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In (Gen Motohashis) his opinion, Chinese style
is less (63) and (64) than that of his own
country.
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In (Gen Motohashis) his opinion, Chinese style
is less (63) and (64) than that of his own
country.

• Paragraph 4
• Line 7 Japanese fashion and design has more
  individuality and sensitivity than Chinese.

• has more noun
• is less adjective
• Individual considered separately from other
  people.
• Individualistic possessing the quality that
  makes something different from all other things.
• (63) (64) individualistic/
• sensitive