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O Reading 2
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次の英文を3分15秒で読んで, 1.の問いに答えなさい。
But the Scottish national costume for
In Europe men don't usually wear skirts.
men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt The Scottish like to be different. They are
also proud of their country and its history. and they feel that the kilt is a part of that
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history. That's why (nthe men still wear kilts at old-style dances and on national
5 holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes that Scottish men always
used to wear.
That's what they believe. However. kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish
men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders. These clothes (2)got in the
way when the men started to work in factories. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed
10 the blanket into a skirt: the kilt. That's how the first kilt was made.
Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts.
One reason for (3this was national feeling: the Scottish soldiers wanted to look different
from the English soldiers. The Scottish soldiers fought very hard and became famous.
The kilt was part of that fame, and in the early 1800s men all around Scotland began
15 to wear kilts.
laThese kilts hadcolorful stripes going up and down and across. Scottish people often
believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history. In fact, each family
just chose the colors they liked best in the late 1800s.
This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people
20 still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the
Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!
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