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Q2210647
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The surprising history of India’s vibrant sari tradition
South Asian women have draped themselves in colorful silks and cottons for eons. The ways they’re made and worn are
dazzling and diverse.
The word “sari” means “strip of cloth” in Sanskrit. But for the Indian women – and a few men – who have been wrapping
themselves in silk, cotton, or linen for millennia, these swaths of fabric are more than just simple garments. They’re symbols of national
pride, ambassadors for traditional (and cutting-edge) design and craftsmanship, and a prime example of the rich differences in India’s
29 states.
“The sari both as symbol and reality has filled the imagination of the subcontinent, with its appeal and its ability to conceal and
reveal the personality of the person wearing it,” says Delhi-based textile historian Rta Kapur Chishti, author of Saris of India: Tradition
and Beyond and co-founder of Taanbaan, a fabric company devoted to reviving and preserving traditional Indian spinning and weaving
methods.
The first mention of saris (alternately spelled sarees) is in the Rig Veda, a Hindu book of hymns dating to 3,000 B.C.; draped
garments show up on Indian sculptures from the first through sixth centuries, too. What Delhi-based textile historian Rta Kapur Chishti
calls the “magical unstitched garment” is ideally suited to India’s blazingly hot climate and the modest-dress customs of both Hindu
and Muslim communities. Saris also remain traditional for women in other South Asian countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, and
Nepal.
(Available in: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/photography/the-story-of-the-sari-in-india/.)
In the fourth paragraph, Delhi-based textile historian Rta Kapur Chishti calls the sari the “unstitched garment”
because it:
Q2210646
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The surprising history of India’s vibrant sari tradition
South Asian women have draped themselves in colorful silks and cottons for eons. The ways they’re made and worn are
dazzling and diverse.
The word “sari” means “strip of cloth” in Sanskrit. But for the Indian women – and a few men – who have been wrapping
themselves in silk, cotton, or linen for millennia, these swaths of fabric are more than just simple garments. They’re symbols of national
pride, ambassadors for traditional (and cutting-edge) design and craftsmanship, and a prime example of the rich differences in India’s
29 states.
“The sari both as symbol and reality has filled the imagination of the subcontinent, with its appeal and its ability to conceal and
reveal the personality of the person wearing it,” says Delhi-based textile historian Rta Kapur Chishti, author of Saris of India: Tradition
and Beyond and co-founder of Taanbaan, a fabric company devoted to reviving and preserving traditional Indian spinning and weaving
methods.
The first mention of saris (alternately spelled sarees) is in the Rig Veda, a Hindu book of hymns dating to 3,000 B.C.; draped
garments show up on Indian sculptures from the first through sixth centuries, too. What Delhi-based textile historian Rta Kapur Chishti
calls the “magical unstitched garment” is ideally suited to India’s blazingly hot climate and the modest-dress customs of both Hindu
and Muslim communities. Saris also remain traditional for women in other South Asian countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, and
Nepal.
(Available in: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/photography/the-story-of-the-sari-in-india/.)
In the first sentence of the text, the underlined and in bold type word “eons” means:
Q2210645
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The surprising history of India’s vibrant sari tradition
South Asian women have draped themselves in colorful silks and cottons for eons. The ways they’re made and worn are
dazzling and diverse.
The word “sari” means “strip of cloth” in Sanskrit. But for the Indian women – and a few men – who have been wrapping
themselves in silk, cotton, or linen for millennia, these swaths of fabric are more than just simple garments. They’re symbols of national
pride, ambassadors for traditional (and cutting-edge) design and craftsmanship, and a prime example of the rich differences in India’s
29 states.
“The sari both as symbol and reality has filled the imagination of the subcontinent, with its appeal and its ability to conceal and
reveal the personality of the person wearing it,” says Delhi-based textile historian Rta Kapur Chishti, author of Saris of India: Tradition
and Beyond and co-founder of Taanbaan, a fabric company devoted to reviving and preserving traditional Indian spinning and weaving
methods.
The first mention of saris (alternately spelled sarees) is in the Rig Veda, a Hindu book of hymns dating to 3,000 B.C.; draped
garments show up on Indian sculptures from the first through sixth centuries, too. What Delhi-based textile historian Rta Kapur Chishti
calls the “magical unstitched garment” is ideally suited to India’s blazingly hot climate and the modest-dress customs of both Hindu
and Muslim communities. Saris also remain traditional for women in other South Asian countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, and
Nepal.
(Available in: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/photography/the-story-of-the-sari-in-india/.)
Sari, which in Sanskrit means “strip of cloth”, represents more than a piece of clothing in India. In relation to the
different meaning(s) attributed to the sari, consider the following affirmatives:
1. It stands for both up-to-date and conventional patterns. 2. People wear it in different ways. 3. Both men and women can wear it. 4. People cannot avoid an arrogant attitude when they put it on.
Mark the affirmative(s) that is/are present in the text.
1. It stands for both up-to-date and conventional patterns. 2. People wear it in different ways. 3. Both men and women can wear it. 4. People cannot avoid an arrogant attitude when they put it on.
Mark the affirmative(s) that is/are present in the text.
Q2024826
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Why do we have blood types?
In 1996 a naturopath named Peter D’Adamo published a book called Eat Right 4 Your Type. D’Adamo argued that we must
eat according to our blood type, in order to harmonise with our evolutionary heritage. Blood types, he claimed, “appear to have arrived
at critical junctures of human development.” According to D’Adamo, type O blood arose in our hunter-gatherer ancestors in Africa,
type A at the dawn of agriculture, and type B developed between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago in the Himalayan highlands. Type AB,
he argued, is a modern blending of A and B.
From these suppositions, D’Adamo then claimed that our blood type determines what food we should eat. With my agriculture-based type A blood, for example, I should be a vegetarian. People with the ancient hunter type O should have a meat-rich diet and
avoid grains and dairy. According to the book, foods that are not suited to our blood type contain antigens that can cause all sorts of
illness. D’Adamo recommended his diet as a way to reduce infections, lose weight, fight cancer and diabetes, and slow the ageing
process.
D’Adamo’s book has sold seven million copies and has been translated into 60 languages. It has been followed by a string of
other blood type diet books; D’Adamo also sells a line of blood-type-tailored diet supplements on his website. As a result, doctors
often get asked by their patients if blood type diets actually work.
The best way to answer that question is to run an experiment. In Eat Right 4 Your Type D’Adamo wrote that he was in the
eighth year of a decade-long trial of blood type diets on women with cancer. Eighteen years later, however, the data from this trial
have not yet been published.
Recently, researchers at the Red Cross in Belgium decided to see if there was any other evidence in the diet’s favor. They
hunted through the scientific literature for experiments that measured the benefits of diets based on blood types. Although they
examined over 1,000 studies, their efforts were fruitless. “There is no direct evidence supporting the health effects of the ABO blood
type diet,” says Emmy De Buck of the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders.
After De Buck and her colleagues published their review in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, D’Adamo responded on
his blog. In spite of the lack of published evidence supporting his Blood Type Diet, he claimed that the science behind it is right. “There
is good science behind the blood type diets, just like there was good science behind Einstein’s mathematical calculations that led to
the Theory of Relativity,” he wrote.
Adapted from: ZIMMER, Carl. Why do we have blood types? Crash diet. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140715-why-do-wehave-blood-types. Access: August, 2014.
According to the text, what is correct to say about Peter D’Adamo?
Q2024825
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Why do we have blood types?
In 1996 a naturopath named Peter D’Adamo published a book called Eat Right 4 Your Type. D’Adamo argued that we must
eat according to our blood type, in order to harmonise with our evolutionary heritage. Blood types, he claimed, “appear to have arrived
at critical junctures of human development.” According to D’Adamo, type O blood arose in our hunter-gatherer ancestors in Africa,
type A at the dawn of agriculture, and type B developed between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago in the Himalayan highlands. Type AB,
he argued, is a modern blending of A and B.
From these suppositions, D’Adamo then claimed that our blood type determines what food we should eat. With my agriculture-based type A blood, for example, I should be a vegetarian. People with the ancient hunter type O should have a meat-rich diet and
avoid grains and dairy. According to the book, foods that are not suited to our blood type contain antigens that can cause all sorts of
illness. D’Adamo recommended his diet as a way to reduce infections, lose weight, fight cancer and diabetes, and slow the ageing
process.
D’Adamo’s book has sold seven million copies and has been translated into 60 languages. It has been followed by a string of
other blood type diet books; D’Adamo also sells a line of blood-type-tailored diet supplements on his website. As a result, doctors
often get asked by their patients if blood type diets actually work.
The best way to answer that question is to run an experiment. In Eat Right 4 Your Type D’Adamo wrote that he was in the
eighth year of a decade-long trial of blood type diets on women with cancer. Eighteen years later, however, the data from this trial
have not yet been published.
Recently, researchers at the Red Cross in Belgium decided to see if there was any other evidence in the diet’s favor. They
hunted through the scientific literature for experiments that measured the benefits of diets based on blood types. Although they
examined over 1,000 studies, their efforts were fruitless. “There is no direct evidence supporting the health effects of the ABO blood
type diet,” says Emmy De Buck of the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders.
After De Buck and her colleagues published their review in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, D’Adamo responded on
his blog. In spite of the lack of published evidence supporting his Blood Type Diet, he claimed that the science behind it is right. “There
is good science behind the blood type diets, just like there was good science behind Einstein’s mathematical calculations that led to
the Theory of Relativity,” he wrote.
Adapted from: ZIMMER, Carl. Why do we have blood types? Crash diet. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140715-why-do-wehave-blood-types. Access: August, 2014.
Consider the sentence: “There is good science behind the blood type diets, just like there was good science behind
Einstein’s mathematical calculations that led to the Theory of Relativity,” Peter D’Adamo says this with the purpose of
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