每课一词：新概念英语第1册第75课
接下来我们继续来看第75课的“每课一词”：
Lesson 75 Uncomfortable shoes
Do you have any shoes like these?
What size?
Size five.
What colour?
Black.
I'm sorry. We don't have any.
But my sister bought this pair last month.
Did she buy them here?
No, she bought them in the U.S.
We had some shoes like those a month ago, but we don't have any now.
Can you get a pair for me please?
I'm afraid that I can't. They were in fashion last year and the year before last.
But they're not in fashion this year.
These shoes are in fashion now.
They look very uncomfortable.
They are very uncomfortable. But women always wear uncomfortable shoes!
——选自《新概念英语》第一册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版
二、每课一词
fashion
【源】
直接源自拉丁语的factio，意为“做事所采取的方法和形式”。
【音】
['fæʃn]
【义】
fashion一般用作名词，表示“时尚；风格”。如：
She was the queen of fashion during the 60s.她是60年代的时尚女王。She paints in the fashion of Picasso.她模仿毕加索的绘画风格。
fashion可以用作动词，表示“形成；塑造”。如：
He managed to fashion a doll from a piece of wood.他成功地用木块制成了一个玩具娃娃。Many influences help to fashion our children's characters.各种各样的影响有助于塑造我们的孩子们的性格。
三、更多拓展
manner，method，way，mode，fashion，means，approach
这些名词均含“方法、方式”之意。
manner多指行动的特殊方式或独特的方法。
method指有系统、有条理地办事或解决问题的方法。
way普通用词，可指一般的方法，有时也指个人的方法或方式，也可指特殊的方式或方法。
mode书面用词，常指因个人爱好或传统习俗等因素而遵循的方法。
fashion着重独特的程序或方式，尤指个人的偏爱或习惯。
means指为达到某种目的或目标而采用的方法、手段或途径。
approach指从事某事的特别方法、途径。
——以上辨析选自：http://dict.cn/fashion。