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    In summer，it's common on the street to see many Chinese women holding umbrellas to protect（1）

themselves

themselves

from the sun.But when Amy，an exchange student in Beijing from the US，first saw this，she found it strange，even impossible to understand.She wrote on her blog（博客），"Unlike Chinese women，American women prefer to（2）

put

put

on their tank tops（背心）and sunglasses during summer."
    This may be caused by the different standards（标准）of beauty（3）

between

between

the US and China.Many Americans don't want white skin.They would rather be tanned（晒黑）.Amy also wrote， "Having darker skin is quite popular（4）

with

with

many women and men in America so that they would like to pay for fake tans.（假晒黑）They can keep their sun-kissed appearance during the winter months，too."
    Why do they like tanned skin？Michelle Louis reported in her research，"（5）

Because

Because

the process of tanning can help make people's skin smooth and hide marks." She further explained， "Tans make people's skin appear healthier and make them appear thinner （6）

than

than

when they have pale skin."
    Perhaps there is no real ideal standard of beauty.In（7）

different

different

cultures and at different times of history，the standards change.On Amy's blog，she also gave two examples：Some women carried umbrellas around trying to keep their white skin in the US 150 years ago；During the Tang Dynasty in China，heavy women were thought beautiful.But now，Chinese women prefer to be slim.
    In a word，different standards of beauty should be respected.People may grow up with only one idea of（8）

what

what

beauty is，but it doesn't mean that it's necessarily the correct or the best idea.