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The necktie looks set to follow the top hat in being handed over to the fashion museum by office workers within the next 50 years, according to research.
Nearly three quarters (74%) think the tie will not survive within British firms beyond the next half a century with the popularity of the open-collared shirt. Its demise is being blamed on the boom in creative businesses, such as Facebook and Google, and online trading companies where formal dress codes tend to be avoided in favour of a more casual approach.
Once considered an important part of business dress, the tie has become a victim of the spread of "casual Fridays" into other weekdays, according to researchers.
The poll, by Deal Jungle. com, which helps small and medium enterprises, found more than half (51% ) thought the tie would die out in offices within the next 20 years and almost a quarter (22%) believed it would last less than 10 years.
A spokesman for the site, which has 20, 000 registered members, said: "Ties have been around seemingly forever but increasing numbers of office workers are telling them to get away."
"The success of businesses such as Facebook and Google, where even the CEO turns up wearing jeans and a hoodie, also seems to have had a corrosive (侵蚀性) effect on the idea of dressing formally for work."
"Many of our members keep their expenses to a minimum by working from home so they feel no need to dress up to go to work. We know that when they meet with clients, they still put on a business suit, but a tie is no longer seen as an essential part of the suited-and-booted look."
"Instead, many businessmen and increasing numbers of executives choose a suit and shirt with an open collar. The tie-less suit creates an impression of a more approachable deal maker, someone who is still business-minded, yet creative and technology-sensible, too. "
【小题1】Why are ties expected to disappear in offices?
A.CEOs in creative businesses set a rule to forbid wearing ties. |
B.The idea of casual weekdays is increasingly accepted. |
C.Office workers are tired of wearing ties daily. |
D.The tie-less look appears more modern. |
A.Business suits and casual jeans. |
B.Formal suits and a shirt with a tie. |
C.Casual suits and buttoned-up shirt. |
D.Business suits and an open-collared shirt. |
A.Accessible in business. | B.Professional in fashion. |
C.Casual in working. | D.Creative in dressing. |
A.popularity | B.survival | C.disappearance | D.development |
The iPhone has become one of the most popular mobile phones in the United States. An 18-year-o1d student in California has used his knowledge of the device to create his own business,gaining national recognition for his work.
Vincent Quigg is the CEO of TechWorld. His company is kind of like a hospital for iPhones,specializing in customizing and repairing iPhones. Vincent Quigg launched TechWorld while in high school. “My mom became single a couple of years ago and I had to grow up. And in order to keep my lifestyle, I had to find different ways to keep my phone, keep a car, transportation and all that stuff. So I had to find ways to be entrepreneurial.” An organization cal1ed the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. or NFTE, helped the young man get started. His mother, Carla Quigg: “He quit the class, which made me very disappointed.”
“It was extremely hard for myself to find a business to start and run with it. But once I had that ‘aha moment’or what I knew I wanted to go with, it was really easy and extremely fun.”
At the time, Vincent worked for the electronics store BestBuy. He says people always came into the store with broken electronic devices. He decided that repairing those devices was what he wanted to do. He not only re-registered for the NFTE class, but he also won the organization’s national competition for best young entrepreneur.His business has grown through word-of-mouth. Vincent says he now fixes up to l0 phones per week. He earns about $l,500 each month in sales. TechWorld has two other employees. Kacee Wheeler is one of them. He works on the technical side of the business while Vincent Quigg now deals with finances and planning. He says he wants to continue to grow his business.
【小题1】What is Vincent Quigg’s company specialized in?
A.Customizing and repairing iPhones. | B.Advertising and selling iPhones. |
C.Helping students set up business. | D.Offering people medical advice. |
A.His special family education background. |
B.The need to keep his former way of 1ife. |
C.The desire to be the CEO of a company. |
D.The encouragement from another company. |
A.The moment to celebrate success. |
B.The moment to comp1ain hardship. |
C.The moment to have a great idea. |
D.The moment to have great fun. |
A.Vincent started his own business with the help of his col1ege. |
B.Vincent went through great difficulty in the beginning. |
C.Vincent promotes his business by large scale advertisements. |
D.Vincent’s mother was disappointed by his achievement. |