In 1878, when Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", she was 1______
that there was no consistent 2______ on beauty. Standards of beauty change across time and cultural groups. 　　
     Traditions and fashions, 3______ society itself, change and adapt with time, so it is reasonable that our
ideas of 4______ change as well. In 19th-century Europe, women used to wear corsets to 5______ a body
shape that is no longer considered healthy. Men would wear woolen shawls across their shoulders. It is hard
to imagine that they would be seen as 6______ in the 21st century. Nowadays, in the western world, one in
every ten people 7______ a tattoo or a form of body art. In the past, some cultures used tattoos as an addition
to costumes, to show family associations or to 8______ criminals so that they could easily be recognized. 　　
     In contemporary society, culture remains a major part in 9______ our ideas of beauty. In some countries,
young women 10______ slimming diets to lose extra kilos in preparation for their wedding day. In other culture
s, looking thin for a husband-to-be is not what a woman desires at all-rather, looking a little overweight is
considered more attractive.