AN INNOVATIVE STYLE OF COOKING WAS CREATED IN CALIFORNIA ………..A. T...

60. An innovative style of cooking was created in California ………..A. to attract more immigrants to the state. B. and made the states wines well-known. C. by borrowing recipes from immigrant kitchens. D. by combining the local specialities with immigrants spices. Đọc đoạn văn và trả lời câu hỏi Today the most universally known style of trousers for both men and women is jeans; these trousers are wornthroughout the world on a variety of occasions. Also called levis or denims, jeans have an interesting story. The word jeans is derived from the name of the place where a similar style of pants developed. In the 16

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century, sailors from Genoa, Italy, wore a unique tyle of cotton trousers. In French, the word for the city ofGenoa and for the people from that city is Genes, this name became attached to the trousers and developedinto the word jeans. Similar to the word jeans, the word denim is also derived from a place name. In the 17

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century, French sailorsbegan making trousers out of a specialized type of cloth that was developed in the city of Nimes, France andwas known serge de Nimes. This name eventually developed into denim, the material which jeans are madeand an alternative name for these popular pants. The word levis came from a person. In the 19

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century, Levis Strauss tried to sell heavy canvas to miners takingpart in the hunt for gold in northern California. He intended for this canvas to be used by miners to makeheavy-duty tents. This first attemp was a failure but he later found success when he used the canvas to makeindestructible pants for the miners. He changed the fabric from brown canvas to blue denim, creating a styleof pants that long outlived him and is now referred to by his name.