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The famous designer Calvin Klein once said that almost every teenager wants to be unique, but still so many just wear jeans. Most people own a pair of jeans, but few knowswheresjeans came from.
Jeans got their name from a fabric called jean cloth, later known as denim. In the 18th century, jeans began to be made from heavy cotton jean cloth dyed dark blue. Because jeans were strong, hid dirt well, and were easy to wash, they were well-suited for manual labor.
During the California Gold Rush of 1848, Levi Strauss made some denim pants called“Levi’s”, that miners loved. In Hollywood films of the 1930s, cowboys were depicted wearing Levi’s jeans. Soon after, the popularity of jeans―with their image of tough individualism―spread worldwide.
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著名的设计师卡尔文·克莱恩曾经说过，几乎每个十几岁的青少年都希望自己是与众不同的，但是仍然有这么多的青少年就是穿牛仔裤。大多数人都有一条牛仔裤，但是很少有人知道牛仔裤的由来。
“牛仔裤”一词源自于一种叫做粗斜纹棉布(jean)的布料，后来被称为劳动布。在18世纪，人们开始用厚的染成深蓝色的粗斜纹棉布制作牛仔裤。因为牛仔裤经穿，耐脏，且易于清洗，所以非常适合干体力活的人。
在1848年加利福尼亚的淘金潮中，利维·斯特劳斯做出了一些劳动布裤子，称为Levi’s，深受矿工的喜爱。在20世纪30年代的好莱坞电影里，牛仔被描绘成身穿Levi’s牛仔裤。不久之后，作为坚韧顽强的个人主义的象征，牛仔裤在世界范围流行开来。
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sth. spread worldwide“某事遍及全世界”，例如：
The popularity of Harry Potter books has spread worldwide.《哈利·波特》丛书已经在全世界范围内流行。
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