申論題

一、將下列英文翻譯成中文：（20 分） During the fashion boom that began in the 1980s, the relationship between fashion and its customers was the same as the one between art and its rich, often unlovely patrons: all that money sloshing around led to excessive consumption, but it also created a fertile soil in which works of beauty and integrity could develop. Last year when the financial crisis hit New York, that boom ended with breathtaking rapidity and finality.