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1、Thiswouldbeabraveperformanceanywhereintheworld.ButhereinChina,it'saninvitationtoridicule・Inacountrywheremostpeoplearenaturallyslim,beingoverweight,especiallyifyouareawoman,isfrownedupon.Butthesedancers,theycallthemselvesthe"fatartistictroupe，，aretryingtochangepeople'sminds.nIusedtoth
2、inkthatlifewasveryunfair.Ievenattemptedsuicide.ButsinceFvestarteddancing,Ifeelthatsocietycanfinallyacceptme.nAndthefactisChinaitselfischangingshape.Onceuponatime,itwasacountryofequallythincommunists・Nowsocialistregalityhasgivenwaytocapitalistexcess,weighingChinadownwiththefruitsofcon
3、sumerism."Well,inthelast30years,ithasbeenaprocessoffaminetofeastin2generations.Availability,accessibilityoffoodisjustwidespreadnow・Sopeoplehavemoremoneyandtheyarejusteatingmore,moreandmoreofeverything/"Therearealready100millionobeseChinese.Andthatnumberispredictedtodoubleinjust5years
4、・Thiscountry*sobesityepidemichascausedaspikeinhealthproblemslikediabetesandheartdisease."SonowChinaisonadietworkingoffthetelltalesignsofeconomicsuccess.Inacountrythatusedtoworryaboutmalnutrition,theseareverystrangethings.AtLovethePeopleDietHospital,thedoctorshaveturnedtotraditionalCh
5、inesemedicine.Acupuncture,theysay,cansuppressappetiteandspeeduptheirpatients*metabolisms.XiaoYangweighsinat23stone,andwantstoendthediscriminationshesufferedherwholelife.nIf2peoplegoforthesamejobwithexactlythesameskills,theywillalwayspickthemorebeautifuloneanddon'tevengetthethoughtsab
6、outfindingaman.nTheymaybenewtothedietgame・ButtheChinesehavelearnedtheoldlessonveryquickly:nNopain,nogain.HHollyWilliams,SkyNews,Tianjin,China.1.ridiculen&v.卩朝弄tomakefunof-rid-i-cul-ernounsynonymsRIDICULE,DERIDE,MOCK,TAUNTmeantomakeanobjectoflaughterof.RIDICULEimpliesadeliberateoftenm
7、aliciousbelittling.DERIDEsuggestscontemptuousandoftenbitterridicule・MOCKimpliesscornoftenironicallyexpressedasbymimicryorshamdeference・TAUNTsuggestsjeeringlyprovokinginsultorchallenge・1.regality王位；君主地位；-noun,plural-ties・1)royalty,sovereignty,orkingship.2)arightorprivilegepertainingto
8、asovereign.3
