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1、SectionBHeavyBody,NotHeavyHeartReadingMoreTextBExercisesWords&ExpressionsCONTENTSQuestionsPreviewPreviewthefollowingquestionsbeforereadingthetext.Whatdoyouthinkofpeoplewhoareoverweight?Ifyouwereoverweight,howwouldyouliveyourlife?Areyouinaweight-obsessedculture?Whyorwhynot?Whatdop
2、eoplearoundyouthinkofbeingoverweight?QuestionsPreviewWords&ExpressionsTextBReadingMoreInpicturesfromcollegeIwasthin.Iworkedfulltime,wenttoschoolfulltime,smoked,andlivedofffastfoodandsoftdrinks.FriendssaythatIdon’tlooklikemyselfinthosepictures.Ilookedill,sad,andunhealthy.Para.1Hea
3、vyBody,NotHeavyHeartTextBChineseNow,ataweightconsideredtobedangerouslyhighbymedicalcharts,Ilivebetterthanever.Ihavegivenupsmoking,andIeatalotofvegetables;Ienjoywalking,swimminganddancingclasses.IexerciseandeatwellbecauseIloveliving,notbecauseIwanttoloseweight.MydoctortellsmeIamhe
4、althy,andthisismuchmoreimportantthanbeingthin.Studiesshowthatoverweightpeoplewhoexercisehavealowerdeathratethan“normal”weightpeoplewhodonot.Para.2TextBChineseNegativeattitudestowardfatpeoplebegininchildhood.Onestudyshowedthat,asearlyasnurseryschool,childrenlikedpicturesofdisabled
5、childrenofsimilaragesbetterthanthoseoffatchildren.Similarly,astudyofcollegestudentssaidtheywouldrathermarryadruguser,athief,orablindpersonthansomeonewhowasfat.Theseattitudescreatediscriminationthataffectsfatpeopleineveryaspectoftheirlives,includingmoneymatters.Infact,overweight,w
6、hitewomenusuallyearnlessthanthin,whitewomen—24percentless,accordingtoonestudy.Para.3TextBChinesePeopleoftenjustifytheirjudgmentsaboutfatpeoplebysayingthatpeoplechoosetobefat.Choose?Whowouldchooselifeasafatpersoninthisweight-obsessedculture?Therearemanyfalseideasaboutfatpeopleinso
7、ciety:thatallfatpeoplehaveeatingdisordersoremotionalormentalissues;thatiftheyreallywantedtoloseweighttheycould.Para.4TextBChineseInreality,however,somepeoplearenaturallyfat.Howapersonisbornissimplyscience,notacommentonsomeone’scharacter.TheCenterforDiseaseControlreportsthat78perc
8、entofAmericanwomenaretryinghardtolosewei
