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No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人 )of Windsor embodies much of the od
No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人 )of Windsor embodies much of the od
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No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人 )of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.
The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on a diet for the better—or worse—part of my life. Being rich wouldn’t be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.
Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating, and excessive eating is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.
Today the opposite is tree. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat—or even only somewhat overweight--is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength:
Our obsession (迷恋) with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that, in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem--too much fat and a lack of fiber--than a weight problem.
The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vainglory (虚荣).
In the eyes of the author, an odd phenomenon nowadays is that ______.
选项
A、religious people are not necessarily virtuous
B、looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortune
C、being thin is viewed as a much desired quality
D、the Duchess of Windsor is regarded as a woman of virtue
答案
C
解析
推断题。根据第1段最后1句(纤瘦被认为是一种美德),再加上前面的 our times,可以知道这是现代社会的现象,所以正确答案为C。A项意为“宗教信徒不一 .定品德高尚”。文章中根本就没有提到这一点,更谈不上对此表示奇怪。文章只是说所有的宗教都有几天要求戒斋,基督教更是将暴饮暴食视为罪恶。B项错误,因为文章只是说财富和纤瘦作为女人追求的目标,永远都不会让她们满足,并没有说苗条是财富的象征。D项错,文章是说第1句话经常被认为是Duchess of Windsor说的。有人可能会根据第3段最后一句话和第4段第1句话认为B是对的。
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