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Every summer when I top up my selection of summer outfits from the department stores, my eyes would nearly pop out of my head.(19)I’m overwhelmed with the wide range of different slimming products each year. And more shockingly, these products are often advocated by very slim models. Having lived in Asia for almost ten years now, I’ve seen various dieting tips come and go. I remember in Japan people heading directly to the food section in the supermarket when the banana diet was at its peak. Then, there was the black tea and oolong tea diet followed by the soybean diet and the tomato juice diet. The list goes on and on.
Apart from what people eat, I’ve also seen many interesting slimming products. (20)In Hongkong, I’ve seen girls wrapping their whole body or both legs up with a special type of slimming tape which is supposed to help make them thinner.But it just reminded me of the roasted ham my mother usually puts on the dinner table of Christmas. Then there were the face slimming rollers that were said to improve your blood circulation and make your face smaller. Personally,I do not believe in any of these slimming gadgets. And I think I have a very different perspective when it comes to the definition of what is beautiful.
Asian women prefer to avoid the sun because being pale or white is considered beautiful, whereas a tanned complexion is considered much more beautiful and sexy in the west.(21) It is most certainly shaped by a person’s culture as well as how they were raised in their childhood.
As each summer season approaches, there’s no escape from it. But it’s not only women who are affected by this pressure to look good. Men aspire to be able to show off their six packs or their V-shape backs and there’s a growing market of slimming pills aimed at men too.
I think no matter what diets we follow or what slimming products we obsess ourselves with, at the end of the day there’s no magic trick to shape up for the summer. Eat in a balance way and incorporate the right level of physical activity. For me, this still seems to be the best plan.
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预览三道题各选项,由 slim models、 good health、 slimming products, charming, unhealthy等词 以推测,讲座内容与减肥和健康有关。
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19. What overwhelms the speaker when she buys her summer outfits each year?
讲话者提到，每年夏天她去商店买衣服都会被各种系列的减肥产品搞得不知所措。因此答案为D）。
20. What does the speaker think of girls wrapping their legs up with slimming tape?
讲话者提到，她曾经在香港看到有很多女孩把自己的整个身体或双腿用一种特殊的减肥胶带裹起来，目的是能让自己更瘦一点。但在讲话者眼中，她们就像她的妈妈通常在圣诞节时放在餐桌上的烤火腿。也就是说，这些女孩的样子在讲话者看来很奇怪。因此答案为B）。
21. What does the speaker think affects people’s interpretation of beauty?
讲座中提到，人们对美的理解与人所处的文化环境有关，也受人们幼时成长经历的影响。因此答案为A）。