首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The Fat Problem that Men Face It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about their weight. Listening to them i
The Fat Problem that Men Face It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about their weight. Listening to them i
admin
2010-01-13
59
问题
The Fat Problem that Men Face
It is a pleasure to see men of a certain age worrying about their weight. Listening to them is not such a pleasure. Because the men are new at the game, they don’t hesitate to discuss the fat problem incessantly. However women of the same age do not discuss the fat problem, especially not in mixed company. They prefer to face the problem with quiet dignity. Discussing the problem might only draw attention to some stray body part that may be successfully tucked away under an article of clothing.
The age at which a man begins to explore the fat problem can vary. The actual problem can manifest itself in the early 30’s, but broad-range discussion usually starts later. There are early nonverbal symptoms. I’ve watched the rugged journalist who shares my apartment sneak by with a Diet Coke. His shirts are no longer neatly tucked in to display a trim waist. Recently he has begun to verbalize his anxiety. He tells me, with a sheepish grin, that he is taking his suits to Chinatown to have them "tailored".
Still-older men have lost their dignity and rattle on unabashedly. Often wives and children play important roles in their fat-inspection rituals. Take my oldest brother, a former college football player. His daughter says that several times a day he will stand at attention and call out, "Fat, medium or thin?" She knows the correct answer: medium. Thin would be an obvious stretch, and fat may not get her that new video. According to his wife, he stands in front of the mirror in the morning(before the day’s meals take their toll),puts his hands behind his head and lurches into a side bend, then clutches the roll that has developed and says, "Am I getting fatter? " His wife is expected to answer, "You look like you may have lost a few pounds."
And then there are the ex-husbands a pitiful group. They are extremely vocal. When I go to the movies with one, he confides that he is suffering from great hunger because he is dieting. He hasn’t eaten since the pancakes and sausages he wolfed down that morning. He pauses in his monologue while he buys his popcorn. After the movie, we sprint to a restaurant, where he again pauses to devour a basket of bread. Before he orders his chaste salad and soup, he grows plaintive. Do I think he’s fat?
The ex-husbands are pitiful because they have got no wives to sympathize with their fat problem.
选项
A、Right
B、Wrong
C、Not mentioned
答案
C
解析
文章对后一段提到离了婚的男士们在发福这个问题上最令人同情,但并没有提到是因为身边没有夫人来同情他们。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/aJGd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类基础题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类基础
职称英语
相关试题推荐
RecyclingAroundtheWorldRecyclingisoneofthebestenvironmentalsuccessstoriesofthelate20thcentury.Butwecoul
Weshouldnotsacrificeenvironmentalprotectionstofostereconomicgrowth.
Ordinaryplantsareunabletosurviveinthedesertmainlybecauseofthechangeableweather.Desertperennialslosetheirleav
Iamnotcertainwhetherhewillcome.
EtaCarinaeisnowengaginginEtaCarinaeishardtoobservebecause
Someplantsandanimalsdevelopsuperiorcharacteristicssothattheymay______.Theauthorcitesthebehaviorofwarm-blooded
Helackedthestrengthtodealwithalltheseproblems.
Chinadoesalotoftradewithmanycountries.
WhenOurEyesServeOurStomachOursensesaren’tjustdeliveringastrictviewofwhat’sgoingonintheworld;they’reaff
Heisdeterminedtoconsolidatehispower.
随机试题
国家出版主管部门对“数字出版”的定义中,不包含()。
A.起病急骤的单侧足趾关节炎B.膝关节的交替性疼痛C.下肢不对称性大关节炎D.手指对称性多关节炎E.手指不对称性少关节炎痛风可出现
雄激素主要由下列哪种细胞分泌
应当公开招标的建设工程项目出现下列情形时,经批准可以进行邀请招标的是()。
2016年4月,50岁的徐某在为自己投保人身保险时,申报的年龄为40岁,而该类保险对被保险人的年龄限制在45岁以下。2017年4月,保险公司发现了该情形。根据保险法律制度的规定,下列表述中,正确的是()。
甲公司为一家上市公司,为提高市场占有率及实现多元化经营,甲公司在2×18年进行了一系列投资和资本运作。甲公司与各个公司均为境内居民企业,所得税税率均为25%。甲公司的投资业务如下:(1)甲公司在2×18年1月30日,从二级交易市场上购人了A公司的股票1
阅读以下文字。完成下列题。有关人士认为,“人类基因组草图”的测绘成功仅仅预示着一个新的开端,真正的研究工作还只刚刚起步。例如,“草图”中留下了许多空白需要填补,不少可能包含着重要的医学信息的空白又顽固地拒绝“泄露自己的秘密”。除了最先完成的22号
据报道目前北京外来务工人员已近700万人,并逐步从传统的建筑、服务业等劳务性行业,向高技术、文化传媒等产业扩展。新生代外来务工人员对城市的贡献更广泛,贴合更密切,相较父辈,他们也更为强烈地渴盼融入生活、工作的城市。今天,在道路上,在办公室里,工厂、饭馆、商
根据我国《刑法》第17条第2款的规定,已满14周岁、不满16周岁的人,犯( )的,应当负刑事责任。
甲电力公司管理的一台变压器位于路旁10米处,为了防止他人接近,电力公司建造嗣墙将变压器嗣起,仅留一道小门供检修人员出人,但并不锁门,平常有守门员乙看守。某日,乙不在,顽童丙(8岁)出于好奇走入围墙内玩耍,结果被电流击伤,经抢救后双臂截肢。根据我国有关法律规
最新回复
(
0
)