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Thin Just By Way of Satisfy Vainglory No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess
Thin Just By Way of Satisfy Vainglory No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess
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2013-06-05
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Thin Just By Way of Satisfy Vainglory
No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess 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 true. 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 with thinness is also fuelled 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 weight too much but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balance 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.
In human history, people’s views on weight______.
选项
A、were closely related to their religious beliefs
B、changed from time to time
C、varied between the poor and the rich
D、led to different moral standards
答案
B
解析
根据题干关键词history定位到第三段末句:In some religious groups…fatness a signof wealth and well-being.和第四段第二句:We have shifted to thinness as our new mark ofvirtue.可知,在一些宗教团体中,肥胖是财富和健康的象征,而我们现在已把瘦当作美德的新标准。由此推断,人们对体重的观点不断变化。故选B项。
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考研英语一
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