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At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t
At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t
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2015-12-31
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问题
At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t act on your impulse, but let it pass instead. You know that to commit the action is wrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over the years within the same society, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectly acceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject.
One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic that Americans talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The "in" look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, trim(苗条的,身材修长的) executives to sell their image as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor and success. The fat person, on the other hand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-respect. After all, people think, how can people who care about themselves, and therefore the way they took, permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious society like the US, thin is "in", fat is "out".
In the US, thin is "in", fat is "out". This means______.
选项
A、thin is "inside", fat is "outside"
B、thin is "diligent", fat is "lazy"
C、thin is "fashionable", fat is "unfashionable"
D、thin is "spiritless", fat is "vigorous"
答案
C
解析
本题是一道涉及词汇含义类问题。问在美国,瘦是“in”,胖是“out”的意思是什么。利用查阅式阅读法,结合此句所在的上下文内容,我们就可以推断出本题的正确答案应是C。原文相关部分指出,在美国社会,最新的禁忌话题之一是“胖”,与其他诸多禁忌不同,“胖”是个为人们所不断谈论的话题。谈论胖并不是禁忌,而发胖才是禁忌。时尚的外表是瘦,而不是胖。在职场里,大多数公司乐于雇用年轻、身材修长的管理人员向公众推销它们的形象及产品。瘦的形象使人联想到年轻、活力与成功;而肥胖的人却常被认为懒惰、缺乏活力和自尊。毕竟人们一般认为:一个重视自己,进而重视自我形象的人怎么会让自己发胖呢?在一个像美国这样的形象意识浓重的社会,瘦即是时尚,胖即是过时。因此,本题的正确答案应是C“瘦表示时尚,胖表示过时”。
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