大学英语四级阅读200篇第篇：肥胖.doc

2021年1月25日发(作者：britain)
2019
年
6
月大学英语四级阅读
200
篇第
36
篇：肥胖






Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps
rising.
In
1991,
15%
of
Americans
were
obese(
肥胖的
);
by
1999,
that proportion had grown to 27%. Youngsters, who should have age
and
activity
on
their
side,
are
growing
larger
as
well:
19%
of
Americans
under
17
are
obese.
Waistbands
have
been
popping
in
other
western
countries
too,
as
physical
activity
has
declined
and
diets have expanded. By and large, people in the rich world seem to
have lost the fight against flab(
松弛
).



Meanwhile,
poorer
nations
have
enjoyed
some
success
in
their
battles
against
malnutrition
and
famine.
But,
according
to
research
presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, it is more a case of being out of the frying
pan and into the fire. The most striking example actually in the poor
world
comes
from
the
Pacific
islands,
home
of
the
world’s
most
obese
communities.
In
1966,
14%
of
the
men
on
this
island
were
obese while 100% of men under the age of 30 in 1996 were obese.



This
increase
in
weight
has
been
uneven
as
well
as
fast.
As
a
result,
undernourished
and
over-nourished
people
frequently
live
cheek
by
jowl(
面颊
).
The
mix
can
even
occur
within
a
single
household. A study of families in Indonesia
found that nearly 10%
contained
both
the
hungry
and
the
fat.
This
is
a
mysterious
phenomenon,
but
might
have
something
to
do
with
people
of
different ages being given different amounts of food to eat.



The
prospect
of
heading
off
these
problems
is
bleak.
In
many
affected countries there are cultural factorsto contend with, such as
an emphasis on eating large meals together, or on food as a form. of
er, there is a good measure of disbelief on the part
of
policymakers
that
such
a
problem
Could
existin
their
countries.
Add to that reluctance on the part of governments to spend resources
on promoting dietand exercise while starvation is still a real threat,
and the result is a recipe for inaction. Unless something is done soon,
it might not be possible to turn the clock back.



练习题：




Choose correct answers to the question:




first
sentence
of
the
passage
most
probably
implies
that
______.




Americans
are
obsessed
with
the
rising
temperature
in
their bathroom



people are overweighed in the United States




are
doing
more
physical
exercises
with
the
help
of
scales



ters
become
taller
and
healthier
thanks
to
more
activities