【每日訓(xùn)練】英語四級六級閱讀(10)
小編寄語：英語四級六級考試，閱讀是不可或缺的一大部分，生詞多，理解難，時間少，是不少考生抱怨的問題。要想在考場上做好閱讀理解，必須在平常多閱讀，掌握新詞匯，提高閱讀速度。而滬江小編就為大家準(zhǔn)備了閱讀材料系列，供大家練習(xí)。
我們的這個閱讀系列旨在為大家提供一些閱讀材料，不一定跟四六級考試的難度、篇幅、內(nèi)容完全一樣。對于很多童鞋糾結(jié)這是四級還是六級范圍的閱讀，其實沒有必要。如果大家覺得比較簡單，就當(dāng)作泛讀材料了解了解，認(rèn)識幾個新單詞或新表達(dá)方式也不錯。如果大家覺得這些材料理解上有難度，不妨當(dāng)做挑戰(zhàn)自己的拔高訓(xùn)練，希望大家都有進(jìn)步^^
【今日推薦閱讀】
Obesity is contagious - with people who have a higher number of fat friends or relatives at greater risk of becoming obese themselves, new research warns.
Researchers have found a number of ways that fat people could influence their pals' girth. It can be subliminal - where having overweight pals can make people see their weight as "normal" and eat accordingly until they're the same size.
It can also be more direct, with obese people putting pressure on their slimmer friends to eat more and exercise less until they "achieve the same body size". And even being around larger pals can put you at risk of gaining weight yourself, as socializing with them is likely to revolve more around eating or watching TV and less about exercising.
Researchers from Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change in the US, interviewed 101 women alongside 812 of their closest friends and relatives. By looking at the Body Mass Index of the women and their friends and relatives, they discovered that the fatter a woman's social circle, the more likely she was to be obese herself.
This was because "we learn about acceptable body size from family and friends" according to researchers, with friendships based on eating and engaging in little physical activity more likely to end in obesity.
Despite the results researchers found that most women viewed being fat as a source of shame. Asked whether they would rather be fat or have a range of socially stigmatized conditions, a quarter of women said they'd rather suffer from severe depression than be fat, while more than one in 10 said they'd rather be totally blind than obese.
【內(nèi)容簡介】
文章開門見山介紹了最新研究——擁有大量胖友或胖親的人更有可能發(fā)胖。
接著文章分析了這一研究結(jié)果的原因，包括潛移默化的影響和直接的影響。
接著文章介紹了一項調(diào)查結(jié)果，即女性胖友越多，發(fā)胖的可能性更大。
最后文章揭示了女性對待肥胖的態(tài)度。
【詞匯短語講解】
①put pressure on? 施加壓力
②Body Mass Index? 身體質(zhì)量指數(shù) 可簡寫為BMI, 測量身體是否肥胖的數(shù)值。據(jù)有關(guān)報道，BMI值介于18.5-24，則體重屬于正常范圍。BMI大于24時即屬于過重，大于27時即屬于肥胖，必須多加注意。
③social circle? 社交圈子? circle可表示領(lǐng)域，如academic circle 學(xué)術(shù)界
④end in 以……告終
⑤view…as? 把……視作…… 意思同regard…as…
⑥a range of? 一套，一系列
【快速閱讀支招】
考場上做閱讀時一定要先過一遍問題，腦子里有個大致印象再去看文章，這樣帶著問題去讀會節(jié)省很多時間。讀過第一遍時把答案確定的題目先做完，然后不會的題目再去具體段落找答案。切忌在一道題目上糾纏太久，因為時間有限，前面耽誤太多時間會影響后面做題，所以時間分配很重要！
