词汇:
distort vt.扭曲,歪曲 Danish adj.丹麦的 underweight adj.重量不足的
physique n.体形 questionnaire n.调查表 dash vt.使(希望、计划等)破灭,挫败
traumatic adj.使人不快的,令人痛苦而难忘的 adulthood n.成年
marital adj.婚姻的;夫妇间的
注释:
1.a range of reasons :一系列原因
2.body mass index:体质指数
3.at the low end of normal:正常值的下限
4.The same was true of...:……也同样如此
练习:
A. The same was true of4 women who started having sex or drinking alcohol when they were younger than 15 years old.
B. Experiences in childhood, including having an ill parent, or starting to drink or have sex at a particularly young age, were among the risk factors for having a distorted body image.
C. "Our results indicate that the risk of being dissatisfied with (one’s) own body weight may be established early in life," Kjaer and her colleagues write.
D. Research suggests that many normal-weight women wish to weigh less.
E. If worries have altered your appetite or weight, it will help to talk to someone about it.
F. The women were asked about factors ranging from childhood experiences to current exercise habits.