新通用大学英语综合教程2第五电单元（U5）课后解答及课件高等教育出版社知识讲稿.ppt

TC-Text-3 Text C Para 11 The worst magazines for superficialness would have to be those such as Heat which capture celebrities at all times, and literally poke fun of them at every opportunity possible. Para 12 The fashion pages are aimed at all people, stating that you have to wear this, and you have to be seen with that. Doesn’t anyone believe in personal choice and freedom anymore? Para 13 Another thing would have to be the whole idea of being model skinny and having the perfect figure. There are so many diet books on the market, and so many people are sucked into buying them. Everyone looks at people like J-Lo or someone similar and compares themselves to them. What many people forget to remember is that they all have fitness trainers and work out as much as they can in their free time. Para 14 I’ve never liked my figure or the size I am. Don’t even get me started, but I am learning to realize that I’ll never be skinny as such, so I don’t see the point in trying. I am okay the size I am. Para 15 Everyone has to remember the fact that we only live once, so why waste all our precious time on what we look like? At the end of the day, people who only care about our appearance aren’t worth it in the first place. The people’s opinions that we should be concerned about are those that see us for who we are, not what we aren’t. shallowness shallowness n. the state of not being interested in or not showing any understanding of important or serious matters （对问题的理解等）肤浅，浅薄 ● Talking loudly in public places shows the shallowness in personality. ● Pursuing outer beauty only is often regarded as shallowness. ▲obsess ▲obsess v. if something or someone obsesses you, you think about them all the time and you cannot think of any thing else 使着迷；使缠绕；使心神不宁 ● The thought of seeing him again completely obsessed her. ● He was obsessed by a desire for revenge. ▲obsession ▲obsession n. an unreasonably strong and continuous interest in something, or worry about somethi