2001年1月复合式听写部分讲解
The human body is a remarkable food processor. As an adult, you may consume (S1)________a ton of food per year and still not gain or lose a pound of body weight. You are (S2)_____________harnessing and consuming energy through the intricate (S3)________of your body in order to remain in energy balance. To (S4)___________a given body weight, your energy input must balance your energy output. However, sometimes the (S5)________energy balance is upset, and your (S6)________body weight will either fall or (S7) ________ The term body image refers to the mental image we have of our own physical appearance, and
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Research has revealed that about 40 percent of adult men and 55 percent of adult women are dissatisfied with their current body weight.
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At the college level, a study found that 85 percent of both male and female first-year students desired to change their body weight.
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Thinness is currently an attribute that females desire highly. Males generally desire muscularity. The vast majority of individuals who want to change their body weight do it for the sake of appearance; most want to lose excess body fat. While a smaller percentage of individuals actually want to gain weight.
听前预测：
第一个空格里面，通过快速扫描第一句话，The human body is a remarkable food processor.（人体是一个不可思议的食物处理器），同学们会明显发现这篇短文一定是讲人体和食物之间的关系，接下来第二句话，As an adult, you may consume (S1) ____ a ton of food per year and still not gain or lose a pound of body weight. （作为一个成年人，你可能会每年消耗掉________一吨食物同时体重几乎不会发生变化），这里面的空格填什么呢？唯一的可能就是填“大约，差不多，几乎，超过”等词汇。因此有“about, nearly, almost, over”几个单词待选。接下来You are (S2) _____harnessing and consuming energy through the intricate (S3) —_________ of your body in order to remain in energy balance. （你在____的汲取同时消耗着这些能量，通过你身体精巧的_____来保持能量守恒），这里面填什么呢？自然是持续不断的，一直的，后者应当是一个名词，反映在我们脑海里面的一般会是“机构，器官等等”。To (S4) ________a given body weight, your energy input must balance your energy output.（为了____使得体重如何，你的能量输入必须和你的能量输出相平衡），同学们稍微一猜就知道这里面一定是“保持一致，稳定等”， However sometimes the (S5) overall energy balance is upset
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