Bodies Under Construction Three years ago, when a 15-year-old British girl decided to get breast implants(隆胸) for her sixteenth birthday, the story made headlines around the world. Since then, media reports have continued to speculate (猜测) that cosmetic surgery, once the exclusive domain of wealthy older women, is a trendy new option for any teenager with an adolescent hang-up (烦恼). Dr. Darrick Antell, a top New York City plastic surgeon(整形外科医生), says he has seen an increase in the number of teenage patients but cautions against calling it a trend. "One of the main reasons for the increase is visibility: today"s teenagers are growing up with parents who have had cosmetic surgery, so they see and hear about it more. The media has also done a good job of making people aware of the procedures available. Another reason is acceptability. In a way, plastic surgery has come out of the closet," Dr. Antell says. When details of cosmetic procedures are frequently discussed on talk shows and published in magazines, it"s not surprising that they filter into our consciousness: "Sometimes when I"m out to dinner with my friends, we"ll play a game called "What would you have done?" where we sort of daydream and discuss what we would do if money was no object and the procedures were safe," says 18-year-old Alison Preiss, an Ontario high school student. While Preiss doesn"t think she could actually go through with a procedure, she says it could go either way. "I could grow up to realize that there are more important things than my nose, or it could really bother me to the point where I decide to have surgery. I suppose it depends on my lifestyle and career choices," Preiss says. Suzanne Ma, a 19-year-old Ryerson University student, has considered a double eyelid procedure popular in Asia. "I"m Chinese, and I don"t like my eyes. I don"t have double eyelids, so I feel that my eyes look a lot smaller than they really are. My concerns are not entirely for cosmetic reasons. With my heavy eyelids, my eyelashes don"t grow out properly. Some of them get trapped under the eyelids and it"s very easy for me to get an infection," Ma says. As in North America, plastic surgery is booming overseas, especially in wealthier Asian countries like Korea, where it is seen as a way to improve career prospects and self-confidence. In China, women and some men are paying thousands of dollars to have a brutal surgical procedure performed that lengthens their legs so they can fulfill height requirements often used to narrow down the number of job applicants. Although reasons .[or cosmetic surgery range from getting a better look to improving job prospects, often the common factor among patients is more than skin deep. "Teenagers who are thinking about having plastic surgery to change the way they look are often addressing issues of self-esteem," says psychotherapist Dorothy Ratusny. "Between the ages of 13 and 19, there"s a lot of emphasis on peers and what others think of you. It"s also a time when things such as not being part of the popular crowd, changes in financial situation and divorce can negatively affect a teenager"s self-esteem." Cosmetic surgery may have a positive impact if your body image is consistently tied to a negative focus on a particular facial feature or body part. Dr. Antell says, "The classic case is a teenage patient of mine who had reconstructive surgery to correct a significant discrepancy (差异，不一致) between her upper and lower jaws. When she came into my office for the initial consultation she was constantly looking at the floor. After the surgery, she was looking up and smiling. Now she"s singing in her local school group." Dr. Antell is careful to point out that there are murky areas. "Liposuction (抽脂术) is one of those areas. So is breast augmentation because you"re not really sure that the teenager has stopped growing yet. But there are exceptions, for example, if a patient has breast asymmetry." Dr. Mitchell Brown, a plastic surgeon at Sunnybrook and Women"s College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto says, "Correcting breast asymmetry, when women develop breasts that are different in terms of shape and size, can be appropriate for teenage girls because it causes a very significant psychological impact on them during their developmental years. Doctors are very aware of the psychological drama affecting our lives and it has become a very important factor when evaluating a patient. Dr. Brown says, "The key thing from my perspective is to assess physical, emotional and psychological maturity before treating a patient. I spend a great deal of time with my patients, regardless of their age, to determine that they have thought out their concern carefully and have reasonable goals and expectations." In other words, cosmetic surgery can improve a patient"s body but it won"t necessarily improve their self-image or guarantee happiness. Dr. Antell says, "I"ve done liposuction on a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. This is somebody most people would think looked perfect. But she was very insecure. She didn"t see herself the way others did. I can"t give people confidence." So, if you"re considering cosmetic surgery you need to ask yourself what you hope to achieve because it"s not going to be the one magic solution that makes everything better. In fact, it may even change you for the worse—just surf the Web and read the thousands of horror stories from people hoping to find peace of mind or happiness by going under the knife.

判断题Hal Bohlman, his wife Judy, and their three children live in a small apartment. Hal works in the income tax division of the government where he is a public information officer. Their children are now 12, 10, and 5 years old. Their plan is for Judy to return to work after their youngest child starts primary school next year. They hope to save up enough money to buy a house. Last week, however, Judy"s father died suddenly of a heart attack. They now have to decide what to do about Judy"s mother, since Judy is the only child. Judy"s father was the manager of a store in a large supermarket chain, so her mother will receive a modest but sufficient pension from the company. In addition, she will receive the money from her husband"s life insurance and will continue to receive social welfare benefits from the government. However, Judy realizes that it would probably be dangerous for her mother to live alone. Although her health is basically good for someone of age 73, she has bad days when her heart or arthritis(关节炎) acts up. Judy is afraid she might have trouble taking care of herself now that she is alone. Her mother is living in the house that she and her husband owned, a three-bedroom house in the suburbs of the same city where Hal and Judy live. Hal and Judy"s mother never got along well in the past, but Hal realizes that Judy is worried about her mother.

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填空题Advertisements appear everywhere in modern society. When you walk along the streets, you can see large billboards with pretty girls smiling at you. You read newspapers, and you see half of the pages covered with ads. You turn on the TV and you see commercial advertisements again. Whether you like it or not, advertising pours into your life. In order to attract more customers, advertisers will sometimes go to extremes. Advertisers adapt every possible stimulation in producing their announcements and making ads, such as sound, light, colors and human performance. For instance, to advertise a certain food, advertisers will employ an actor to sit at a table and devour their seemingly delicious food product while they film him. Although advertisements enable you to make decisions quickly, sometimes they cause lots of trouble. The most intolerable thing is to have to watch commercials before and during the films on TV. There are always many of them and they make you forget what you are sitting there for. Sometimes commercials for the same type of products are shown together forcing you to think about which brand you should choose.

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填空题The song "Happy Birthday to You" is sung all over the world just before the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles on the cake. It is so simple that children as young as three can sing it. The song, with its original(最初的) title "Good Morning to You", was written in 1893 by the two sisters, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. They were the daughters of a progressive Kentucky couple, who believed in female education at a time—the mid-nineteenth century—when it was still a novel idea and who trained their two daughters to be schoolteachers. They were long involved in elementary education, and Patty, in particular. She achieved a lot as a pioneer in kindergarten education, and for several decades a major spokesman for preschool education. She taught at Columbia University"s Teachers College from 1905 to 1935, and at her retirement became one of the first women to be named an honorary(荣誉的) professor by Columbia. A birthday cake with burning candles is also an important part at one"s birthday party. It may derive, distantly, from the ancient Greek practice of offering to Artemis, goddess of the hunt and of the moon, a round honey cake into which a candle was stuck. After German bakers invented the modern birthday cake in the Middle Ages, a similar custom was adopted for the advocate (提倡) of good spirits at birthdays. The cake, ready by morning, would be surrounded by burning candles, in a kind of protective fire circle, and they would be kept lit all day, until dessert time at the evening meal.

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填空题I"d rather you ______ (not take) those important documents with you.

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填空题If the need for labour that ______ (increase) quickly is not dealt with, we will face a big problem soon.

填空题You"re late, the whole staff ______ (leave) the building except the doorkeeper.