Alonzo Bland is spending the holiday season at a Chinese fat farm.The Green Bay, Wis., resident(居民)will miss his family, but otherwise he’s not complaining.
“It s a little drastic(過激)to come to China,”admits Bland,33,who used to be a couch potato and addict to KFC food.“But drastic is what I needed。at 646 pounds.”That was Bland’s weight when his China adventure began in May, after winning a competition by China Connection,a firm that promotes traditional Chinese medicine.The prize:a year at China’s top weight—loss center, the Aimin(Love the People)Fat Reduction Hospital.
The private hospital treats an increasing number of Americans and other foreigners.But its real customer base,served by 18 clinics nationwide,is domestic—and growing.The once-slim Chinese nation is flow on the fast track to a U.S.-style obesity crisis(肥胖危機).About 30%of all Chinese adults are overweight or obese,says Chen Chunming,a nutritional expert at China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention,part of the Ministry of Health.“We don’t need to keep doing new surveys.We know the problem is severe and getting worse,” she says.
China's heavyweights still stay behind the USA, where two out of three people are overweight or obese, but China “is on course to be exactly like the U.S. in 10 or 20 years,” says James Hill, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. “No country has been able to stop things from getting worse. The causes of obesity are the same in China as in the USA.You have an environment where there are many foodstuffs available and no need for physical activity,” he says.
1.Alonzo Bland is mentioned as a ________.
A.volunteer B.doctor
C.patient D.researcher
2.The "Chinese fat farm" where Alonzo Bland stays is called ________
A.Green Bay, Wis.
B.China Connection
C.the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital
D.China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention
3.The underlined word "domestic" in the third paragraph possibly means ________
A.inside the hospital B.within the country
C.outside the country D.a(chǎn)ll over the world
4.Which statement would James Hill disagree with?
A.Obesity is caused by uncontrolled eating and less exercise.
B.Americans have remained as fat as they are since long ago.
C.Chinese will get as fat as the Americans today.
D.China can possibly slow down its steps towards obesity.
5.The general idea of the article is that ________
A.China wrestles with growing obesity
B.Chinese medicine is effective in treating obesity
C.Chinese seek foreign help to lose weight
D.China learns from USA to fight obesity
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What is it?
MP3 compresses (壓縮) music into small computer—friendly files.You access MP3 music several ways: Tunes can be downloaded from websites that have converted (轉(zhuǎn)變) vast music libraries into MP3.Or you can prerecorded CDs into your PC and convert songs in minutes into MP3.Once MP3 music is on your PC’s hard drive, you can play it through your computer’s speakers, “burn” it onto blank CDs or swap (交換) MP3 files with friends using e—mail.
How much?
Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free.It is preinstalled (預(yù)先安裝)on most new computers or can be downloaded from many websites, including MP3, com.Some MP3 sites are free.Just type at around $50 and can hold hundreds of songs.A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.
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MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox (自動唱機).Tiny MP3 players are the size of a deck of cards, making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you.
Disadvantages
You may find that music at many sites is limited.And some only allow you to listen rather than download offerings.Others let you download music that then can’t be copied to MP3 players.And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer.
【小題1】How can you get Mp3 music?
A.By turning your home PC into jukebox. |
B.By taking you own music or songs with you. |
C.By copying songs to a PC through the speakers. |
D.By downloading from websites which have converted music libraries. |
A.Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free of charge. |
B.MP3 music can be “burned” onto bland CDs or swapped with friends by e—mail. |
C.MP3 music can be taken along while traveling. |
D.A greater number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer. |
A.Free of charge | B.Free downloading | C.At least fifty dollars | D.About a dollar |
A.Copy | B.Play | C.Store | D.Change |
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IS IT TIME TO GET - MP3
Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time.Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they’re in the MP3 format.
What is it?
MP3 compresses (壓縮) music into small computer—friendly files.You access MP3 music several ways: Tunes can be downloaded from websites that have converted (轉(zhuǎn)變) vast music libraries into MP3.Or you can prerecorded CDs into your PC and convert songs in minutes into MP3.Once MP3 music is on your PC’s hard drive, you can play it through your computer’s speakers, “burn” it onto blank CDs or swap (交換) MP3 files with friends using e—mail.
How much?
Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free.It is preinstalled (預(yù)先安裝)on most new computers or can be downloaded from many websites, including MP3, com.Some MP3 sites are free.Just type at around $50 and can hold hundreds of songs.A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.
Advantages
MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox (自動唱機).Tiny MP3 players are the size of a deck of cards, making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you.
Disadvantages
You may find that music at many sites is limited.And some only allow you to listen rather than download offerings.Others let you download music that then can’t be copied to MP3 players.And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer.
【小題1】How can you get Mp3 music?
A.By turning your home PC into jukebox. |
B.By taking you own music or songs with you. |
C.By copying songs to a PC through the speakers. |
D.By downloading from websites which have converted music libraries. |
A.Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free of charge. |
B.MP3 music can be “burned” onto bland CDs or swapped with friends by e-mail. |
C.MP3 music can be taken along while traveling. |
D.A greater number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer. |
A.Free of charge | B.Free downloading |
C.At least fifty dollars | D.About a dollar |
A.Copy | B.Play | C.Store | D.Change |
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B.You can choose any of the towers. |
C.It is designed for big families. |
D.Every room has a walkway. |
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B. http://www.ariantowers.com |
C.http://www.propeller-island.com |
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A.Propeller Bland City Lodge. |
B.Arian Amazon Towers. |
C.The Ice Hotel. |
D.Bahama Beach Club. |
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