1. Some people prefer black hair, but other people like brown hair more.

2. You have been so greatly influenced by the environment you are in that you tend to look at

beauty that way.

3. Women’s magazines, advertisements and the media all focus their topics on appearance and

looks, and they keep warning you about the harm and risk of bad breath, sweat, being too fat or too thin.

4. The image you form about yourself may be very inaccurate.

5. Good looks shouldn’t exactly follow the model of any particular individual.

Reading two

Check your comprehension A

1. They were 202 primary school students, most of them aged eight and nine.

2. Children as young as seven were unhappy with their bodies and nearly one-in-three girls and

boys wanted to thinner.

3. It was “worrying that a number of the children have these sorts of beliefs and attitudes,” and

that there are more children with early-onset anorexia, which “is usually a lot more difficult to treat and usually a lot more severe,” though only a minority would go on to develop an eating disorder.

4. Ms. Thomas said children needed to learn that any body shape was acceptable and they should

be proud of their body.

5. He felt sad and guilty as a professional on the eating disorder research program.

Check your comprehension B 1-5 TFTFT

Check your vocabulary

indictment; predisposes; purge; specialist; dietary; nominated; onset

Reading three

Check your comprehension A 1-5 CCDAC

Check your comprehension B 1-5 FFFTT

Check your vocabulary

perused; previous; desperately; convince; belittle; complimented; elated; addicted

Reading Four

Check your comprehension A 1-6 FTFFTF

Check your vocabulary A

peck away; stand out; mould; advance; release...from; normality; hailed

Post-reading B. 1-5 CACCD

Unit four

① Sleep is better than medicine.(Proverb)

Good health relies more on a good night’s sleep than on medicine.

② A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast sleep.(Disney World advertisement) A dream reflects what you really feel in your subconscious world.

③. A light supper, a good night’s sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.(Lord Chesterfield 1694-1773, British Statesman, Author) When one refrains from having a big supper, enjoys a good night’s sleep, and wakes up to a beautiful morning, he/she will feel like a hero. But if the same person eats too much in the evening, not sleeping well throughout the night, and wakes up to rainy morning, he/she may suffer from a lack of confidence.

Reference answers to the exercises Reading One

Check your comprehension

1. By sleeping in total darkness during the day and working under bright lights that simulate

sunlight, rather than conventional indoor lighting.

2. It relaxes muscles and stimulates the release of endorphins—chemicals that act as natural pain

relieves. 3. No.

4. We need to keep a meal schedule to get a good sleep.

5. We should refrain from a) eating too late in the evening; b) eating heavy or spicy food in the

evening; and c) snacking in the middle of the night.

6. The side effects of taking sleeping pills are: a) feeling groggy; b) insomnia getting worse; c)

developing a tolerance for sleeping pills: and d) a potentially fatal blood disorder with some sleeping pills.

7. Alcohol suppresses restorative dream sleep, causes numerous short awakenings and may but

unrepressed toward morning.

8. We can read a book, listen to quiet music, take a hot bath or try relaxation techniques, such as

meditation or yoga.

9. Lights absorbed through the eyes can reset our biological clocks and make our sleep problems

worse.

10. We should stay in bed because we would still get some rest that way.

Check your vocabulary

1. Because exercise can relax muscles and increase the release of endorphins, which are

chemicals that are natural agents to reduce or get rid of pain, it helps to overcome stress.

2. There are no special foods to help you sleep, but you can have a regular timetable for your

meals, just like a regular sleep timetable. A regular timetable for your meals helps keep your body clock running smoothly.

3. Your body can also become used to the pills, and after a while they are no longer effective and

you need larger doses or stronger drugs.

4. Alcohol reduces refreshing dream sleep, causes numerous short awakenings and, once its

calming effects have disappeared, may leave you wide awake but unrepressed toward mooring.

5. The researches used bright light which is as strong as natural sunlight just after dawn (at least

100 times stronger than ordinary room light), which reset subjects’ body clocks by as much as 12 hours and made them as alert at midnight as they would ordinarily be at noon.

Reading Two

Check your comprehension FTFFFTT

Check your vocabulary

1. spontaneous; 2. provoke; 3. integrity; 4. thrives; 5. inflict; 6. universal; 7. illusion; 8. revert

Reading Three

1.a; 2. d; 3. b; 4. c; 5. c

Check your vocabulary

1. aggression; 2. symbolic; 3. disguise; 4. fulfillment; 5. represent; 6. reconstruct; 7. anxious; 8. guilt; 9. therapist; 10. illuminate; 11. random; 12. spare

Reading Four

Check your comprehension A TFTTTFT

Check your vocabulary A

1. image; 2. mood; 3. up-bringing; 4. inanimate; 5. folkloric; 6. depressed; 7. acknowledge; 8 in combination with; 9. relieve

Check your vocabulary B

1. indifferent; 2. revolve; 3. monochrome; 4. passionate; 5. decipher; 6. inspired; 7. allusion; 8. correlated

Post-reading

A. Getting to sleep at night and waking up in the morning are two perennial problems for

human beings, who do not always regard sleep as very important. The importance we attach to sleep is correlated with what kind of beds we use for sleep and how highly we rate beds in our life. B. 1. b; 2. c; 3. d; 4. a; 5. a

Unit Five

1. Interpretation of the quotations

① The physical dimension involves caring effectively for our physical body—eating the right kinds of foods, getting sufficient rest and relaxation, and exercising on a regular basis. (Stephen R. Covey) The measurement of the elements relating to our body involves paying close attention to our body and keeping it in a healthy state by eating the right kind of food, getting enough rest and relaxation, and exercising regularly.

② Early in life, people give up their health to gain wealth…In later life, people give up some of their wealth to regain health! (Ken Blanchard) When people are still young, they earn money at the expense of their health…When they get old, they spend money in order to restore their health.

③. Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of your health. Those who do not know how to fight worry die young. (Dale Carnegie) Remember that worrying beyond a reasonable limit can affect your health adversely. Those who do not know how to control worry die at an early age.

Reference answers to the exercises Reading One

Check your comprehension A TFTFTFT

Check your vocabulary

1. While many people in China and Chinatowns in other parts of the world have already known

a lot about Tai Chi, the western researchers are just coming up from behind to reach the level of knowledge about Tai Chi from different perspectives.

2. You can learn Tai Chi by following an instruction book or attending a Tai Chi class. Either

way the aim is to practice it in accordance with your physical health.

3. Tai Chi is a mixture of relaxation and safety. If pains is experienced, it means you are

overdoing it and getting nothing.

4. You may need to practice Tai Chi for several months before you can feel the effects it may

bring. But when you start enjoying the effects, you’ll find yourself on your way to a new lifestyle.

5. For older people, Tai Chi will not be the solution to all health problems.

6. Though young people might prefer athletic activities that are more physically demanding,

they can also benefit from practicing Tai Chi as it helps to reduce stress.

Reading Two

Check your comprehension 1. d; 2.b; 3. d; 4. a; 5. c; 6.d Check your vocabulary A