2019年6月英語六級(第1套)聽力真題錄音(2)

Recording 2

錄音2

Every summer when I top up my selection of summer outfits from the department stores, my eyes would nearly pop out of my head.

每年夏天，當(dāng)我從百貨公司挑選夏季裝備時，我都會感到眼花繚亂。

I’m overwhelmed with the wide range of different slimming products each year.

每年我都對各種各樣的減肥產(chǎn)品感到不知所措。

And more shockingly, these products are often advocated by very slim models.

更令人震驚的是，這些產(chǎn)品通常由非常瘦的模特展示。

Having lived in Asia for almost ten years now, I’ve seen various dieting tips come and go.

在亞洲生活了將近十年后，我已經(jīng)看到了各種減肥方法興起后又被拋棄。

I remember in Japan people heading directly to the food section in the supermarket when the banana diet was at its peak.

我記得在日本，當(dāng)香蕉減肥法風(fēng)頭正盛時，人們直接去超市的食品區(qū)域。

Then, there was the black tea and oolong tea diet followed by the soybean diet and the tomato juice diet. The list goes on and on.

然后有紅茶和烏龍茶減肥法，之后是大豆減肥法和番茄汁減肥法。清單一直在持續(xù)。

Apart from what people eat, I’ve also seen many interesting slimming products.

除了吃什么以外，我還看到過許多有趣的瘦身產(chǎn)品。

In Hongkong, I’ve seen girls wrapping their whole body or both legs up with a special type of slimming tape which is supposed to help make them thinner.

在香港，我曾見過一些女孩用特殊的減肥帶將整個身體或雙腿裹起來，據(jù)說可以幫助她們瘦一些。

But it just reminded me of the roasted ham my mother usually puts on the dinner table of Christmas.

但這只是讓我想起了我母親通常在圣誕節(jié)時擺放在餐桌上的烤火腿。

Then there were the face slimming rollers that were said to improve your blood circulation and make your face smaller.

然后就是瘦臉輪，據(jù)說可以改善血液循環(huán)并縮小臉蛋。

Personally, I do not believe in any of these slimming gadgets.

個人而言，我不相信這些里面的任何減肥產(chǎn)品。

And I think I have a very different perspective when it comes to the definition of what is beautiful.

我認(rèn)為，對于美麗的定義，我有非常不同的看法。

Asian women prefer to avoid the sun because being pale or white is considered beautiful,

亞洲女性更喜歡避開陽光，因為蒼白或白嫩的臉被認(rèn)為是美麗的，

whereas a tanned complexion is considered much more beautiful and sexy in the west.而曬黑的膚色在西方被認(rèn)為更加美麗和性感。

It is most certainly shaped by a person’s culture as well as how they were raised in their childhood.

這無疑受到一個人的文化以及童年時代的成長所影響。

As each summer season approaches, there’s no escape from it.

隨著每個夏季的來臨，這是無可避免的。

But it’s not only women who are affected by this pressure to look good.

但不僅女性受到外表好看的壓力的影響。

Men aspire to be able to show off their six packs or their V-shape backs and there’s a growing market of slimming pills aimed at men too.

男性渴望炫耀自己的六塊腹肌，而且針對男性的減肥藥市場也在不斷增長。

I think no matter what diets we follow or what slimming products we obsess ourselves with,

我認(rèn)為，無論我們遵循什么瘦身食譜或沉迷何種減肥產(chǎn)品，

at the end of the day there’s no magic trick to shape up for the summer.

總而言之，夏天都沒有塑身的神奇訣竅。

Eat in a balance way and incorporate the right level of physical activity. For me, this still seems to be the best plan.

均衡飲食，同時進(jìn)行適當(dāng)?shù)捏w育鍛煉。對我來說，這似乎仍然是最好的計劃。

19.What overwhelms the speaker when she buys her summer outfits each year?

19.敘述者每年購買夏季裝備時，是什么使她不知所措？

20.What does the speaker think of girls wrapping their legs up with slimming tape?

20.敘述者對女孩用減肥帶包裹腿部有什么看法？

21.What does the speaker think affects people’s interpretation of beauty?

21.敘述者認(rèn)為什么影響人們對美的定義？