2008年职称英语考试综合类课堂笔记三十八
分类: 职称英语
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1． 分析文章标题： A new（新的） start（开始）
参看文章开头的句子以进一步了解文章主题：
After(在...之后) Christmas（圣诞节） comes（到来） the anti-Christmas（反圣诞）. If （如果）the festive season （欢乐季节）is all（完全，全部的，全部） about filling up （填满）on the things（东西） you like that are bad for(对...有害) you, then （那么）the new year is the ‘detox（戒毒） season’ – when people across the western world （在整个西方世界的）adopt（采取， 收养） special（特殊的） diets（饮食） to lose weight （减肥）and get rid of （去除掉）the vague （含糊的，不清楚的）feeling（感觉，情绪） that they have spent（花费） the last（最后的） few weeks poisoning （毒害， 使中毒）themselves.
But are detox diets really necessary? After all, the body itself gets rid of unwanted substances. That’s what the liver and kidney are for.
“The detox fad – or fads, as there are many methods – is an example of the capacity of people to believe in and pay for magic despite the lack of nay sound evidence,” says Martin Wilseman, professor of human nutrition at the university of Southampaton in the UK.
Most of the pills, juices, teas and oils that are sold for their detoxifying effects on the body have no scientific foundation for their claims, according to the research. People would be better off having a glass of water and going to bed early.
Detox diets may be magic rather science, but they are the kin of magic which may people want to perform. That may have something to do with the western diet in general.
Scientists and dieticians argue that the benefits people feel are not due to their body getting rid of excessive toxins but are due to changing from what is likely to have been a ‘poor’diet.
Having fewer headaches, for example, is probably the result of being fully hydrated due to drinking so much water and better skin may be due to eating more fruit and vegetables.
Detox diets may also be dangerous, as they may deprive vulnerable groups – pregnant women, for instance, or growing teenagers – of the kind of nutrients they need.
Yet their popularity continues to rise. This may be something to do with the way that food works within m any western cultures. Generally, a country’s food develops along with its economy and society. Food becomes part of a person’s cultural identity.
1． 分析文章标题： A new（新的） start（开始）
参看文章开头的句子以进一步了解文章主题：
After(在...之后) Christmas（圣诞节） comes（到来） the anti-Christmas（反圣诞）. If （如果）the festive season （欢乐季节）is all（完全，全部的，全部） about filling up （填满）on the things（东西） you like that are bad for(对...有害) you, then （那么）the new year is the ‘detox（戒毒） season’ – when people across the western world （在整个西方世界的）adopt（采取， 收养） special（特殊的） diets（饮食） to lose weight （减肥）and get rid of （去除掉）the vague （含糊的，不清楚的）feeling（感觉，情绪） that they have spent（花费） the last（最后的） few weeks poisoning （毒害， 使中毒）themselves.
But are detox diets really necessary? After all, the body itself gets rid of unwanted substances. That’s what the liver and kidney are for.
“The detox fad – or fads, as there are many methods – is an example of the capacity of people to believe in and pay for magic despite the lack of nay sound evidence,” says Martin Wilseman, professor of human nutrition at the university of Southampaton in the UK.
Most of the pills, juices, teas and oils that are sold for their detoxifying effects on the body have no scientific foundation for their claims, according to the research. People would be better off having a glass of water and going to bed early.
Detox diets may be magic rather science, but they are the kin of magic which may people want to perform. That may have something to do with the western diet in general.
Scientists and dieticians argue that the benefits people feel are not due to their body getting rid of excessive toxins but are due to changing from what is likely to have been a ‘poor’diet.
Having fewer headaches, for example, is probably the result of being fully hydrated due to drinking so much water and better skin may be due to eating more fruit and vegetables.
Detox diets may also be dangerous, as they may deprive vulnerable groups – pregnant women, for instance, or growing teenagers – of the kind of nutrients they need.
Yet their popularity continues to rise. This may be something to do with the way that food works within m any western cultures. Generally, a country’s food develops along with its economy and society. Food becomes part of a person’s cultural identity.