As a society, we seem to turn on(攻击) the obese(肥胖).
One summer holiday, while I studied medicine in the college, I got a job clearing the garden of a retired(退休) ballet dancer to make some pocket money. When it rained, he invited me in and showed me some photos from his career at the Royal Ballet.
What surprised me was the change that happened to him. He was fit and flexible in the photos. Yet, the man sitting in front of me, although still relatively young, could not walk without a stick. His legs often ached after he retired. He became fatter and fatter. This, he said, is the cost of ballet. It’s really not his fault(过错) to have become fat.
Yet the person who surprised people last week was not a dancer but a comedienne(女喜剧演员). Dawn French was seen leaving Matthew Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells using a stick. Her assistant later explained that his was because she got injured while getting out of a taxi but this didn’t stop the rumor(谣言) that it might be because of her size.
Poor Dawn, who as far as I know, has never tried to pass on any dieting tips to anyone, is suddenly the focus of attention and being blamed for becoming “a role model for obese”. A role model? Why? Just because she’s famous and she’s fat?
Maybe as a doctor I am expected to be supporting the anti-fat group, but I strongly believe that the job of doctors isn’t to stand in judgment over people’s lives, but to provide them with information that can help them make a choice. If people want to be overweight, it’s up to them. What’s more, some people become fat not because of what they eat, like the ballet dancer. We should not look down upon the obese. Instead, we should respect them as much as we respect those who have normal weight.
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66. According to the passage, we know the ballet dancer ______.
A. became fat because he ate too much
B. gave up ballet because of being overweight
C. was fit and flexible when the writer saw him
D. was relatively young but unhealthy when the writer saw him
67. According to the assistant, Dawn French left Matthew Swan Lake because _____.
A. she was injured when she got of a taxi
B. she was deeply hurt by people’s rumor
C. she was a role model for obese
D. she was too fat to perform
68. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The ballet dancer and the comedienne are both overweight.
B. The writer used to be a supporter of the anti-fat group
C. The ballet dancer performed ballet at the cost of his health.
D. Dawn French has never given people advice on dieting.
69. We can infer(推断) from the passage that _____.
A. the obese usually walk with a stick
B. the writer has heard of Dawn French before
C. the ballet dancer should feel sorry for being fat
D. the rumor was stopped after French’ assistant explained the reason.
70. The writer most probably wants to tell us that ______.
A. the obese should join the anti-fat group
B. doctors should stop people from becoming fat
C. the obese should be respected as much as those who have normal weight
D. doctors shouldn’t help people choose their living ways
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