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What do you think being beauty really means? All answers to that question are correct, because there are no right or wrong replies. Despite(不管) what society tries to make us believe, there is no “ideal” beauty. There are exact standards—hair colour, or eye colour—that make someone beautiful. Think about it: did you consider someone to be really beautiful, but your friend didn’t see it? That’s because what’s attractive to one person isn’t necessarily going to be attractive to another. So how can we believe that there’s a standard for beauty? It makes no sense.

Weight-loss companies and clothing industries seem to have made it their goal to get us believe that we are not enough and that we need all kinds of things to be prettier. It’s not true! Companies sell us this ideas for their products to make money. I’m not saying that buying beauty products is bad, but what would be bad is using them because you feel like you have to look a certain way in order to be “beautiful”.

Remember, the people wear tons of make-up and are photoshopped in order to look perfect. When you see a girl who society considers as a “great body”, you have to remember that people have different body types and everyone’s body is different. We’re all beautiful, whether we’re slim, thickset or anywhere in between. If you want to lose weight, go ahead, but do it in a healthy way and do it for the right reason—not because you want to fit in. Being comfortable with yourself is really important, and being with others who accept you as you are and don’t ask you to change to look a specific(特定的) way is important too.

Beauty standards
What being beautiful means	●It’s not 【1】 to give an answer to the question. ●One’s beauty cannot be decided by exact standards. ●People have 【2】 ideas about beauty.
Social factors	●Weight-loss companies and clothing industries 【3】 our ideas about beauty for the sales of their products. ●It’s bad to use products in order to fit in with a certain standard.
【4】	●People have different body types and each of us has our own beauty. ●It’s OK to lose weight but remember to do it 【5】. ●It’s important for you to accept the way you are and spend time with people who don’t ask you to change the way you look.

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【答案】

【1】easy

【2】different

【3】influence

【4】Suggestions

【5】healthily

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文，主要谈论美。首先，谈论什么是美，美没有统一的标准。其次，谈论影响美的社会因素，第三，对于怎样看待美，作者给出了建议。

【1】句意：回答这个问题不容易。根据第一段第一句What do you think being beauty really means? All answers to that question are correct, because there are no right or wrong replies.（你认为美到底是什么？这个问题的所有答案都是正确的，因为没有正确或错误的答案。）可知“回答这个问题不容易。”结合句意可知答案是easy 。

【2】句意：人们对美有不同的看法。根据第1段第5句Think about it: did you consider someone to be really beautiful, but your friend didn’t see it? That’s because what’s attractive to one person isn’t necessarily going to be attractive to another.（想一想：你认为某人真的很漂亮，但你的朋友没有看到吗？这是因为对一个人有吸引力的东西不一定对另一个人有吸引力。）可知“人们对美有不同的看法。”结合句意可知答案是different 。

【3】句意：减肥公司和服装行业会影响我们对的看法，目的是为了美容产品销售。根据第2段第2句Weight-loss companies and clothing industries seem to have made it their goal to get us believe that we are not enough and that we need all kinds of things to be prettier.（减肥公司和服装行业似乎已经把让我们相信我们不够美丽定为他们的目标，我们需要各种各样的东西变得更漂亮。）可知“减肥公司和服装行业会影响我们对的看法，目的是为了美容产品销售。” 结合句意可知答案是influence 。

【4】句意：建议。根据右边表格“1.人有不同的体型，我们每个人都有自己的美。2.减肥没关系，但记住要健康。3.你必须接受你现在的样子，花时间和那些不要求你改变你外表的人在一起。”可知是“建议”。可数名词要使用复数，表示泛指，可数名词单数不可单独使用；结合句意可知答案是Suggestions 。

【5】句意：减肥没关系，但记住要健康。根据第3段第4句If you want to lose weight, go ahead, but do it in a healthy way and do it for the right reason—not because you want to fit in.（如果你想减肥，那就去做吧，但是要以健康的方式去做，而且要做的理由是正确的，而不是因为你随波逐流。）可知“减肥没关系，但记住要健康。” 本词修饰动词do可知填副词。in a healthy way副词短语，等于healthily。结合句意可知答案是healthily。

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