时间:2019-03-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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Has your waistline expanded recently? How about your feet? Researchers have discovered human feet are increasing in size to cope with the extra weight we're putting on them due to obesity 1. According to a recent survey in Britain by the College of Podiatry, the average foot is two shoe sizes bigger than it was in the 1970s.


They say it's because we're getting taller and heavier. With a bigger frame to carry, the part of our body which moves us around splays out.


About 2,000 people took part in the survey. 61% of women and 68% of men said their feet are getting wider. The problem is, like the stepsisters in the fairy tale Cinderella, many try to squeeze their feet into designer shoes in the hope of looking more streamlined and elegant.


Ill-fitting shoes are hell, I say. But instead of trying to choose a bigger size, some people go to extremes and have surgery to make the foot adapt to the shoe rather than the other way round.


Dr Ali Sadrieh, a podiatrist in Beverly Hills, California, told the New York Times newspaper he came to understand the needs of many a female patient keen to go under the knife. He said: "Patients would bring in shoes they dreamed of wearing. On the surface, it looked shallow. But I came to see they need these shoes to project confidence, they are part of their outside skin. That's the real world."


Another specialist, Dr Neal Blitz, who works in Manhattan, New York, told the newspaper: "My practice has exploded because of Manolo Blahnik, Christian 2 Laboutin and Nicholas Kirkwood."


I wonder how big those designers' feet are. And do they know how much they are influencing these obsessed 3 shoe-wearers? What's next? Toe liposuction?!


I think well-fitting shoes are the way to go. Cinderella was lucky her foot fitted the glass slipper 4 in the fairy tale. But this discovery could be good news for her stepsisters - soon we might all have big feet!


Quiz 测验


1. How much bigger are British people's feet now?


Two shoe sizes bigger than in the 70s, according to the College of Podiatry's survey.


2. Why are their feet growing?


The survey says it's because they're getting bigger and heavier.


3. Why do women have their feet operated on?


To fit into designer shoes.


4. Who is Manolo Blahnik?


A shoe designer.


5. Which expression means 'to have an operation'?


To go under the knife.


Glossary 词汇表


to expand 增长,变大


to increase in size 尺寸增长


podiatry 足病学


average 普遍的,一般的,通常的


bigger frame 更大的骨架


to splay out 变宽,向外张开


wider 更宽的


to squeeze 塞进


streamlined 流线型的


ill-fitting 不合适的,不合脚的


the other way round 与之相反


to go under the knife 做手术,接受手术


shallow 肤浅的


liposuction 脂肪抽吸手术


well-fitting 合适的,合身的


the way to go 正确的选择



n.肥胖,肥大
  • One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
  • Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的
  • He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
  • The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。
n.拖鞋
  • I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
  • The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。
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