小编寄语：英语四级六级考试，阅读是不可或缺的一大部分，生词多，理解难，时间少，是不少考生抱怨的问题。要想在考场上做好阅读理解，必须在平常多阅读，掌握新词汇，提高阅读速度。而沪江小编就为大家准备了阅读材料系列，供大家练习。

我们的这个阅读系列旨在为大家提供一些阅读材料，不一定跟四六级考试的难度、篇幅、内容完全一样。对于很多童鞋纠结这是四级还是六级范围的阅读，其实没有必要。如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步^^

【今日推荐阅读】

Obesity is contagious - with people who have a higher number of fat friends or relatives at greater risk of becoming obese themselves, new research warns.

Researchers have found a number of ways that fat people could influence their pals' girth. It can be subliminal - where having overweight pals can make people see their weight as "normal" and eat accordingly until they're the same size.

It can also be more direct, with obese people putting pressure on their slimmer friends to eat more and exercise less until they "achieve the same body size". And even being around larger pals can put you at risk of gaining weight yourself, as socializing with them is likely to revolve more around eating or watching TV and less about exercising.

Researchers from Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change in the US, interviewed 101 women alongside 812 of their closest friends and relatives. By looking at the Body Mass Index of the women and their friends and relatives, they discovered that the fatter a woman's social circle, the more likely she was to be obese herself.

This was because "we learn about acceptable body size from family and friends" according to researchers, with friendships based on eating and engaging in little physical activity more likely to end in obesity.

Despite the results researchers found that most women viewed being fat as a source of shame. Asked whether they would rather be fat or have a range of socially stigmatized conditions, a quarter of women said they'd rather suffer from severe depression than be fat, while more than one in 10 said they'd rather be totally blind than obese.

【内容简介】

文章开门见山介绍了最新研究——拥有大量胖友或胖亲的人更有可能发胖。

接着文章分析了这一研究结果的原因，包括潜移默化的影响和直接的影响。

接着文章介绍了一项调查结果，即女性胖友越多，发胖的可能性更大。

最后文章揭示了女性对待肥胖的态度。

【词汇短语讲解】

①put pressure on  施加压力

②Body Mass Index  身体质量指数 可简写为BMI, 测量身体是否肥胖的数值。据有关报道，BMI值介于18.5-24，则体重属于正常范围。BMI大于24时即属于过重，大于27时即属于肥胖，必须多加注意。

③social circle  社交圈子  circle可表示领域，如academic circle 学术界

④end in 以……告终

⑤view…as  把……视作…… 意思同regard…as…

⑥a range of  一套，一系列

【快速阅读支招】

考场上做阅读时一定要先过一遍问题，脑子里有个大致印象再去看文章，这样带着问题去读会节省很多时间。读过第一遍时把答案确定的题目先做完，然后不会的题目再去具体段落找答案。切忌在一道题目上纠缠太久，因为时间有限，前面耽误太多时间会影响后面做题，所以时间分配很重要！

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