In our world today, the media and entertainment industries are constantly focusing on beauty over brains. Movies, television shows, commercials, and magazines all make use of models and actors whose wonderful appearance will help sell their products. And make more money for the companies.
As our country become crazy about reducing the obesity numbers, eating disorder statistics continue to increase due to the push for thinner people. Even children as young as primary school age have begun to worry about the numbers that appear on the scale. I agree obesity is a serious medical condition that can lead to many health problems, but many of us try to lose weight for appearance purposes rather than our health. It seems that “fat” has become a new “ugly”.
Two weeks ago, 37-year-old Wisconsin television hostess Jennifer Livingston, who is 235 pounds, received an email from a local security guard named Kenneth Krause. In the email Krause attacked the mother of three, writing, “Your physical condition hasn’t improved for many years. Surely you don’t consider yourself a suitable example for this community’s young people, girls in particular.”
Days later on live television, Livingston reacted to this email by responding, “The truth is that I am overweight. But to the person who wrote to me that email, do you think I don’t know that? You know nothing about me but what you see on the outside. And I am much more than a number on the scale.”
While Livingston is not denying her size, she does suffer from hypothyroidism, a hormone (荷尔蒙) disorder that makes it harder to lose weight. Krause doesn’t know that Livingston has also been trying to change her diet and keep a regular exercise since the summer, and has already lost 8 pounds.
What kind of people have we become when we criticize and attack other people we don’t even know? Haven’t we realized by now that weight does not determine character, talent, or qualities?
Today, it seems that a vast majority of people care more about how they look rather than what is inside. Negative attitudes towards heavier people can be seen worldwide because of the growing obesity problem.
The truth is that every person is built differently; we all come in different shapes and sizes. That someone is heavier doesn’t mean they eat large amounts of junk food and hang around all the day. Similarly, even though a person is thin, that doesn’t mean they are necessarily healthy and fit.
If you are reading this and you are fighting with your weight or your appearance, please recognize that you are beautiful and special in your own way. You are worth so much more than you realize, and even if I don’t know you, I respect and support you.
Beauty is not determined by size; it is determined by how we treat others and respect ourselves. Just as the talented film actress Kirstie Alley put it, “There’s a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.”
From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

A．fat people are sure to suffer from eating disorder

B．models will be out of work if they do not lose weight

C．many people nowadays focus too much on appearance

D．children in primary schools care little about their weight.

The writer mentioned the email written by Kenneth Krause in order to tell us ________.

A．some people still have negative attitudes towards fat people

B．Kenneth Krause is an unfriendly person who likes attacking the fat

C．we should make an effort to help the fat improve their physical condition

D．the fat can not act as a suitable example for the community’s young people

What do we know about Jennifer Livingston according to the passage?

A．She has been trying to keep a regular exercise all the time.

B．She has already realized her physical condition.

C．She is prevented from losing weight because of a kind of hormone.

D．She is often attacked by a local security guard because of her shape.

The article mainly tells us the message that________.

A．the thin are usually healthier than the fat

B．happiness lies first of all in health

C．health is more important than appearance

D．beauty means more than appearance

In the writer’s opinion, ________.

A．“fat” has become a new “ugly”

B．your size shows who you are

C．the fat should be careful about losing weight

D．fat people shouldn’t lose weight

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