YOLO, as the highest-grossing movie (票房冠军) of this year’s Spring Festival holiday, shows the efforts of a jobless woman who became a boxer. It has sparked a weight loss frenzy (掀起减肥热身潮) among the Chinese recently.
Though Jia Ling said the story is aimed to highlight self-care and self-respect, her surprising physical change—she halved (减半) her weight in about a year—coupled with the inspirational film, has leaded to a heated discussion on slimming (苗条) and encouraged viewers to hit the gym (健身房) or change their diets.
He Fang, a nutrition (营养学) expert at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University’s School of Medicine, said, “It is more advisable to learn from Jia’s strong will and determination (决心) in running after a goal.”
How to make a weight loss plan depends on each person’s body mass index (质量指数), muscle density (肌肉密度) and other factors. Losing weight at a rapid speed the way Jia did could result in many health problems, she said.
“As for ways of exercising, the most important thing is to find a kind of reasonable exercise that is safe and easy to continue in the long run,” said He Fang. “The key to staying fit is taking up and sticking to a healthy lifestyle and understanding that weight loss is a long, gradual journey.”
Fan Zhihong, an expert of nutrition at China Agricultural University, said that keeping an ideal (理想的) weight is even harder than losing weight and big weight changes are no less harmful than being overweight.
【小题1】What’s the main purpose of the film YOLO?| A．To call for people to lose weight. |
| B．To stress self-care and self-respect |
| C．To encourage people to change their diets. |
| A．意犹未尽的 | B．精彩纷呈的 | C．鼓舞人心的 |
| A．Losing weight too rapidly may lead to many health problems. |
| B．We’d better keep on a healthy lifestyle and lose weight gradually. |
| C．Being overweight is more harmful than big weight changes for people. |
| A．Health. | B．Movie. | C．Sports. |
