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昨天看了黑面大介紹的Dear Abby, 有篇是憂心忡忡的先生的求救信。因為先生喜歡太太瘦一點,太太拼命極度減肥,讓先生驚覺已可能威脅健康,百般勸阻仍無效,只好求救。
這封信讓我重溫一些片語:to a dangerous extreme, go on a diet, put a few pounds back on, hand in that direction, be aware of , and out of control.
和重溫一些字彙厭食症anorexic (anorexia)
也想到過世的黛安娜王妃,傳聞她在和查理王子結婚後,因皇室生活的壓力,也得過暴食症(bulimia)。
anorexia 和bulimia 都是一種飲食失調症,對身心健康影響很大,嚴重者會導致死亡。
去年11月,法國名模Isabelle Caro因厭食症死亡,死時28歲,13歲起就受厭食症困擾。在2007年她拍過廣告No anorexia,她瘦骨嶙峋的巨幅廣告,讓世人看到厭食症的可怕。但這廣告和她的死亡對瘦就是美的時毫和時裝界引起的回響是什麼,就有待觀察。
貼上憂心忡忡先生的信如下:
WIFE TAKES WEIGHT LOSS TO A DANGEROUS EXTREME
DEAR ABBY: My wife went on a diet a year ago and lost a tremendous amount of weight. The problem now is she won't quit. Every time I suggest she stop and put a few pounds back on, she gets angry and won't speak to me.
My wife isn't anorexic, but I have a feeling she may be headed in that direction. She has no health concerns that either of us is aware of, and when I say anything she just says, "You wanted me thin, so now I'm thin!"
Please tell me what I should do before her dieting gets out of control and becomes a serious threat to her health. -- DISTRAUGHT HUSBAND OF A VERY THIN WIFE |
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