One of the most widely accepted assumptions (假设) in our culture is that if you exercise, you will lose weight．I exercise all the time, but I still have got fat．Why does this happen?

    More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993．We spend some $19 billion a year on sports．Of course, some people join the health club but never go．Still, as one main study—the Minnesota Heart Survey—found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly．

    However, the number of fat people has risen greatly: a third of Americans are fat, and another third count as overweight．Yes, it's highly possible that those of us who regularly go to the sports center would weigh even more if we exercised less．But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I exercise than on the days I don't．Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight?

    People believe that "exercise is important for weight control" is actually rather new．Doctors used to advise not to exercise too much, particularly for older adults who might hurt themselves．Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise because people who regularly exercise are at a lower risk for most illnesses, especially heart problems．They less often develop cancer and many other illnesses, but the role of exercise in weight loss has been completely overestimated (评估过高)．

    "In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless," says an exercise researcher．

根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的词或短语填空。

____ My school has          weeks off in the summertime than Daniel’s school.
____ Xi Wang          a healthy young giant panda and weighed 35 kilograms.
____ Daniel is very clever, but he          shows off.
____ This CD-ROM helps you learn English          testing your knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary.
____ To tell you the truth, sometimes I          my cousin Shirley.
____ You can’t sneeze and keep your eyes open         .
____ Later, the government          it was a very serious problem and took action to reduce the pollution.
____ The spirit of the Olympics is “Swifter, higher,         .”

《朗读者》的成功是人文精神的回归

江德斌

    ①文化类节目在近期制造了个小高潮。《中国诗词大会》之后，董卿以制作人、主持人双重身份推出的文化类节目《朗读者》在央视一套黄金档开播。嘉宾们念诗，读散文和家书，分享曾经打动过、甚至改变过自己生命轨迹的文字。首期节目以“遇见”为主题，有知名演员濮存昕、企业家柳传志、世界小姐张梓琳、96岁高龄的翻译家许渊冲，也有从四川成都鲜花山谷里走来的普通夫妇等。（据2月20日《新京报》）

    ②一段文、一首诗歌、一封信、一个故事……，《朗读者）》并没有复杂的情节，也没有故意设置的煽情，只是由朗读者简单的回顾人生片段，以及打动或改变自己命运的文字，并给观众当众朗读一遍。《朗读者》的首播收视率和口碑双丰收，可谓获得了巨大成功，乃是继<中国诗词大会》之后，又一个具有社会影响力的现象级文化类节目。

    ③《朗读者》给观众带来的并非视觉冲击、戏剧化情节，而是在平静的阅读氛围里，将这些感人的文字，传递给荧屏内外的广大观众，为大家在浮躁的繁华世俗里，搭建起一座沉淀心灵的人文殿堂。朗读足很多人在学生时代都经历过的，但大多会忘却，有些人则会爱上朗读，并保持这种习惯，在生活里、工作之余，朗读自己喜爱的文字。

    ④总体而言，朗读是一个小众化的领域，与歌舞、真人秀、小品等娱乐节目相比，《朗读者》乃是一股清流，显得平淡恬静，似乎很难吸引到观众。然而，《朗读者》节目唤起了大众对朗读的回忆，带领大家沉浸在文字的意境里，享受人文艺术之美。在荧屏到处都是喧闹的娱乐节目之际，观众逐渐产生观赏疲劳，希望看到不同的节目类型，这就给《中国诗词大会》、<朗读者》等文化节目，创造了空间。

    ⑤经过多年的社会经济发展，我们在物质财富方面，已经越来越充裕，但在精神方面，却仍然寥落荒芜。社会文化整体呈现出低俗化、碎片化、快餐化等状态，很多人感觉精神过于紧张，心理压力太大，社会太浮躁，希望节奏能够慢一点，大家都能心平气和一些。而这恰恰需要文化方面的熏陶，也是《中国诗词大会》、《朗读者》的意义所在。

    ⑥事实上，很多电视台也都有读书节目，只是偏重于，介绍图书和作者、时代背景等，传递内容局限于知识，并没有延伸到情怀方面，也就容易走高冷化，受众面相对狭小。而《朗读者》比较贴地气，将朗读者的个人经历，与文字连接在一起，更容另触动观众的同理心，抵达每个人内心深处的情感。

    ⑦诸如《中国诗词大会》、《朗读者》等文化节目的兴起，并受到广大好评，不仅是人文的复苏，也反映出时代潮流的嬗变。在经历多年的娱乐节目轰炸后，观众也开始分化，部分人希望在忙碌繁琐的生活里，得到更多的人文关怀，回归人文精神。（（朗读者》做到了这一点，让观众感受到心灵的宁静，优美文字对精神的陶冶，从而喜欢上朗读，重新拾起书本，轻声朗读起来。

（选自2017年2月21日《中国青年网》，有改动）

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