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   【词汇】　

 　【句型】

　　be likely to do ..

　　tend to do ...

　　两句型都表示倾向性

　　To achieve the perfect body meant girls are likely to go on a diet while boys tended to start excessive exercise regimes.

　　为了实现完美身材，女孩们往往选择节食而男孩们会试图过度健身。

　　【音频文本】

　　They surveyed about seven hundred teachers and the results are disturbing.

　　Four fifth thought girls had body image issues and more than half thought boys lacked confidence too, in many cases to the point of causing anxiety. The ATL’s general secretary, Mary Bousted, said body image has become more of an issue for younger children.

　　“They are on the web and they are playing computer games and they are watching reality shows, and then they’re getting ideas about how they should look far too early in life, before they are really formed.”

　　The teachers said that pressure to achieve the perfect body meant girls are likely to go on a diet while boys tended to start excessive exercise regimes.

　　(文本对应音频来自BBC Global News 23 Mar. 2013，大家可关注须臾雅思公共微信后，回复bi02，即可收听。)

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