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China's waistline grows with its economy
TIANJIN, China - Even though he's now a young adult, Liang Yong finds that relatives still hand him yummy things to eat.
"I am pampered by my parents and my grandparents," admits the 24- year-old Liang, the only male offspring of his family's clan. "They give me candies, meat and eggs."
So, like growing numbers of Chinese youth, Liang is taking a stab at losing weight. A recent day found him on his back in an obesity clinic with acupuncture needles poking into his upper thigh.
"It hurts a little bit," Liang said as acupuncturist Huang Wenjun twirled the needles in Liang's bulky thigh and lower trunk.
Pound for pound, China still lags far behind the United States, where 64.5 percent of adults 20 and older are overweight. While comparisons are inexact, in China the numbers may be closer to 10 percent to 13 percent. But as their economy develops, Chinese tip the scales ever more. Urban residents are abandoning bicycles, eating rich diets, limiting exercise and pondering ways to slim down.
China's weight-loss industry now tops $1.2 billion. Clinics peddle herbal medicines, "weight-loss" teas, acupuncture, massage programs and other techniques far different than in the West.
In Beijing, the capital, students wolf down food like never before. The obesity rate among primary and middle school students has risen to 18 percent, from 10 percent in 1991, the state Xinhua news agency said recently, citing a survey by the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Every year, the rate of obesity in China increases 10 percent," said Shi Lidong, chief executive of the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in Tianjin, a former British and French concession 75 miles southeast of Beijing.
【热点话题】 根据上述报道，在中国，青少年的肥胖问题已经日趋严重，朗阁海外考试研究中心分析认为，这一话题对广大雅思考生备考雅思阅读也有一定的参考价值。随着经济的迅速发展，中国已成为世界上一大强国。这个国家中发生的变化自然也是世人关注的焦点所在。作为面向全球的雅思考试，当然也不会放过这么好的素材。况且雅思考试本身经常就会涉及医药或者健康相关的问题，特别是对中国的传统疗法颇感兴趣。因此，掌握这方面的内容对于雅思阅读来说意义深远。
【难句词汇】 雅思考生的阅读难点之一就是词汇量和句型的掌握程度的不同，如果学生的词汇量不足，那么文章将看不懂，我们从上文中就可以学到很多的句型和词汇。
So, like growing numbers of Chinese youth, Liang is taking a stab at losing weight.
方式状语从句
Take a stab at 试图做某事
Lose weight 减肥
A recent day found him on his back in an obesity clinic with acupuncture needles poking into his upper thigh.
伴随状语
Obesity 肥胖
Clinic 诊所
Acupuncture 针灸
Poke 戳，刺
Thigh 大腿
"It hurts a little bit," Liang said as acupuncturist Huang Wenjun twirled the needles in Liang's bulky thigh and lower trunk.
时间状语从句
Twirl 捻弄，扭转
Bulky 庞大的，过大的
Trunk 身躯
Pound for pound, China still lags far behind the United States, where 64.5 percent of adults 20 and older are overweight.
地点状语从句
Lag behind 落后
Overweight 超重的，过重的
该篇报道 大的特色是运用了很多数据论证，而南京朗阁中心总结发现数据在雅思阅读中往往是出题的关键所在。很多题需要数据定位或直接运用数据出题，比如判断题，填空题，简短问答题，甚至是归纳概括题等等，所以对数据的准确把握是我们的解题出路。
【真题预测】 根据刚才关于中国青少年肥胖的原版文章，我们来练习一下雅思阅读的常考题型之一 — 判断题：
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Please write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the writer
FALSE if the statement does not agree with the writer
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage
Liang himself did not realize what and who caused his obesity.
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