A survey of English schoolchildren shows boys and girls are worrying about the way they look. The ___26___ found that over half of male schoolchildren lacked confidence because of their body ___27___
Teachers said many children were very ___30___ if others said bad things about their appearances. Around 55 percent of teachers reported that girls were extremely sensitive to comment ___31___ their looks; the figure for boys being easily hurt by teasing(取笑)was 27 percent. Teachers gave a number of ___32___ why children as young as four years old were stressing out about their shapes. Over 90 percent of teachers ___33___ the Internet and television. Children see images of “perfect”bodies every day and they feel they have to look that way too. Many children are on diets to make themselves ___34___ to the opposite sex. One elementary school teacher said :“I work with four to five-year- olds and some say things like, ‘I can ’t eat cheese , it will make me ___35___ ’”, A teachers ’ spokeswoman warned that children trying to look like “celebrities in the media only lead to misery ”.
A. about F. fat K. questions B. attractive
G. felt L. reasons C. blame H. for
M. shape D. complete E. discover I. higher
N. study J. lazy O. upset
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