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BBCLearningEnglish15MinuteProgrammes15分钟AboutthisPleasenotethatthisisnotawordforwordtranscriptoftheprogrammeasbroadcast.Intherecordingandeditingprocess,changesmayhavebeenmadewhichmaynotbereflectedhere.关于台词的备注SizeZero oand etoBBCLearningEnglishI’mLily.Oliver:大家好，我是Oliver。 TodaywearegoingtotalkaboutfashionandthesizezerocultureintheUK. 大小相当于英国市场的4号。Lily:Inthefashionindustryitreferstoveryverythinor‘skinny’Oliver:SkinnymodelsIdon'tthinktheyarebeautifulat Iagree.TherehasbeencontinuingdebateonwhethertheUKshouldbansizezeromodelsfromthecatwalk. TessaJowellistheUKculturesecretary.Shebelievesitisanimportantissuefortheyouthculture.Iamasconcernedaboutthewidersocialconsequencesofthiscultureofthinness,whichIthinkis–itisendemicinthehealthandwell-beingandsenseofself-esteemofyoungteenagersrightacrossthecountry.AndIthinkthat–Ihopeitdoesn’tsoundliketoolargealeap–butIthinkthatbybeginningtoaddressthecultureofthinness,thetyrannyofthinnessonthecatwalk,wecanintimebegintoliftsomeoftheoppression,thattheexpectationthatthinnessisperfectionfor That’sculturesecretaryTessaJowell.Shesaiditisabigissueforyounggirlsinthiscountry.Abigissue. Abigissuefornotonlythehealthandwell-beingoftheyoungmodelswhoparadethecatwalks. Butalsoaconcernaboutthewidersocialconsequencesofthiscultureofthinness. Thecultureofthinnessisendemicinthesenseofself-esteemofyoung Thereareafewmorewordstolearnfromthisclip: Thetyrannyofthinnessonthecatwalk, Tolifttheoppression, Theexpectationthatthinnessistheperfectionforwomen, Nowlet’slistentothisclipIamasconcernedaboutthewidersocialconsequencesofthiscultureofthinness,whichIthinkis–itisendemicinthehealthandwell-beingandsenseofself-esteemofyoungteenagersrightacrossthecountry.AndIthinkthat–Ihopeitdoesn’tsoundliketoolargealeap–butIthinkthatbybeginningtoaddressthecultureofthinness,thetyrannyofthinnessonthecatwalk,wecanintimebegintoliftsomeoftheoppression,thattheexpectationthatthinnessisperfectionfor Whileit’sdesirabletobeslim,itisnothealthytotrytobesizezeroby Ofcourse,thereisabigdifferencebetweenslimandsizezero苗条和骨 Yestheword‘slim’ispositivewhereas‘thin’and‘skinny’arenegative,sobecarefulwhenandwhereyouusethem. WementionedearlierthatsizezeroisanAmericanwomen'sclothingsize,equivalenttoaUKsize4. Verygood.Althoughasmallproportionofwomenmaybenaturallypetite,themajorityarenotthattinyandskinny. Butwhyhastheidealofbeautychangedsodrasticallyinthepasttwo Fromthepowerfulathleticsupermodelsofthe80’s,totheskeletalmodelsyouseeonthecatwalktoday. EliseSlater,whodesignsforafashionforecaster,sharedherviewonthispoint:Ithinkallfashionrevolvesaroundtheideaofbeinguntouchableoraspirational.AndIthinkwhatever’sinfashioniswhatever’shardtoachieveatapointintime.Sowhenitwashardto eplump,thatwasfashionable,andnowit’shard–requiresmoney,time,effortandexercise–to ethin–sothat’ssortofeaformofdiscriminationinmodernday AsfarasEliseisconcerned,allfashionrevolvesaroundtheideaofbeinguntouchableoraspirational. Inheropinion,whatever’sinfashioniswhatever’shardtoachieveatapointintime. Hardtoachieveatapointintime, Sheusedtheword Itrequiresmoney,time,effortandexerciseto ethin. Let’slistentothisclipagain:Ithinkallfashionrevolvesaroundtheideaofbeinguntouchableoraspirational.AndIthinkwhatever’sinfashioniswhatever’shardtoachieveatapointintime.Sowhenitwashardto eplump,thatwasfashionable,andnowit’shard–requiresmoney,time,effortandexercise–to ethin–sothat’ssortofeaformofdiscriminationinmodernday YouarelisteningtoBBCLearningEnglishwithOliverandmeLily. TheBritishfashionindustry,aswellasthe ernment,aretakingonthecultureofthinness. Totakeon Asrecentexamplesshowed,theeffectsofsizezerocanbe Horrendous可怕的，模特儿卢西奥·拉莫斯以及安娜·芮斯顿的死也被归咎于零号 LouiseRamos,aged22,diedofaheartattacklastAugustaftertryingtoliveonjustaDietCokeandlettuceleaves. Sincethen,BrazilianmodelAnaCarolinaRestonalsodiedbecauseofthepressuresof ingslimmer. Thesetragicexamplesshowedthatsizezerocanseriouslydamagea'shealthandcausessicknessrelatingtoeatingdisorders. Eatingdisorders说到饮食不正常，这里有两个词儿您可应该学会: That’sright,theyare:‘anorexia’–A.N.O.R.E.X.I.A.–‘anorexia’, And‘bulimia’–B.U.L.I.M.I.A.– ‘Bulimia’ Elisefeelsstronglythatthereshouldbelegislationtocheckonthefitnessofmodels. Legislation。Thereareafewmorewordstohelpyou: Totakeinto Bodyframe, Blood Aproperhealthcheck, Sufferfromaneatingdisorder, IreallythinkthereshouldbesomelegislationandIcompleyagreethattheBMIisoutmoded.Ittreatsthebodylikeacylinder–itdoesn’ttakeintoaccountbodyframe,musclemass,oranythingelse.Sothereneedstobeaproperhealthcheckofmodels–liketakingtheirbloodpressureandvariousothertests,toestablishwhethertheyareinfacthealthyorwhethertheyaresufferingfromaneatingdisorder–andofferthemsupportifinfacttheyare. Shethinksthatmodels’healthshouldbe Well,Icertainlywantittobeunequivocalinitsinsistencethattheyoungwomenwhoareonthecatwalksareclearlyhealthyandarenotsufferingfromanorexia.Andsecondly,Ihopethatthetask willconcludethatthereisnocaseforusingyoungwomenwhoareunder16.AndIhopealso,thatwecanspreadthis,beyondjusttheshortmomentofattentionthatthisgetsduringLondonFashionWeeks,andreallybegintoaddresstheinctionbetweentheself-esteem,theself-perceptionofyoungwomen. Shesaidthatshewantstobeunequivocalinitsinsistencethatyoungwomenwhoareonthecatwalkareclearlyhealthyandarenotsufferingfromanorexia.Therearethree youmayfinddifficult:unequivocal, Well,Icertainlywantittobeunequivocalinitsinsistencethattheyoungwomenwhoareonthecatwalksareclearlyhealthyandarenotsufferingfrom Andsecondly,Ihopethatthetask willconcludethatthereisnocaseforusingyoungwomenwhoareunder16. FinallysheemphasizedthatBritainshouldbegintoaddress ctionbetweentheself-esteemofyoungwomenand AndIhopealso,thatwecanspreadthis,beyondjusttheshortmomentofattentionthatthisgetsduringLondonFashionWeeks,andreallybegintoaddressthein ctionbetweentheself-esteem,the