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[1]Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends helps boost levels of ‘brown fat’ in the boby which burns calories to generate heat.

[2]Living in a stimulating, social environment was found to reduce abdominal fat in mice by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social stimulation can       

by converting white fat into brown, White stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to generate heat .Converting white fat into brown is difficult, as we all know, normally requiring long term exposure to cold conditions or activating part of the body’s nervous system

[3]However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown, The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those who lived alongside a greater number of mice and had more space and toys to stimulate them lost far more weight over the course of the study than their ‘couch potato’ ones.

[4]Study author Dr. Mattew During, whose team’s findings appear in journal Cell Metabolism said: I’m still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs. Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added: ‘It’s not just a sedentary lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social engagement.’

[5]Co-author Dr. Lei Cao said: ‘Loneliness is a profound factor for cancer and death; it’s on par with cigarette smoking. Social engagement is very important’.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage? (no more than 10 words)

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2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

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3.What’s the purpose of the study of mice? (no more than 20 words)

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4.How does socializing help make people slim? (no more than 15 words)

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5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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Answer

1.Socializing keeps you slim/Keeping a busy social life makes people slim

2.aid weight loss/help lose weight

3.To show having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown; They want to show the advantage of a busy social life To show the part socializing plays in changing white fat into brown

4.by changing white fat into brown which burns calories to generate heat; Socializing changes white fat into brown which burns calories to generate heat

5.在研究期间，和那些总是呆着不动的小鼠相比，有更多伙伴、更大空间和更多玩具的实验鼠减肥效果更明显。

【解析】

试题分析：

1.根据文章第一段第一行Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people slimmer说明本文的话题就是Socializing keeps you slim。

2.本段讨论的正是social stimulation能让人减肥。

3.本文的话题是关于Socializing能让人减肥，告诉我们a busy social life的好处。

4.根据文章第二段第三行by converting white fat into brown说明是通过改变white fat的方法来减肥。

5.本句的翻译难点在于对这几个词“stimulate”  “couch potato”的翻译过于死板，翻译不通。要根据上下文的语义来猜测这些词的意思。

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