Question

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable dict...We are surrounded by the word" diet" everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.

Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, influenced by diet products, people tend to watch their weight rather than their diet. Diet products make us Jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤）instead. All we have to do is to recognize the word" diet" in food labels in the supermarket. On another level, diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle. For example, every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don't have to work to get results.

The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the potential harm that comes from using them.

Answer

Nowadays we are obsessed with diet products, which turn out both physically and psychologically harmful(要点1).First, we are tempted into paying more attention to our physical weight than eating habits(要点2).People also tend to believe losing weight is effortless, thus causing psychological harm(要点3).Second, diet products bring about physical harm, for what they contain are not nutrients but potentially dangerous chemicals(要点4).Accordingly, we should think twice before purchasing diet products and try to say goodbye to them(要点5).

【解析】

这是一篇概要写作。讲述了目前人们对节食产品依赖的现象并指出节食产品对人们的身心健康都有危害，应该抵制节食产品。

文章第一段为总起句，“Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable dict...We are surrounded by the word" diet" everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us.”讲述了现在人们对节食产品的依赖，“We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.”点出节食产品对我们的身心都有伤害。所以第一段的概括为“现在我们对节食产品很依赖，这种产品对我们身心都有伤害。”，即“Nowadays we are obsessed with diet products, which turn out both physically and psychologically harmful”，第二段和第三段分别讲述节食产品对心理的坏处和对身体的坏处。第二段从两方面论述节食产品对心理的坏处，第一方面是“On one level, influenced by diet products, people tend to watch their weight rather than their diet. Diet products make us Jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤）instead. All we have to do is to recognize the word" diet" in food labels in the supermarket.”，讲述了人们更关注体重而不是自己的饮食习惯，第二方面是“On another level, diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle. For example, every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don't have to work to get results.”，讲述了人们认为减肥不用付出努力，节食产品从这两方面对我们的心理造成伤害，所以第二段的主旨大意为“First, we are tempted into paying more attention to our physical weight than eating habits. People also tend to believe losing weight is effortless, thus causing psychological harm.”。第三段“Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.”讲述了是因为节食产品可能没有营养，并且其中的化学成分可能有害，所以会对我们的身体造成伤害，所以第三段主旨大意为“Second, diet products bring about physical harm, for what they contain are not nutrients but potentially dangerous chemicals.”。最后一段号召我们戒掉节食产品，故主旨大意为“Accordingly, we should think twice before purchasing diet products and try to say goodbye to them.”