考研英语阅读篇章: 玛丽莲·梦露谈如何保持身材

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    考研英语阅读篇章: 玛丽莲·梦露谈如何保持身材
    　　How I Stay in Shape, By Marilyn Monroe
        我如何保持身材——玛丽莲·梦露
    "Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite
recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to
be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry about eating too much. I never
used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning
working out with small weights. I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles
I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them
putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise."
    She Doesn't Like To Feel Regimented
    "Exercise. Each morning after I brush my teeth, wash my face and shake off
the first deep layer of sleep, I lie down on the floor beside my bed and begin
my first exercise. It is a simple bust-firming routine which consists of lifting
five-pound weights from a spread-eagle arm position to a point directly above my
head. I do this 15 times, slowly. I repeat the exercise another 15 times from a
position with my arms above my head. Then, with my arms at a 45-degree angle
from the floor, I move my weights in circles until I'm tired. I don't count
rhythmically like the exercise people on the radio; I couldn't stand exercise if
I had to feel regimented(受管制的) about it."
    How To Feel Blond All Over
    "Sports. I have never cared especially for outdoor sports, and have no
desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the
men. Despite its great vogue in California, I don't think sun-tanned skin is any
more attractive than white skin, or any healthier, for that matter. I'm
personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over. By
nature, I suppose I have a languorous(怠惰的) disposition. I hate to do things in a
hurried, tense atmosphere, and it is virtually impossible for me to spring out
of bed in the morning. On Sunday, which is my one day of total leisure, I
sometimes take two hours to wake up, luxuriating in every last moment of
drowsiness. Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours
every night. I sleep in an extra-wide single bed, and I use only one heavy down
comforter over me, summer or winter. I have never been able to wear pajamas(睡衣)
or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep."
    　　A Set of Bizarre Eating Habits
    "Breakfast. I've been told that my eating habits are absolutely bizarre,
but I don't think so. Before I take my morning shower, I start warming a cup of
milk on the hot plate I keep in my hotel room. When it's hot, I break two raw
eggs into the milk, whip them up with a fork, and drink them while I'm dressing.
I supplement this with a multi-vitamin pill, and I doubt if any doctor could
recommend a more nourishing breakfast for a working girl in a hurry. Dinner. My
dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night I stop at the market near my
hotel and pick up a steak, lamb chops or some liver, which I broil in the
electric oven in my room. I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat,
and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots. P.S.
It's a good thing, I suppose, that I eat simply during the day, for in recent
months I have developed the habit of stopping off at Wil Wright's ice cream
parlor for a hot fudge(软糖) sundae on my way home from my evening drama classes.
I'm sure that I couldn't allow myself this indulgence(嗜好，放纵) were it not that my
normal diet is composed almost totally of protein foods."