Упр.4a Уроки 5-6 Юнит 10 New Millennium English 9 класс
Read Louise’s story and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).
- Louise felt unhappy in her childhood.
- She was proud of herself when she gave up eating sandwiches.
- She always took part in her family meals.
- She got ill because of her dieting.
- Louise’s mother helped her to get rid of her fear of eating.
- She is quite healthy now.
LOUISE’S STORY
I started dieting after developing back problems because I was told that they were caused by my excess weight. I was so upset about it that I gave up chocolate and crisps. My friends would tell me I’d never lose all that weight and I wanted to prove them wrong. At first I didn’t lose much, so I stopped eating sandwiches at lunchtime. It was hard to begin, but then I felt good when I saw everyone round me stuffing their faces while I just sat there with a glass of water. I felt great because I felt I had a lot of willpower and they didn’t.
I kept on dieting and kept cutting out more and more food. It got to the point where all I would eat in a day was a bowl of cereal in the morning and a small roll at night. In the end I just refused to eat when we all sat together at the table because I thought that anything I put in my mouth would make me put on weight. I got to eight and a half stone and was happy with my weight. If I had stopped dieting, then I wouldn’t have got ill. My dieting got out of control. I thought, “If I could get down to eight stone and then to seven, I would look really attractive.” There was no end to it.
My friends started to ask if I was all right and told me I looked pale. Then some teachers started asking me if I’d eaten anything and, when I said no, they would offer to buy me food. But I was terrified of eating anything. I finally realised that I had a problem when I came back from my summer holiday: I had been losing two or three pounds a week. When I read an article about an anorexic girl who almost died before she started to get better, I knew that I had to stop.
I talked to my mum about it and I went to a psychologist who helped me get over my fear of eating; he showed me a chart with my ideal weight on it — ten stone! It helped me to understand how much weight I could put on without being fat. My eating is almost back to normal now and I’m much happier with myself. Now I just eat healthy stuff — I can’t remember the last time I had a plate of chips.
1. F — Louise felt upset, not unhappy in her childhood.
2. F — She felt proud when she stopped eating sandwiches, not when she gave them up.
3. F — She refused to eat with her family at the table.
4. T — She got ill because of her dieting.
5. T — Her mother helped her to talk about the problem and get help.
6. T — Now she says her eating is almost back to normal and she is much happier.
