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She has been teased,stared at in the street,and called“the world’s ugliest woman” by cyber bullies(网...
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She has been teased,stared at in the street,and called“the world’s ugliest woman” by cyber bullies(网络地痞).Lizzie Velasquez of Austin,Texas,was born without adipose tissue(肌肉组织)meaning that she has no body fat,and,despite eating up to 60 small meals a day,remains a delicate 27 kilos.The rare condition is thought to affect just two other people worldwide.
Miss Velasquez has now written a second book about her struggle to be accepted,and hopes it will help others in a similar position.In Be Beautiful.Be You the college student shares advice on being unique.how to make and keep good friends,and how to deal with bullying and other negativity.When asked how she deals with being constantly stared at in the street, Miss Velasquez says,“I always go up to these people and introduce myself,or give them my card and say,‘Hi,I’m Lizzie--maybe you should stop staring and start learning.’”
Miss Velasquez says when cyber bullies first started attacking her online it was hard. Eventually she realized that the people mocking her online were just cowards hiding behind a computer screen.
“Lizzie was born four weeks prematurely.Doctors told us they had no idea if she would survive.”Miss Velasquez’s mother Rita says.“They told us she would never be able to walk,talk or have a norma1 life.”Rita Velasquez has two other daughters,and both of them are of average height and weight. When Lizzie was four,doctors discovered she had gone blind in one eye.
Miss Velasquez’s case has fascinated doctors all over the world,and she is part of a genetic study run by Professor Abhimanyu Garg.Professor Garg and his team now believe Miss Velasquez may have a form of Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome(NPS),which causes accelerated aging and fat loss from the face and body" People with NPS often have prematurely aged faces and pointy(尖的) noses
1.What can we learn about Miss Velasquez?
A. She is a college student
B. Her siblings have the same condition as her·
C. Her appetite is smaller than that of healthy people-
D. She has published two novels popular with students·
2.Which of the following is a characteristic of NPS?
A. Inability to walk B. A prematurely aged face
C. Blindness D. A flat nose
3.Which of the following words can replace the underlined word“mocking”?
A. teasing B. copying
C. loving D. hating
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