第一讲 “难解难分”的标题归纳题 标题是文章的点睛之笔。标题归纳题在英语阅读理解题中属于深层理解题，它要求考生在通读全文的基础上，准确把握文章大意及作者的写作意图。一般说来，标题应该具有概括性、针对性、简洁性三个突出特点。其中概括性，是指标题应最大限度地覆盖全文，囊括文章的主要内容，体现文章的主题；针对性，是指标题的含义要直接指向文章的主要内容；简洁性，则是指标题应言简意赅，能吸引读者的注意力，并唤起读者对文章的阅读兴趣等。 (2013· 湖北卷 )We’ve reached a strange—some would say unusual—point.While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO) ， more people now die from being overweight ， or say ， from being extremely fat ， than from being underweight.It’s the good life that’s more likely to kill us these days.Worse ， nearly 18 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight.What’s going on?We really don’t have many excuses for our weight problems.The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through—up to a point.In the 1970s ， Finland ， for example ， had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause.Not any more.A public health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005 ， and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body.That has become a sort of fashion.No wonder it ranks as the world’s most body conscious country.We know what we should be doing to lose weight—but actually do...
