Hello, everyone! I’d like to tell you something about Jack Smith.     18    

Many young girls are waiting in long lines to shop at Brandy Melville, an Italian fashion brand. We can see different kinds of small skirts, tiny T-shirts, skinny (紧身的) jeans in the shop. Everything seems to be designed only for ______ girls. Teenagers are facing a lot of pressure to lose weight and fit into the latest fashions. Is it really necessary for them to pay much attention to their appearances (外貌)?

A girl named Zhang Lin who comes from Shanghai wanted to be thinner very much. She didn’t have ______ at school with her classmates. She became thin quickly at first, but later she found ______ difficult to be on diet on school days. She often felt hungry and sleepy in the afternoon. She couldn’t focus on her study ______ without having enough food and her grades dropped. Learning a lesson from that experience, she still wants to be thinner, but she will never try the ways that may ______ harm to health.

Pictures, videos, advertisements and shop windows keep feeding us messages about ______ we should look. That’s why it’s hard to love your body these days. But according to Psychology Today (今日心理学), ______ your appearances can make you happier. You should follow body-positive (健康形体) people online. They’ll show you that there's not only one standard (标准) for beauty. What’s more, you should practice thanking your body. Try to be grateful ______ being ashamed (羞耻的) of it. The last, focus on your inner (内在的) self-worth rather than the appearances. You can be an attractive (有魅力的) person ______ you are thin or not as long as you have inner beauty.

Loving your body doesn’t ______ that you can’t achieve health goals. However, when you achieve them with love and support for yourself, you’re more likely to get there.