These days Americans are more and more concerned with watching their weight. Perhaps as many as 70 million Americans are on weight-reducing diets, and weight control has become a multibillion-dollar business. American supermarkets sell a variety of diet foods such as diet soft drinks, diet candy, and diet salad dressings. Dieters also spend money on diet pills, exercise machines, and jogging suits. Each year dozens of new diets are popularized. They have such names as the Miracle Diet, the Nine-Day Wonder Diet, and the Easy 24-Hour Diet. There is even one called the Ice Cream Diet, which advises the dieter to eat only ice cream for lunch and dinner! For dieters who cannot lose weight on their own, there are many well-organized diet groups, which offer help and encouragement.

　　美国的节食风

　　当今的美国人越来越注意自己的体重了。大约有7000万美国人在节食以减轻体重，控制体重已成为能带来数十亿美元利润的行业。美国的超级市场中出售各式各样的减肥食品,如减肥饮料、减肥糖果、减肥沙拉调料等。节食者还把大把的钞票花在减肥药、运动器械和运动衣上。每年总有数十种新的减肥食品流行一时，什么"神奇减肥药"、"九日见奇迹减肥品"、"轻松24小时减肥"。甚至还有一种叫"冰淇淋减肥"的,它劝节食者午餐和晚餐只吃冰淇淋！对于那些无法自己减肥成功的节食者，还有许多组织良好的节食团体，为他们提供帮助，为他们加油鼓劲。

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