新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第四册 课文 te-08b_new

[-1:-3.00]On the other hand, a different doctor who specializes in the study of the skin
[-1:-4.00]is unimpressed by the data and questions the methods used in the study.
[-1:-5.00]In addition, the medical journal in which the study
[-1:-6.00]of Imedeen is published is a "pay" journal —
[-1:-7.00]one in which any studies can be published for a fee.
[-1:-8.00]According to the doctor, any attempt to play
[-1:-9.00]by the medical world's rules of research has been a failure.
[-1:10.00]Such controversy is familiar ground to Brian Newman,
[-1:11.00]who used a type of oil from flowers for years before it was generally accepted.
[-1:12.00]In no way discouraged, he insists the most important point
[-1:13.00]to establish is that Imedeen actually works.
[-1:14.00]Ultimately, however,
[-1:15.00]the real issue is why we are so afraid of wrinkles in the first place.
[-1:16.00]Sadly, youth and beauty have become the currency of our society,
[-1:17.00] buying popularity and opportunity.
[-1:18.00]The value of age and experience is denied,
[-1:19.00]and women in particular feel the threat that the visible changes of ageing bring.
[-1:20.00]According to one psychological expert,
[-1:21.00]when men gain a little gray hair, their appeal often increases because,
[-1:22.00]for them, age implies power, success, wealth, and position.
[-1:23.00]But as a woman's power is still strongly perceived
[-1:24.00]to be tied up with the ability to bear children,
[-1:25.00]ageing demonstrates to the world her decline,
[-1:26.00]her uselessness for her primary function.
[-1:27.00]Wrinkles are symbolic of the decline of her ability to reproduce.
[-1:28.00]Until we appreciate the true value of age,
[-1:29.00]it is difficult to do anything but panic when the signs of it emerge.
[-1:30.00]While the media continues to show men of all ages alongside young,
[-1:31.00]smooth-skinned women as a vision of success,
[-1:32.00]women will go on investing in pots of worthless rubbish.
[-1:33.00]Let's see more mature, wrinkled women in attractive,
[-1:34.00]successful, happy roles and let's see men fighting to be with them.