Question

What would Barbie look like if she were average?

According to US artist Nickolay Lamm, she would be a brunette with a rounded face and a much thicker waist．

Frustrated with the unrealistic beauty standards of Barbie and her friends, Lamm took data from Disease Control and Prevention about an average 19-year-old American woman, who is about 163 cm tall, with a 84-cm waist． With those measurements, Lamm created a doll．

The doll-s tagline （口號）is “Average is beautiful．”

“I think a realistic-size doll is important because when I look at current dolls on the market, they all look like supermodels," the artist told APF． “I just had the impression that the wall of supermodels suggests that something is wrong with you if you don-t look like one． So I created an alternative to suggest that it’s OK to look like a normal person．"

The Lammily dolls, which are 27 cm tall, have been on sale since last month．

Lammily also has other features． Unlike Barbie and her friends, whose pointed legs would force her to walk on all fours if she were real, Lammily has articulated（樞接的） joints – able to walk, run, and play． The doll can even be put in a yoga position．

What’s more, the Lammily dolls include a sticker package that can help to add real-life marks to the dolls, including freckles, acne, moles, and tattoos．

“You can also add minor cuts and bruises, like ones you'd get from falling down while snowboarding," Lamm told NBC．

“I feel that, right now． dolls are very perfect looking, when, in real life, few of us have perfect skin," Lamm told The Huffington Post． “Things like pimples are a natural part of who we are． So, why not give dolls a real treatment?"

As The Huffington． Post said, "Getting kids used to the idea that these things are completely normal and not 6flaws'（缺陷） to be ashamed of can only be a good thing．"

1.Why did Nickolay Lamm make the Lammily doll? （No more than 14 words） （2 marks）

2.How is the Lammily doll different from Barbie dolls? （No more than 13 words） （3 marks）

3.What does Lamm mean when he says, "why not give dolls a real treatment?" in the second-to-last paragraph? （No more than 1 words） （3 marks）

4.What is the author-s attitude toward Lammily dolls? （No more than 6 words） （2 marks）

Answer 1

1.Because he doesn’t agree with the unrealistic beauty standards of Barbie dolls./ Because he wanted to suggest that it is OK to look like a normal person.

2.It’s modeled after an average young American woman with real life features.

3.Rather than having perfect looks and skins , dolls should look natural with real-life marks.

4.He/She is supportive. He/She is in favor of them.

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述如果芭比像普通人一樣會怎樣呢？美國藝術家Lamm因對芭比系列這種不真實的美的標準感到失望，就創造出一個了更貼近真實的娃娃Lammily，其特殊之處在于添加了許多類似真實生命的元素。

1. with the unrealistic beauty standards of Barbie and her friends 對芭比以系列不現實的美的標準感到失望，或第五段最后一句So I created an alternative to suggest that it’s OK to look like a normal person 因此我創造了另一個選擇來表明看起來像一個正常人很好，這就是他制作Lammily 的原因。故答案是Because he doesn’t agree with the unrealistic beauty standards of Barbie dolls./ Because he wanted to suggest that it is OK to look like a normal person.

2. has articulated（樞接的） joints – able to walk, run, and play． The doll can even be put in a yoga position．Lammily有樞接關節，能走、跑甚至玩，這個玩具甚至能擺出瑜伽造型，可知Lammily不同于芭比之處在于它更具有真實的特點，故答案是It’s modeled after an average young American woman with real life features.

3. are very perfect looking, when, in real life, few of us have perfect skin,玩具都很好看，然而真實生活中，很少有人有這么完美的皮膚，即這句話就就是說玩具應更接近真實，故答案是Rather than having perfect looks and skins , dolls should look natural with real-life marks.

4. 想創造一個更接近真實的玩具，然后介紹這個玩具不同于芭比的地方，以及他的創造理念，可知作者是支持這個玩具的，故答案是He/She is supportive. He/She is in favor of them.

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