Body image is a person's opinions, thoughts, and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance. Having a positive body image means feeling pretty satisfied with the way you look，appreciating your body for its capabilities and accepting its imperfections. Body image is part of someone's total self-image. So how a guy feels about his body can affect how he feels about himself.

Recognize your strengths. Different physical qualities and body types are good for different things — and sometimes the things you did well as a kid can change during puberty (青春期）.What does your body do well? Maybe your speed, flexibility, strength, or coordination leads you to excel at a certain sport. Or perhaps you have some non-sports skills. Just exploring talents that you feel good about can help your self-respect and how you think of yourself.

A good body doesn't always translate into athletic success. Too often, the way guys see their body image is closely associated with their performance on a sports field or in the gym. But what if you don't like team sports or you got cut from a team you really wanted to make?

If you don't like team sports，find another form of physical activity that gets you going. This will help you stay in shape and help you to appreciate the skills you may not have realized you had in a team environment.

If you like team sports but didn't make a particular team，use this as an opportunity to discover what you're good at, not to regret what you aren't best at.

Look into starting a strength training program. Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself. Good builds don't just happen — they take hard work, regular workouts, and a healthy diet. There's no need to work out too much. A healthy routine can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to 1 hour three days a week. Another benefit of working out properly is that it can cheer up yourself ——lifting weights can lift your spirits.

Don't harm your body, respect it! To help improve your view of your body, take care of it. Treating yourself well over time results in a healthier，stronger body ——and that contributes to a better body image. Practicing good living habits — regular showering ； taking care of your teeth, hair, and skin； wearing clean clothes, etc.——also can help you build a positive body image.

Be yourself. Your body is just one part of who you are — along with your talent for comedy, a quick wit, or all the other things that make you unique. Your talents, skills, and beliefs are just as much a part of you as the cover they come in. So try not to let minor imperfections take over.

55.  The HM)st important point of body image lies in it that ijt is closely associated with ______

A. one's physical appearance                         B. one's athletic achievements

C. one's body abilities                                   D. one's self-confidence

56.  Witch of die following statements is true?

A.  One's abilities developed in his childhood will stay on all one's life.

B.  A good body is certain to lead to a good sport performance.

C.  A good body image results mainly from extreme workouts.

D. Exploring non-sports talents matters equally as sports skills in building self-respect.

57.  It can be inferred from the passage that ______

A.  lifting weights is the best sport in lifting one's spirits

B.  keeping good living habits does good to body image

C.  one should try not to let minor imperfection take over

D. any activity out of. team sports can lead to one's discovery of one's potential skills

58.  This passage mainly deals with ______

A. what body image is                                  B. why body image is important

C. how body image should be improved      D. what makes up body image