the day without their physical exercise. The city banker tries to de­stress before work. The retired people can't get out of the habit of waking early. The fitness addict will be back in the gym at 6 pm.

　　The best part of my job is seeing someone who starts out very unfit and overweight but goes on to become healthy and strong. They often say, "I couldn't have done it without you，" but the truth is that they have done it all by themselves. I can't control how much they eat at the end of each day, or give them the drive to push that extra weight.

　　I have lost count of how many people I have sent to their doctors after finding high blood pressure during their first courses. Maybe I saved their lives in the long run. I like to see trainee instructors who start this job with little confidence but go on to be brilliant personal trainers. Some are never going to make the mark - I'll stop them before they injure someone because of their training techniques.

　　The bad things are few: clearing up sweat from the cross­trainer because someone feels they have the right to leave their mess for someone else; the injuries when someone falls backwards off a moving treadmill (踏车) while trying to send a text; worrying about the anorexic (厌食症患者) who shouldn't even be in the gym. But you can't stop people once they are adults.

　　The job is different every day and in a way we are like hairdressers: we get to hear your life stories.

语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者是一名健身教练，为我们讲述了他的工作感受。

　　1.What makes the author surprised is that________.

　　A．people face much stress nowadays

　　B．there is no other place to do exercise

　　C．people have a lot of work to do in the morning

　　D．people give much importance to physical exercise

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段对人们积极运动的描述可知，让作者吃惊的应该是人们对于运动的重视态度和举动，故选D项。

　　2．What can we learn about the author?

　　A．He is not strict with trainees.

　　B．He seldom gains recognition.

　　C．He is responsible for his work.

　　D．He has interest in saving people.

解析：选C　推理判断题。第二段中，作者的顾客对他很感激，作者却认为是顾客自己的功劳，很是谦虚，第三段中讲述了作者对实习教练的把关和对顾客身体健康的关注，由此可推断，作者是一个对工作负责的人。