BBC地平线系列之《饮食变迁》第26期:神奇的减肥药
日期:2013-06-25 19:51

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There was still demand for a drug
还需要一些药物
that could suppress the appetite to bring down weight.
可以抑制食欲以便降低体重
In 1994, two drugs that were already on the market were combined.
1994年 两种已经上市的药物被结合起来
Together, they became very potent
二者共同使用 成效卓著
and users lost around a fifth of their body weight.
使用者减掉了约自身重量的15%
The drugs looked like a miracle cure
这种药物看起来似乎效果神奇
and became affectionately known as Fen-Phen.
被亲切地称为芬-芬
I lost 64 pounds
我减了64磅
when I was on the Fen-Phen drugs and I loved every minute of it.
我用芬-芬的时候 每一分钟都享受其中
The weight just literally fell off of me.
体重真正被我甩掉了
It was amazing how rapid the weight loss was.
减这么快简直太神奇了
The Fen-Phen drugs changed something in my brain
芬-芬药使得我的大脑有了某种改变
and I no longer craved... Sugar-free Diet 7 Up.
我不再渴望无糖七喜饮料
I was, like, drinking water, and I no longer craved the fatty
现在喜欢喝水 而且我不再渴望
foods that I'd always loved, and I no
我一直喜欢的脂肪类食物 不再渴望
longer craved all the bad things that I wasn't supposed to eat.
那些不该吃的垃圾食品
I could go through a room
我可以走过放满批萨的房间
full of pizzas and never look twice at them.
而对它们视而不见

重点解释

There was still demand for a drug还需要一些药物

demand for:对 ... 的要求; 对 ... 的需求

The heavy demand for coffee sent the price up.

大量的需求使咖啡价格上升。

The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.

煤的需求在春天开始减少。

demand的用法:

1.demand作为名词时后面可以跟介词for,表示“需求”。(注意demand作为及物动词时,其后不跟介词for。)

2.demand后接that从句,从句应该要用虚拟时态,用should或shall。

He makes the demand that he shall(should) leave the place immediately.[可省略shall(should),但决不可用leaves或left]

3.demand做动词时,不能把指被要求的人的词如him,her做宾语。

I shall demand of him to answer.(句中of不能省略。)

The weight just literally fell off of me.体重真正被我甩掉了

fall off:跌落;下降

Ripe apples are beginning to fall off the trees.

成熟的苹果开始从树上落下来了。

The takings at the football stadium has fallen off.

足球运动场的收入减少了。

I no longer craved... Sugar-free Diet 7 Up.我不再渴望无糖七喜饮料

no longer:不再

He weeded out the books he no longer needed.

他把不再需要的书清理出去了。

近义词:no more不再

Mr Clinton said no more, and walked off.

克林顿先生没有再说下去,转身走开了。

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重点单词
  • fell动词fall的过去式 n. 兽皮 vt. 砍伐,击倒 a
  • miraclen. 奇迹
  • slackenv. 使松弛,使缓慢,变弱
  • suppressvt. 镇压,使 ... 止住,禁止
  • appetiten. 嗜好,食欲,欲望