BBC地平线系列之《饮食变迁》第40期:科学本就如此(end)
日期:2013-07-09 20:29

(单词翻译:单击)

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It's hard to know if any new obesity drug will ever really work.
新的肥胖治疗药物是否有效也很难说
As we've seen in our journey from
在我们从营养不良
malnutrition to obesity, there have been many false dawns.
到肥胖的旅程中 有过许多虚假的曙光
From the disastrous effects of pesticides
从杀虫剂的毁灭性作用
to the collapse of our fibre-deprived colons,
到缺乏纤维素的结肠的惨状
and the tragic side-effects of some diet drugs.
还有减肥药物悲剧性的副作用
Unlike the progress medicine
其他重大疾病
has made in treating other major diseases,
都有对症的药物 但对于肥胖症
we still don't have a medical solution for obesity.
我们依然没有可行的医学方案
Fat is sexy, fat is fine,
胖就是性感 胖就是漂亮
you've got yours and I've got mine.
你得到你的 我得到我的
Some have decided to embrace what nature has given them.
有些人决定接受天生的自我
But for those who want to fight
但是对于那些想要打败
the flab to improve their health, they're left with
松弛获得健康的人 留给他们的
the timeless mantra of a healthy diet and lots of exercise.
则是长期健康饮食及大量运动的咒语
If we've learnt anything from this story,
如果说我们从这个故事中学到了什么
it's that nutrition is a complicated science.
那就是营养学是一门复杂的科学
Each new discovery only throws up new questions
每个新的发现都会抛出
about the relationship
我们的饮食与长期健康
between what we eat and our long-term health.
之间关系的新问题
But perhaps that's just the very nature of science itself.
不过也许科学本身就是如此

重点解释

what we've learnt from this story,我们从这个故事中学到了什么

learn from:向 ... 学习

We should learn from her undaunted spirits.

我们应该学习她那种不屈不挠的精神。

词义辨析:

learn by, learn from这两个短语的共同意思是“学习”。其区别是:

learn by指“通过…学习”,强调“方式”;而learn from指“从…中学习”,强调“来源”。试体会:

You can learn by doing.

你可以从实践中学。

We should learn from failures and setbacks.

我们应该从失败和挫折中吸取教训。

另外, learn from可用于表示“向某人学习”;而learn by无此意义。

It's hard to know if any new obesity drug will ever really work.新的肥胖治疗药物是否有效也很难说

it's hard to:做某事困难

It's hard to get a word out of them.

从他们身上一句话都套不出来。

It is hard to sleep without a cooler in this room.

没有空气调节器,在这间屋里很难入睡。

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重点单词
  • solutionn. 解答,解决办法,溶解,溶液
  • collapsen. 崩溃,倒塌,暴跌 v. 倒塌,崩溃,瓦解,折叠
  • disastrousadj. 灾难性的
  • obesityn. 肥胖,肥大
  • embracev. 拥抱,包含,包围,接受,信奉 n. 拥抱
  • nutritionn. 营养
  • malnutritionn. 营养不良
  • complicatedadj. 复杂的,难懂的 动词complicate的过去
  • undauntedadj. 不屈不挠的,无畏的