BBC地平线系列之《饮食变迁》第1期:民以食为天
日期:2013-05-31 20:05

(单词翻译:单击)

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Humanity's most fundamental relationship is with what we eat.
民以食为天
But nowadays, in wealthy countries,
但当今社会 在发达国家
we're eating far too much of the wrong things.
我们摄入了远远过量的不健康食品
There are 96 million fat people just like us!
像我们一样的肥胖者有9600万之多
And we're paying the consequences of our expanding waistlines
随着我们腰围的增长
with an epidemic of diseases that kill -
我们随之遭受一系列致命的高发性疾病
heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
例如心脏病 糖尿病和癌症
There's a complete lack of knowledge about obesity.
对于肥胖症的知识十分匮乏
How did we end up in this situation and how do we fix it?
我们该如何结束这一局面 该如何弥补
The relationship between what we eat
我们摄入的食物
and how it affects our health
跟它们如何影响自身健康
is a story that television has been
是电视节目不断上演的故事
drawn to over and over again because it's never gone away.
因为它始终伴随着我们
Well, I'm greedy.
我很贪吃
This is the story of mankind's
这是关于人类
attempt to control nature through the wholesale industrialization
试图通过大规模食品产业化
of food production in our search for enough to eat.
满足自身所需 进而控制自然的故事
This is a process which we can do nothing but admire.
对这一进程 我们只有钦佩
It's also the story of the impact this massive shift in our diet
同时也讲述了饮食的巨大变化
has had on the health of each and every one of us.
对我们每个人健康的影响

重点解释

There's a complete lack of knowledge about obesity.对于肥胖症的知识十分匮乏

lack of:缺乏

He was dismayed at his lack of understanding.

他对自已的无知感到沮丧。

The lack of air in the room make everyone sniffle.

屋子里空气缺乏,使得每个人都频频吸气。

常用短语:

have no lack of不缺乏

We have no lack of talented people.

我们不缺人才。

How did we end up in this situation and how do we fix it?我们该如何结束这一局面,该如何弥补

end up:结束;告终

If you continue to steal you'll end up in prison.

你要是继续行窃终归得进监狱。

a story that television has been drawn to over and over again because it's never gone away.电视节目不断上演的故事因为它始终伴随着我们

draw to:逼近, 接近

The performance is drawing to an end.

演出接近尾声。

常用短语:

draw to a head达到顶点(酝酿成熟)

go away:离开

It made me sad to hear you have to go away.

听到你非走不可,我觉得很伤心。

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重点单词
  • obesityn. 肥胖,肥大
  • epidemicn. 传染病,流行病 adj. 流行的,传染性的
  • performancen. 表演,表现; 履行,实行 n. 性能,本事
  • shiftn. 交换,变化,移动,接班者 v. 更替,移转,变声
  • talentedadj. 有才能的,有天赋的
  • industrializationn. 工业化
  • impactn. 冲击(力), 冲突,影响(力) vt. 挤入,压紧
  • expanding扩展的,扩充的
  • humanityn. 人类,人性,人道,慈爱,(复)人文学科
  • fundamentaladj. 基本的,根本的,重要的 n. 基本原理,基础