和老外聊天的地道口语第61期:为什么有这么多胖

A: why are there still so many people overweight despite the current¹ fitness² craze?
C: well, there are certain factors³ that effect people's size and weight.
A: what are they?
C: one study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families.
A: why?
C: the survey said that the low, income groups eat more junk⁴ food on a daily basis.
A: that makes sense. Probably less time to make dinner and the junk food is cheaper.
C: and junk food contains lots of fat and oil. There is one final reason why so many people are fat.
A: what's that?
C: nobody exercises anymore-not even kids! The average american home has the TV on for 6 hours a day!
A: wow! No wonder people are so fat. Say, Carl, looks like you could be doing a bit more exercising.
C: yeah, I guess so.
A: you should consider eating healthier food and getting some more exercise.
C: hey, I started a diet and lost 10 pounds.
A: so what happened?
C: well, I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
A: you should have kept trying.
现在健身这么火,为什么还是有那么多人超重呢?
嗯,还是有一些因素会影响人们的体型和体重的.
都有哪些因素呢?
有研究表明低收入人群超重的比例比高收入人群高.
为什么呢?
说低收入人群每天吃太多的垃圾食品.
可以理解,他们每天工作忙,没时间做饭,垃圾食品又比较便宜.
垃圾食品油脂含量又高.不过还有另外一个原因.
什么?
现在很少有人锻炼身体,甚至小孩都不锻炼.家里电视一天至少开6个小时.
天啊.怪不得人们变得这么胖.卡尔,你是不是也该锻炼锻炼身体了?
可能吧.
你可要注意饮食了,多做锻炼啊.
我节食一段时间,瘦了10磅呢.
后来呢?
我放弃了,结果体重反弹,又胖了5磅.
贵在坚持啊.
 

1 current   

n.涌流，趋势，电流，水流，气流；adj.当前的，通用的，流通的，现在的，草写的，最近的

参考例句：

• Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.电流常强得足以致命。
• There is a story about her in the current number.最近一期上有关于她的故事。

2 fitness   

n.适合，适当，健康，健身

参考例句：

• They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
• No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。

3 factors   

因素( factor的名词复数 )； 因子； （增或减的）数量； 系数

参考例句：

• Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate. 有几个因素已被援引来说明出生率降低的原因。
• a confluence of social factors 多种社会因素的汇集

4 junk   

n.废弃的旧物；破烂物

参考例句：

• I bought this old table in a junk shop.我在旧货店里买了这张旧桌子。
• They cleared out the junk room to make a tiny beds.他们将废品间清理用作小卧室。