纪录片《饮食变迁》 第10期:甜品有害健康

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BBC地平线系列之《饮食变迁》第10期:甜品有害健康

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第 2 页：重点解释

If such destruction was being wrought¹ on our environment

若我们继续盲目地增加食品生产

by unchecked attempts to increase food production,

那么在环境继续受到破坏的同时

the impact on our bodies was equally as damaging.

我们的健康也会遭受同等待遇

Understanding the consequences of this shift to an abundant,

当人们转吃大量精加工食品

highly processed food on obesity² and related diseases

又导致了肥胖和其他相关疾病

was a problem that was to occupy scientists for decades to come.

科学家们还得花上几十年去解决这个问题

It only took a generation of eating processed food

仅仅由于一代人开始频繁食用加工食品

before people everywhere began putting on weight.

就导致各地的人们体重普遍增加

In 1967, a detailed³ investigation⁴ on 500

1967年 有人做了一个详细的调查

patients from two general practices

结果显示参与调查的500名各种病患中

showed that half the population was more than 15% overweight.

半数人超重15%

That represents over a stone of unwanted fat.

那代表一英石多的过剩脂肪

It's no shock to us today that too many sweet things are bad.

如今我们都明白过多甜食有害健康

But back in 1968,

但在遥远的1968年

they were only just latching⁵ on to the problems in store.

这个问题还未萌芽

The problem of overweight has

超重问题

partly arisen because of changing eating habits.

部分是由于饮食习惯的改变而引起的

In a growingly affluent⁶ society,

在一个物质日渐富足的社会

there's more food generally available.

可供选择的食物越来越多

Sales of biscuits and confectionery has doubled in ten years.

饼干与糖果的销售量在过去十年翻了一番

All these new foods contain sugar,

所有这些新生含糖食品

which although nutritionally valueless, improves the flavour

尽管没有营养

of almost any processed food - even soups,

却极大地改善了多数加工食品的口味

beef cubes and tinned vegetables.

比如靓汤 牛肉干 蔬菜罐头等

As a result, sugar consumption has

于是糖类消耗在百年内增长五倍

risen fivefold in a century and doubled in ten years.

在近十年内更是翻了一番

On average, we eat two hundredweight of sugar a year each.

我们每年平均食用2英担糖

1 wrought   

v.引起；以…原料制作；运转；adj.制造的

参考例句：

• Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany.巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
• It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower.那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。

2 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

3 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 latching   

n.闭塞；闭锁；关闭；闭塞装置v.理解( latch的现在分词 )；纠缠；用碰锁锁上（门等）；附着（在某物上）

参考例句：

• They have a reputation for latching onto all the latest crazes. 大家都知道他们对所有的最新时尚都有兴趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Sometimes we should tolerate people's mistakes instead of latching on to them. 有的时候我们要能够容错，不要揪着对方的失误不放。 来自互联网

6 affluent   

adj.富裕的，富有的，丰富的，富饶的

参考例句：

• He hails from an affluent background.他出身于一个富有的家庭。
• His parents were very affluent.他的父母很富裕。