SSS 2008-08-11
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer . Got a minute?
Apparently 2 all of the gyms in the suburbs can't compensate 3 for a good old walk. At least that's the story told by a report in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to the study, people lower their risk of obesity 4 when they live in densely 5 populated, urban neighborhoods.
University of Utah researchers looked at census 6 data from half a million state residents and found that, along with bigger cars and houses, the suburbs have bigger people as well. On average, a male suburbanite 8 weighed 10 pounds more than his city-dwelling counterpart. Women had a weight difference of six pounds. The trend towards slimmer waistlines was especially pronounced in urban neighborhoods that were developed before the 1950's. These neighborhoods were built before our car culture took over, and they boast plenty of parks, restaurants and shops worth walking to, and the sidewalks needed to get people there.
The researchers say their study shows how America's civic 9 planners can help fight the obesity epidemic 10. By designing new neighborhoods with pedestrians 11 in mind, they can promote slimmer lifestyles and cut down on this new kind of suburban 7 sprawl 12.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer.
- A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
- They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
- 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。
- A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。
- We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。
- A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
- The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
- Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
- There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
- Which ups the odds a mosquito a suburbanite may have recently a bird carrying the virus. 因此一只嗡嗡飞向市郊居民的蚊子，刚刚叮过带有病毒的鸟的可能性就增加了。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
- The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
- Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》