VOA标准英语2008年-Americans Fattening Up and Not Happy About It
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（七月）
The plumping up of America's kids is a favorite topic of news magazines. Time recently published a health issue whose cover showed a chubby 1 boy holding a gigantic, double-scoop ice-cream cone 2. The accompanying story was entitled, "Our Super-Sized Kids", with the note that it's not just genetics and diet that are creating the surge in juvenile 3 obesity 4.
Just about every American is tempted 5 by tasty fast food. But because it's relatively 6 cheap, fattening 7 food is more of staple 8 in low-income families
No, wrote Time. Not just genetics and diet but also poverty. Poor kids on remote Indian reservations, for instance, have little access to healthy fruits and vegetables.
You could say that just about everyone has the chance to keep in shape. But fitness is encouraged and reinforced in certain communities — often affluent 9 ones
Not just genetics and diet but also environment. Caucasian children in fitness-conscious towns like Boulder 10, Colo., which is loaded with bike trails and health-food stores, have low obesity levels.
Not just genetics and diet, but also race. The latest national figures show a 30-percent obesity rate among white kids. The figure is five points higher for blacks and eight points higher for Mexican-Americans. Time notes that few blacks, proportionally, live in neighborhoods with well-stocked grocery stores; instead, little corner stores peddle 11 sweets and soft drinks and salty snacks. And fattening foods like tamales and refried beans, cooked in lard, are staples 12 of the Mexican-American diet.
Chocolate, crème-
filled, and glazed 13 — not vegetables, fruits, and dairy products — are among the most readily accessible food groups in some poor neighborhoods
Time also wrote about education levels, the sedentary lifestyle brought on by today's techno-gadgets, fattening foods in school cafeterias and vending 14 machines, and reductions in physical-education classes as contributors to childhood obesity.
But at some point the issue must circle back to what, and how much, we are putting in our mouths. The what is high-calorie, high-fat foods and drinks. And the how much is a whole lot.
- He is stocky though not chubby.他长得敦实，可并不发胖。
- The short and chubby gentleman over there is our new director.那个既矮又胖的绅士是我们的新主任。
- Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
- The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。
- For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
- Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
- 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。
- I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
- I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
- The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
- Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
- 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。
- We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
- He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。
- She loves to peddle gossip round the village.她喜欢在村里到处说闲话。
- Street vendors peddle their goods along the sidewalk.街头摊贩沿著人行道兜售他们的商品。
- The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly. 订书机上的铁砧安装错位。 来自辞典例句
- I'm trying to make an analysis of the staples of his talk. 我在试行分析他的谈话的要旨。 来自辞典例句
- eyes glazed with boredom 厌倦无神的眼睛
- His eyes glazed over at the sight of her. 看到她时，他的目光就变得呆滞。 来自《简明英汉词典》