时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:英伦广角


英语课

This would be a brave performance anywhere in the world. But here in China, it's an invitation to ridicule 1. In a country where most people are naturally slim, being overweight, especially if you are a woman, is frowned upon. But these dancers, they call themselves the ‘fat artistic 2 troupe’, are trying to change people's minds. "I used to think that life was very unfair. I even attempted suicide. But since I've started dancing, I feel that society can finally accept me." And the fact is China itself is changing shape. Once upon a time, it was a country of equally thin communists. Now socialist 3 regality has given way to capitalist excess, weighing China down with the fruits of consumerism.

"Well, in the last 30 years, it has been a process of famine to feast in 2 generations. Availability, accessibility of food is just widespread now. So people have more money and they are just eating more, more and more of everything." "There are already 100 million obese 4 Chinese. And that number is predicted to double in just 5 years. This country's obesity 5 epidemic 6 has caused a spike 7 in health problems like diabetes 8 and heart disease."So now China is on a diet working off the telltale signs of economic success. In a country that used to worry about malnutrition 9, these are very strange things. At Love the People Diet Hospital, the doctors have turned to traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture 10, they say, can suppress appetite and speed up their patients' metabolisms 11. Xiao Yang weighs in at 23 stone, and wants to end the discrimination she suffered her whole life. "If 2 people go for the same job with exactly the same skills, they will always pick the more beautiful one and don't even get the thoughts about finding a man." They may be new to the diet game. But the Chinese have learned the old lesson very quickly: "No pain, no gain."Holly 12 Williams, Sky News, Tianjin, China.



v.讥讽,挖苦;n.嘲弄
  • You mustn't ridicule unfortunate people.你不该嘲笑不幸的人。
  • Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑。
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的
  • The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
  • These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的
  • China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家,也是一个发展中国家。
  • His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
adj.过度肥胖的,肥大的
  • The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了,不能算是健康。
  • Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。
n.肥胖,肥大
  • 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。
n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的
  • 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。
n.长钉,钉鞋;v.以大钉钉牢,使...失效
  • The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
  • They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
n.糖尿病
  • In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者,医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
  • Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。
n.营养不良
  • In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
  • It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。
n.针灸,针刺法,针疗法
  • Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明,宋朝就已经有了针灸。
  • It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知,针灸起源于中国。
n.新陈代谢( metabolism的名词复数 )
  • Garden snails are evolving slower metabolisms. 花园蜗牛新陈代谢进化缓慢。 来自互联网
  • Elite swimmers tend to be born with certain advantages, such as superefficient metabolisms. 精华的游泳者趋于与某个优点出生,例如superefficient新陈代谢。 来自互联网
n.[植]冬青属灌木
  • I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
  • People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。
学英语单词
a stack of people
absolute invariance principle
aeternum
all to mash
aluminum-silicon bronze
attack trainer
back-arc area
bias-fabric
blepharomelasma
blibe
Boila
bosom piece
bye-blow
calling subscriber
cartridges for weapons
caryopilite
clasp joint
coarse dispersion
coupled transport
cranial fontanelles
cube-connected structure
cubic inches
Decca long range area coverage
discordant permutation
dust the eyes of someone
endowed scholarship
entobronchus
gene-pools
genealogized
genus Nimravus
ground state relaxation
handle without mittens
heating or cooling medium
high altitude equipment
homestar
hsien ning chih wu
hudson seals
hung up on
idoism
import employment
inspector of taxes
irregular menstrual cycle
Jagiellon
Kata tataki
knowledge-based software
lateral postanals
lazarettos
line-format data
longitudinal runner
lower income group
meltage
monardas
nabobical
nervi thoracales
observation tour
on-islander
ooporphyrin
paraoral
percase
pivot blade shear
political fund
poop ladder
proportion by inversion
protodoric
qualified ultimatum
quality assurance planning
question of procedure
radio blackout
radio-frequency corona discharge detector
restoration work
rightliest
roberth
rogue wave
rpublique
salami attack
search coil
series pyrolysis
shac
shipping policy
slantwise instability
small formation
sonontise
sparking plug
spondylus imperialis
St-Sauveur-de-Montagut
standard voltage
tammite
tauted
three-stage counter current extraction system
time division telegraph
tow target system
tractive competence
tungsten carbide insert
turfel
unde-
unincrusted
verhaerens
Verrucatosporites
wander from proper conduct
windmill restart
Wunbe-in
zigging