英语听力文摘 English Digest 281、胀着肚子饿死
时间：2019-03-09 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
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The Bloated Look of the Starving
饥饿性水肿，脂肪和肌肉丢失而使细胞外液体增多,组织张力降低,皮肤失去弹性。快要饿死的人，都是肚子大大的。
It’s one of the most painful aspects of starvation to witness: the stomachs of children who are dying appear ridiculously swollen 1. It’s as if the body plays an unbelievably cruel joke on itself, causing the starved to resemble people whose bellies 2 are large from over-eating. Is there a connection? In fact the two instances — starvation and overeating — only resemble each other in a superficial way. The belly 3 of an over-eater looks the way it does due to a build-up of fat cells, also present on other areas of the body. The starvation belly stands out in painful relief against emaciated 4 arms, legs, and face, and will appear more taut 5 and inflexible 6
That’s because the belly on a starving person has nothing to do with fat. Rather, it is often the result of Protein Calorie Malnutrition 7, or PCM. PCM means a healthy number of calories are being eaten — say in the form of rice — but with a severe deficiency in protein. This is often the case in third-world countries where meat and fish are rare or too expensive for many. Even in a healthy state, the blood vessels 8 and organs leak fluids a little. This is generally no problem, as the lymphatic system removes the excess, and a little fluid cushioning the organs is a good thing. In PCM, however, the lymphatic system can’t keep up with the leakage 9, and the stomach area begins to bloat with its own waste fluids. Add to this the likelihood of a swollen liver, which is another result of PCM, and you wind up with the terrible irony 10 of a person on the verge 11 of starvation looking weirdly 12 similar to an overeater.
- Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
- A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。
- They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
- starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童
- The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
- His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
- A long time illness made him sallow and emaciated.长期患病使他面黄肌瘦。
- In the light of a single candle,she can see his emaciated face.借着烛光，她能看到他的被憔悴的面孔。
- The bowstring is stretched taut.弓弦绷得很紧。
- Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了，因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。
- Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
- The new plastic is completely inflexible.这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。
- 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。
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.大片地区都被核反应堆的泄漏物污染了。
- The continuing leakage is the result of the long crack in the pipe.这根管子上的那一条裂缝致使渗漏不断。
- She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
- In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。