时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:访谈录2010


英语课

Let's move this discussion back where it was, at the top of the show which was about the cost and burdens to society, we talked about the fact except its movement. And people say at what point does your right to be fat impinge on my airline seat, should a person who is obese 1 pay for two airplane tickets. You know, ambulances, hospital beds, there are a lot of real issues about cost and burdens to society. Where do we stand on that?

-If you require to have something, you should pay for to have something. If it is refused to be sold to you, that is discrimination. Right now, we're giving special treatment and should selling that second seat at discounted rate. No one has ever sold me a seat at discounted rate, because I don't take up the entire seat. Yet we are selling someone who’s requiring two seats, that second seat is at discounted rate. In the state of Michigan, they are already looking for special treatment for the obese. Employers, we know from the Conference Spot that cost to employers when employer obese is 45 billion, yet the obese are seeking special treatment and saying that is discriminatory to not hire an obese high cost employee work base. So I am not sure that I am buying into discrimination for obesity 2, I am looking at the numbers and the discrimination may be on the few of us, who are staying healthy eating properly and subsidizing an obese culture. According to Reuters,-Meme Roth just said that thin people are discriminated 4 at that, that's amazing.

-They certainly, they certainly are. According to Reuters, according to Reuters recently only 8% of us eat right, exercise regularly, don't smoke and don't drink to excess. So 8% of us are offsetting 5 the lifestyle of 92% of us and that group, whether they are skinny or whatever you wanna describe them, that group who are making that attempt are subsidizing a very unhealthy culture, that is a very expensive culture to pay for.

-Fat people are absolutely discriminated against. I know this, because you know, the type of modeling I do, 'cause if it wasn't, then I would be doing all the type of modeling, what I do, I be all over the runways, every single runway like everyone else.

-That's a business case for who they do or don't pick, and right now you are the top paid plus-size model there is.

-Yes, I am very lucky for that. Because I honestly believe there is a lot of change. I believe…-But it's…you are part of a product when you are model, you are part of a product to sell them something, so there is a business case deciding what is or isn't to look they want and thank goodness they are not in the waif look right now. Thank goodness that's hopefully behind us.(they are, no), but you, you also don't want to compare, I think, the catwalk and haute couture to maybe what you see in celebrities 6, you've got people like, I don't know, a lot of, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez. So you have a lot of celebrities who certainly wouldn't be described as under weight or malnourished who are graces in the covers of many magazines.

-Right, but those celebrities they wear the sample sizes as those models wear on the runways, they obviously are either very similar sizes or exactly the same size rarely there is exception made where they’ll actually make you a dress. That is very rare. I come from a point where I believe that you were born, you know, genetic 7, genetic plays huge point and how and what size you are. And I believe you have a body-set point from the moment that you were born and yes, give or take 10 or 20 pounds, but you can't discriminate 3 against women who are born with this. It is the same thing for me as weightisim-Believe I will be as fat as everybody else in my family.

-Yes, I am sure you work very hard to maintain your weight.

-No, I always do is to eat right and exercise everyday and I assure you that the family members I have if they would eat similarly to me, there will be a healthier weight. And so you come at it from a modeling, I come at it from growing up with generations of obesity, so we probably don't have the same view, but we've seen heartache on both sides.

-There is, you know, by your standards, obese people in my family. I find that you know I hate puberty. I was a thin child, and I hate puberty all of a sudden I’m a size 14. I formed anorexia 8  and you know what, I was a double zero and then you know what, still had anorexia when my body was built against me and said you know what, I am going to a size 6, still at the gym for 16 hours on the weekends.

-I completely agree with you, that starving yourself and organ failure is no more glamorous 9 than eating yourself and organ failure. I am so with you on that.

-You are not as fat in your family. I’ve heard you said that before. -My father 300 pounds, my mother in the 80s was 225 pounds and I assure you back then that was considered very large. My grandmother is over 300 pounds in a 24-hour-care-facility. My aunts and uncles are all overweight; my father used to spring traps with meand now can barely walk from one into the Wal-Mart to the other. My mother has Type 2 diabetes 10; my grandmother, it is tragic 11, she went from the point of being voluptuous 12, chubby 13, fat, obese to more believed obese to being a woman who stares out of the window at a hummingbird 14 feeder who a few years ago decided 15 there was too much effort to get out of the bed to go to bathroom. So I do know obesity takes people and I assure you the people in my family aren't just a little overweight, they are dangerously tragically 16 overweight.

-Yes, but I also know what thin takes you. And I think that…-I agree with you, I agree with you. -I was size 6, and I was working out 16 hours a day, I am naturally a size 12 that is where I am healthy. You know.

-You are in healthier way 'cause you are not even overweight.

-You are right, I am. But I have (she is), yes, and I have a friend who can run circles around me all over the stage run circles, she runs constantly and she is a size 18,she eats even probably better than I do, and she is an 18.

-I am clearly too nice to be moderator, but let me just butt 17 in for a second. Let me ask the question, should we have a fat tax, there are states including this state of New York, it’s looking into putting a third tax on sugary sodas 18 because of a lot a lot epidemiologists just have noticed the sugary sodas are correlated with childhood obesity. We have a cigarette tax why not have a sugary sodas tax?

-It's a great idea, it’s penny per ounce tax, um, I hope all of us would agree that sugar sweet soft drinks aren't nutritionally valuable that you are big with this, where we might no agree on do we tax or not. I think we should tax it because we can earmark the money for obesity related. Let’s, if we're gonna subsidize vegetable or subsidize something other than corn, let's make a recreational facilities available to everybody and safe and let's just maybe use some of that money for something good, but it's we can raise billions if we just put a penny per ounce tax on sugar sweet beverages 19.

-Kimmy, let me bring you into this, I mean, we’ve talked a lot about how dieting yourself skinny is unhealthy, yo-yo dieting is unhealthy, you’ve done obviously both, how did you break that cycle?

-I tried one more time. Yo-yo dieting is somebody gearing out getting ready, really trying, really wanting to feel better. I meant I didn't have a lap for my children to sit on, I couldn't put on my own shoes, crossing my legs was something I just dreamed about doing. These little things taking care of myself, I lost the ability to do and so this was something that I really wanted, you know while I was 200, while I was going up and hitting 300, up to 350 pounds,  I still wanted to be healthy weight inter-run with my children. It didn't have anything to do with my happiness, or my beauty but I really, I tried one more time, and that's what yo-yo dieting is, you try, you don't get it, you try again.

-Maryann, let me bring you back in, a lot of people talk about obesity is being an epidemic 20 in this country, one in three people are obese. It’s one thing for an adult to say I am happy and I accept myself is fat, but for children, let me read you some statistic 21, one study found that approximately 80% of the children who are overweight between the ages of 10 and 15 will be overweight at the age of 25. So the argument being that we should try to stop obesity in children.

-Well, it sounds like such an easy thing to do, and I am so totally in favor of things like making sure healthful foods are available, you know, it at an affordable 22 prices for people in all sorts of living areas, I mean if you’ve ever tried to buy a fresh vegetable on the wrong side of the tracks, that’s a little difficult. I’m hugely in favor of safe places to playing encouraging activity, I think, none of that needs to be done within the framework of you know, oh you’re fat, so obviously, you don't have these healthy habits, I think that that sort of solution, I think if we were really honestly concerned about the health of children, concerned about the health of adults in America, we will be focusing on these healthy habits instead of making it a war on obesity. It would be, let's have a national action for healthful living. Let's have a national action for changing people's mind's about brussel sprouts 23 because they are awesome 24.



1 obese
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。
2 obesity
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。
3 discriminate
v.区别,辨别,区分;有区别地对待
  • You must learn to discriminate between facts and opinions.你必须学会把事实和看法区分出来。
  • They can discriminate hundreds of colours.他们能分辨上百种颜色。
4 discriminated
分别,辨别,区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 ); 歧视,有差别地对待
  • His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
  • Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视?
5 offsetting
n.偏置法v.抵消( offset的现在分词 );补偿;(为了比较的目的而)把…并列(或并置);为(管道等)装支管
  • Dealers, having concluded a forward contract, should always hedge with an offsetting contract. 外汇经营商在签订了一项远期合同之后总是应进行套头交易签订一项相抵合同。 来自辞典例句
  • Where does Germany think offsetting shifts into greater external deficits might occur? 在德国看来,这么大的外部赤字应该转移到哪里? 来自互联网
6 celebrities
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
7 genetic
adj.遗传的,遗传学的
  • It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
  • Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
8 anorexia
n.厌食症
  • Anorexia can creep up on young girls when they least expect it.年轻女子可能在最没有防备的情況下患上厌食症。
  • Anorexia is a common eating disorder.厌食是一种常见的饮食紊乱症。
9 glamorous
adj.富有魅力的;美丽动人的;令人向往的
  • The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊,但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
  • It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差,并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
10 diabetes
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。
11 tragic
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
12 voluptuous
adj.肉欲的,骄奢淫逸的
  • The nobility led voluptuous lives.贵族阶层过着骄奢淫逸的生活。
  • The dancer's movements were slow and voluptuous.舞女的动作缓慢而富挑逗性。
13 chubby
adj.丰满的,圆胖的
  • 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。
14 hummingbird
n.蜂鸟
  • The hummingbird perches on a twig of the hawthorn.小蜂鸟栖在山楂树枝上。
  • The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backward.蜂鸟是唯一能倒退向后飞的鸟。
15 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
16 tragically
adv. 悲剧地,悲惨地
  • Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
  • Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。
17 butt
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
18 sodas
n.苏打( soda的名词复数 );碱;苏打水;汽水
  • There are plenty of sodas in the refrigerator. 冰箱里有很多碳酸饮料。 来自辞典例句
  • Two whisky and sodas, please. 请来两杯威士忌苏打。 来自辞典例句
19 beverages
n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )
  • laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
  • regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例
20 epidemic
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。
21 statistic
n.统计量;adj.统计的,统计学的
  • Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
  • There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。
22 affordable
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
  • The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
23 sprouts
n.新芽,嫩枝( sprout的名词复数 )v.发芽( sprout的第三人称单数 );抽芽;出现;(使)涌现出
  • The wheat sprouts grew perceptibly after the rain. 下了一场雨,麦苗立刻见长。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The sprouts have pushed up the earth. 嫩芽把土顶起来了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
24 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
学英语单词
a narrow shave
actinopraxis
aircraft-mounted mine detector
al-daour
albedometers
amphicreatine
aptitude for
arched false work
armed reconnaissance
asahikawas
asphalt flooring
ataerio of drupelets
averill
bachet
bangs-bangs-bangs
be on leave
biological decomposition
blood sucker
busca
cauliflory
central frequency
coastal navigational warnings
coiler pulpit
cold mirrors
continuous charging
convergent filtration
counting on
cupr
delay sweep
dorkish
drum-kits
economy of scope
elbel
electric fog horn
errorlevel
fall of snow
filiforme
fillmass chute
first of same tenor and bate being unpaid
graphic-mode display
Gynutoclinus
high frequency thin film thickness meter
high temperature ablative material
Highmore's body
hochstein
hot gas flame
intermediate products
Koebe function
laterobronchus
liquid-pressure scales
log arithmic diode
losings
Mackinaw City
mean lead
Morciano di Romagna
Morus mongolica
Moszczenica
mucousness
non-delivery
nonahedrons
Ocarina of Time
ocean data acquisition system
oiltight bulkhead
orangethorpe
orthotopic small intestine transplantation
pericontinental area
pile weave
polemist
policy
polyxylic
port block
prehypertrophic
pro-Zionist
production speed
project engineer scheduling technique
Pseudoracelopus
pur.
raise foreign funds
reconceptualise
refrigerator mom
relative byte address
rod bipoiars
rolled sheet iron
scapuloanterior
seal (contact) face
separable acf
sexduction
sightreaders
site model
stooker
tariff kilometerage
tayloria indica
tegminal
transperineal
Tridax
ultra-distance
urban-cowboy
weak signals
winter-annual cover crops
work-lines
wound rotor series resistor starting
zoster frontalis