We need to lose weight, she said. He said, What do you mean, 'we'? She said, I mean you and me. I'm 20 pounds overweight, and so are you. We have to worry about diabetes, you know. That happens to people who gain weight and don't exercise. He said, W

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Now this brings us to the human part of the story. 我们自然就要谈到人的问题。 Obviously, the microbiomes in the USA aren't causing premature death as frequently as in the zoo, 显然,美国人体内微生物群的失衡,并没有造成

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

If I asked you to name a microbe that's living in your gut, many of you would probably say E. coli. 如果请你举例说出一个生活在你肠道里的微生物,很多人可能会说大肠杆菌。 A lot of people say this. It's the best-known o

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我们知道,英语可数名词的复数规则是在词尾加s或es,那是不是就意味着,所有以s结尾的名词作主语,都是作复数用?然并卵!这些词中,有些是作复数用,有些却是作单数用,有些既可以作单

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This is Scientific American 60 Second Science, I am Steve Mursky, Got a minute? Obese people have higher risks for diabetes, heart disease, arthritisand injuries in car accidents? Yes, in part because theyre far less likely to wear a seat belt. Thats

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Western Diet Bad for Human Health, Environment 西方饮食对健康和环境都有害 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad

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1.President Barack Obama spent several hours Tuesday with three of his top security advisors, talking about the botched Christmas Day attack on the US airliner. Those advisors, including Homeland Security Secretary General Janet Napolitano, are revie

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(一月)

备考雅思单词是大家备考雅思考试的基础环节,想要取得雅思高分成绩,就一定要在单词备考上多总结一些适合自己的规律。下面就为大家搜集整理了相关信息,供大家参考和借鉴。 1.制定合

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The world's most obese man in Mexico is about to undergo weight-loss treatment, local media reported last Wednesday. 据墨西哥当地媒体上周三报道,墨西哥一位号称世界最胖的男人将要接受减肥治疗。 Juan Pedro Franco, 32

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Laboratory rats who breathed Beijings highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions after three to eight weeks of exposure. 实验鼠吸入北京严重污染的空气3-8周后,体重增加,心肺和

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Song Yinghui, a professor at Beijing Normal University, estimated at a seminar in Tianjin on Saturday that over 60 million children are left in rural areas while their parents work in cities and 36 million children are unregistered floating populatio

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

According to the Daily Telegraph of November 4, people in the US are twice as likely to contract diabetes and a third more likely to develop cancer than those among similar aged people in England。 But despite this, Americans, aged 65, can expect to

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Overweight children and teenagers aged between 5 and 17.9 in the Chinese mainland will reach 48.5m by 2025, a number that surpasses the population of Spain, the study said. 一项研究称,到2025年,我国内地年龄5岁到17.9岁的超重儿童和

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found that Actos, a medicine treats onset diabetes, could also reduce the diabetes(糖尿病) risk in people with prediabetes. The study, which was published Wednesday in New England Journal of Medicin

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

cyberchondriac的意思是上网自诊狂,靠网上搜集的医学知识来断症,甚至质疑医生的诊断。然而,网上资讯浩瀚如海,互相贯连、无限引伸,例如在查阅头痛和出红疹的根源时,互联网都可以连结

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

About 51 million people have diabetes in India, more than anywhere else. Simple additions and subtractions can help reduce the risk. 在印度,大约有51万糖尿病患者,是患病最多的国家之一。正确地选择食物,会减少罹患疾

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Before I forget, I printed up more of our cupcake business cards 趁还记得,我去加印了小蛋糕店的名片 So we can hand them out at the Williamsburg crafts fair. 方便我们去威廉斯堡手工艺品展时分发 Oh, can't wait. Me and y

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Dieters have long sworn that grapefruit helps them lose weight. 长期以来节食者们一直信誓旦旦地宣称葡萄柚有助减肥。 Now, scientists are beginning to believe them. 如今科学家们也开始相信他们的论断。 A study has

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Imagine if you lived in a world, where more people died from diet related illness than any war, than any homicide or murders, 想像一下如果你活在一个世界上,在那儿跟战争相比、跟杀人或是谋杀相比, or even drugs, alcoho

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 欧美人文风情

Topic1-Officials Questioned on TV Shows TV shows of government officials presenting work report and being questioned by the audience have become quite popular these days. Will such shows be effective in fighting corruption or just a platform for gove

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