Obesity： the Scourge of the Western World

    Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna¹ Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference _ of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries 一 1. 2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.
    Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said，“ Obesity is a chronic illness. In Germany，20 per cent of the people are already affected，but in Japan only one per cent. ” But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.
    Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone-age man.²" “I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up³ on every corner. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. ”⁴
    Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, “Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese，also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints. ” "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one"s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure. ”
    Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index⁵ is more than 40. That is equivalent to⁶ a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier. ”
    Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. “ Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates with⁷ the time which children spend in front of TV sets. ”
　　The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy⁸ for their population group.

词汇：

scourge / skɜ:dʒ/n. 天灾；祸害       

medication / ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃn/n. .药物疗法
obesity / əʊ"bi:sətɪ/n.肥胖症  

overrun / ˌəʊvə"rʌn/vt.侵扰；蹂躏

obese / əʊˈbi:s/n.肥胖的 

diabetic/ ˌdaɪəˈbetɪk/n. 糖尿病患者；adj.糖尿病的
pizza / ˈpi:tsə/n.(意大利式)烤馅饼，比萨饼
adipose/ "ædɪpəʊs/ahj.脂肪的;肥胖的

metabolism/ məˈtæbəlɪzəm/n. 新陈代谢

注释：

1. Vienna： n.维也纳（奧地利首都）
2.We are living... of a stone-age man.我们正生活在新时代，可是却是石器时代人类的新陈代 谢。言外之意，我们的饮食不讲究科学，见什么就吃什么。石器时代，食物匮乏，人类必须四 处觅食，新陈代谢自然旺盛;而现代有高度的物质文明，如果还像石器时代人类那样狼吞虎 咽,不吃成胖子才怪呢！
3.spring up:出现。例如:A suspicion sprang up in her mind.在她的头脑里出现了一个疑团。
4.We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization.我们已经深受快餐食品和可口可乐化的侵害。
5.body-mass index:体质指数(BMI)，也有人称为体重指数或身高体重指数。
6.be equivalent to ：相当于,等于
7.correlate with/to：(使）与……相关联例如:Her research results correlate with his.她的研究成果与他的研究成果相关联。They find it hard to correlate one set of figures with the other.他们发现很难使这两组数字发生相互联
8.life expectancy：(根据概率统计求得的）估计寿命，预期寿命

What is the correlation between body weight and heart disease and blood pressure?

A:Ten per cent less body weight means ten per cent less risk of heart disease and high blood pressure B:hirteen per cent more body weight means ten per cent more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure C:The more body weight one gains，the more risk of heart disease and high blood pressure he has D:The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease and the less risk of high ‘ blood pressure he has

I know what you’ re thinking：pizza (比萨饼) For breakfast But the truth is that you can have last night’ s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.
I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’ t have time. others think they’ re "saving" calories (卡路里), still others just don’ t like breakfast food.
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you ’ re trying to lose weight. "Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all," says Katherine Brooking, R, D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’ s "SELF CHALLENGE". And even pizza can be healthy if it’ s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Re- search shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no
breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers, it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, "You can always eat it tomorrow," I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it you may save your- self some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

A:who go to work early B:who want to lose weight C:who stay up late D:who eat before sleep

汉译英：“尺码吨”，正确的翻译为( )。

A:Weight Ton B:Measurement Ton C:Length Ton D:Gross Ton

I know what you’ re thinking：pizza (比萨饼) For breakfast But the truth is that you can have last night’ s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.
I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’ t have time. others think they’ re "saving" calories (卡路里), still others just don’ t like breakfast food.
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you ’ re trying to lose weight. "Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all," says Katherine Brooking, R, D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’ s "SELF CHALLENGE". And even pizza can be healthy if it’ s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Re- search shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no
breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers, it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, "You can always eat it tomorrow," I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it you may save your- self some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

A:who go to work early B:who want to lose weight C:who stay up late D:who eat before sleep

I know what you’ re thinking：pizza (比萨饼) For breakfast But the truth is that you can have last night’ s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.
I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’ t have time. others think they’ re "saving" calories (卡路里), still others just don’ t like breakfast food.
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you ’ re trying to lose weight. "Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all," says Katherine Brooking, R, D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’ s "SELF CHALLENGE". And even pizza can be healthy if it’ s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Re- search shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no
breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers, it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, "You can always eat it tomorrow," I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it you may save your- self some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

A:who go to work early B:who want to lose weight C:who stay up late D:who eat before sleep

I know what you’ re thinking：pizza (比萨饼) For breakfast But the truth is that you can have last night’ s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.
I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’ t have time. others think they’ re "saving" calories (卡路里), still others just don’ t like breakfast food.
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you ’ re trying to lose weight. "Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all," says Katherine Brooking, R, D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’ s "SELF CHALLENGE". And even pizza can be healthy if it’ s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Re- search shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no
breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers, it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, "You can always eat it tomorrow," I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it you may save your- self some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

A:who go to work early B:who want to lose weight C:who stay up late D:who eat before sleep