和老外聊天的地道口語第61期:爲什麼有這麼多胖的人

A: why are there still so many people overweight despite the current fitness craze?
C: well, there are certain factors that effect people's size and weight.
A: what are they?
C: one study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families.
A: why?
C: the survey said that the low, income groups eat more junk food on a daily basis.
A: that makes sense. Probably less time to make dinner and the junk food is cheaper.
C: and junk food contains lots of fat and oil. There is one final reason why so many people are fat.
A: what's that?
C: nobody exercises anymore-not even kids! The average american home has the TV on for 6 hours a day!
A: wow! No wonder people are so fat. Say, Carl, looks like you could be doing a bit more exercising.
C: yeah, I guess so.
A: you should consider eating healthier food and getting some more exercise.
C: hey, I started a diet and lost 10 pounds.
A: so what happened?
C: well, I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
A: you should have kept trying.


現在健身這麼火,爲什麼還是有那麼多人超重呢?
嗯,還是有一些因素會影響人們的體型和體重的.
都有哪些因素呢?
有研究表明低收入人羣超重的比例比高收入人羣高.
爲什麼呢?
說低收入人羣每天吃太多的垃圾食品.
可以理解,他們每天工作忙,沒時間做飯,垃圾食品又比較便宜.
垃圾食品油脂含量又高.不過還有另外一個原因.
什麼?
現在很少有人鍛鍊身體,甚至小孩都不鍛鍊.家裏電視一天至少開6個小時.
天啊.怪不得人們變得這麼胖.卡爾,你是不是也該鍛鍊鍛鍊身體了?
可能吧.
你可要注意飲食了,多做鍛鍊啊.
我節食一段時間,瘦了10磅呢.
後來呢?
我放棄了,結果體重反彈,又胖了5磅.
貴在堅持啊.

Overweight: (of people 人) too heavy and fat 太胖的；超重的
She was only a few pounds overweight.
她只是超重幾磅而已。

Fitness: the state of being physically healthy and strong 健壯;健康
a magazine on health and fitness
衛生與健康雜誌
a fitness instructor/class/test
健美教練／班；健康合格檢查
a high level of physical fitness
高水平體質

Quit: to stop doing sth 停止;戒掉
I've quit smoking.
我戒了煙。
Just quit it!
你就罷手吧！
We only just started. We're not going to quit now.
我們纔剛剛開始，現在決不放棄。

make sense
have a meaning that you can easily understand 有道理；有意義；講得通
This sentence doesn't make sense.
這個句子不通。
be a sensible thing to do 是明智的；合乎情理
It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version.
買最新的版本是明智的。
be easy to understand or explain 表述清楚；易於理解；道理明顯
John wasn't making much sense on the phone.
約翰在電話上說得不大清楚。
Who would send me all these flowers? It makes no sense.
誰會給我送這麼多花呢？真不可思議。

No wonder: 難怪
No wonder you can't sleep when you eat so much.
你吃這麼多難怪睡不着。

On a daily basis:按每天的標準;每天