纪录片《节食还是截寿》 第20期:侏儒症

Clues to the link

这一发现来自

come from this group of people who live in a remote region of Ecuador.

住在厄瓜多尔偏远地区的一群人

They have a very rare condition called Laron syndrome¹,

他们身患罕见的莱伦氏综合症

which affects less than 350 people worldwide.

全球有不到350人患有此症

That's you, is it? It makes you look like a giant, doesn't it?

这是你吗 看起来像个巨人 不是吗

I'm the tall guy there.

在那里我就是个大高个儿

The shortest one is just over three-and-a-half feet tall.

那里最矮的人身高只有107厘米

- Up to my belly² button. Is that right? - Yeah.

-就在我的肚脐这儿 对吗 -对

What interests researchers like Valter is not their size,

吸引瓦尔特等研究者的并不是他们的身高

but the fact that they seem to be virtually immune

而是西方世界两大健康杀手

to two of the West's biggest killers³.

完全不会影响到他们

The big findings, of course,

重大发现是

were, they don't seem to get either diabetes⁴ or cancer.

他们似乎不会得糖尿病或者癌症

Do they do all the normal, sensible things we all do,

他们会跟我们一样享受人生吗

like drink, smoke and all that?

比如喝酒 吸烟之类的

Yes, they do the normal, and more,

会的 他们会做 甚至还会过量

so they a very unhealthy lifestyle.

所以他们的生活方式非常不健康

Most of them are to some extent at least overweight.

他们中的大部分人 至少是超重

They seem to really not watch anything they do.

看起来他们不太注意自己的行为

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

3 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

4 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• 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。