纪录片《饮食变迁》 第3期:食物缺乏引起的战争

The story of our bulging¹ waistlines

我们腰围的暴涨

actually has its roots in another battle -

实际源于另一场战争

ironically, one driven by a lack of food.

讽刺的是 这场战争是因食物缺乏引起的

Hunger is always with us.

饥饿始终伴随着我们

From the dawn of time, poverty has been the destiny of man.

从古至今 贫困一直是人类的命运

Man everywhere scratched an uneasy living from an unyielding soil.

人们耕耘着贫瘠的土地挣扎求生

Disease and death, famine and plague

疾病与死亡 饥荒和瘟疫

were the natural order of things.

都是自然规律使然

Through the course of the 20th century,

纵观二十世纪的百年历程

a rapidly expanding population

人口的快速激增

meant there were an ever-increasing number of mouths to feed.

意味着越来越多的人嗷嗷待哺

Today it's hard to imagine, but in Europe people

今天这很难想象 但直到二战

were still suffering from diseases of malnutrition²

欧洲仍然有人饱受营养不良导致的疾病

like scurvy³ and rickets⁴ right up to the Second World War.

例如坏血病及软骨病

Well, the war is over,

虽然战争结束了

but peace hasn't brought back the plenty.

但和平没有带来物质上的充裕

Food is still Europe's top-priority problem.

食物短缺仍是欧洲现今的当务之急

1 bulging   

膨胀； 凸出（部）； 打气； 折皱

参考例句：

• Her pockets were bulging with presents. 她的口袋里装满了礼物。
• Conscious of the bulging red folder, Nim told her,"Ask if it's important." 尼姆想到那个鼓鼓囊囊的红色文件夹便告诉她：“问问是不是重要的事。”

2 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

3 scurvy   

adj.下流的，卑鄙的，无礼的；n.坏血病

参考例句：

• Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.缺乏维生素C最终能道致坏血病。
• That was a scurvy trick to play on an old lady.用那样的花招欺负一个老太太可真卑鄙。

4 rickets   

n.软骨病，佝偻病，驼背

参考例句：

• A diet deficient in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets.缺少维生素D的饮食可能导致软骨病。
• It also appears to do more than just protect against rickets.除了防止软骨病，它还有更多的功能。