纪录片《饮食变迁》 第31期:有人生来就苗条

Sharon lives in Kentucky and was brought up as a Catholic.

莎伦在肯塔基州长大 是一名天主教徒

She didn't worry about her diet,

她从不节制饮食

loved meat, particularly pork and fatty foods.

喜欢吃肉 尤其是猪肉和富含脂肪的食物

Oh, look. Alligator¹ AND pork!

快看 鳄鱼拌猪肉

She also did very little exercise.

她很少参加锻炼

Debbie eats fish but not meat.

黛比吃鱼 但是不吃肉

She lives in New Jersey² and was brought up as a Jew.

她住在新泽西州 被当作犹太人抚养

Unlike her twin sister, she

和她的双胞胎姐妹不同

exercises regularly and is very health-conscious.

她定期锻炼并有很强的健康意识

Sharon and Debbie are the perfect experiment.

莎伦和黛比就是绝妙的实验

Carbon copies of each other,

作为对方的翻版

they are living proof of the power of genes³.

她们就是基因力量的鲜活证明

Their separate environments have hardly influenced their weight.

不同环境几乎没有影响她们的体重

It seems they were born to be slim.

似乎她们生来就是苗条的

If it really is the case that some

如果的确有人生而苗条

people are born to be thin, could the opposite also be true?

那么反过来是不是同样成立呢

By looking at my family and the large number -

审视我的家庭和庞大数量的

no pun intended -

不是在讽刺

of fat people in my family,

肥胖家族成员

it just to me seems inevitable⁴ that I would be large.

我似乎注定是个大块头

1 alligator   

n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)

参考例句：

• She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
• Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。

2 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

4 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。