NPR边听边练60:适量脂肪有利于健康

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　OK, and let's turn to another study about weight. You might want to listen closely here. It suggests that _1_ may _2_ in favor of living a longer life. That's right. Researchers say there may be some benefit to having a little extra body fat. But not so fast.As NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, no one is suggesting you _3_ your exercising or end the diet.

　　This isn't the first time that researchers have raised questions about the link between body weight and how long someone will live. While there's no debate that _4_ will raise the risk of all kinds of illnesses and even cut some lives short, it's less clear what happens to people who are less overweight.

　　When Katherine Flegal, of the CDC, _5_ to answer this question, she wanted to include as many people as possible in her study, from as many places around the world as she could find. We searched all the literature, thousands of articles, found almost 100 articles with almost three million people that really addressed this question head on.

　　And she concludes that being overweight is actually _6_ a lower risk of death. It's certainly not dramatic, but about a six percent decreased risk. It's statistically¹ significant.

　　So, who are we talking about here? A lot more people than you might think. About one-third of all Americans fall into this category of overweight. And Flegal found that even among those who are technically² slightly obese³, there was _7_ risk of death.

　　词汇解析：

　　1、Concludes：结论

　　So what can we conclude from this debate?

　　那么从这场辩论中我们能推断出什么呢？

　　2、category：n. 种类，分类；[数] 范畴

　　This book clearly falls into the category of fictionalized autobiography⁴.

　　这本书显然类属自传体小说。

　　1、being a little overweight 2、tip the odds 3、ditch 4、being severely obese

　　5、set out 6、associated with 7、no increased

1 statistically   

ad.根据统计数据来看，从统计学的观点来看

参考例句：

• The sample of building permits is larger and therefore, statistically satisfying. 建筑许可数的样本比较大，所以统计数据更令人满意。
• The results of each test would have to be statistically independent. 每次试验的结果在统计上必须是独立的。

2 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

3 obese   

adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的

参考例句：

• The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
• Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

4 autobiography   

n.自传

参考例句：

• He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
• His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。