英语新闻听写 全球儿童肥胖人数持续上涨

 

According to CNN.com, "Childhood obesity¹ continues to rise around the world,

CNN网站消息称，“全球范围内儿童期肥胖持续增长，

and the World Health Organization has called it "one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century."

世界卫生组织称这是“21世纪最严重的公众健康挑战之一。”

Tiago Barreira, an assistant professor in the Department of Exercise Science at Syracuse University in New York

纽约锡拉丘兹大学运动科学系助理教授蒂亚戈·巴雷拉

who has studied childhood obesity on a global scale, wanted to clarify:

研究了全球范围内的儿童期肥胖，她想要澄清：

"There are still more children that are underweight in the world than there are obese², but that's likely to change pretty soon..."

“全球体重不足儿童数量比肥胖儿童数量更多，但这种情况可能很快就会改变。”

1 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

2 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。