纪录片《节食还是截寿》 第52期:国民健康好转

But fasting is somehow different.

但禁食是不同的

Fasting is not about trying to live to 140,

禁食并不是为了活到140岁

it's about staying healthy for as long as you can,

而是尽量使你保持健康

and with the sort of time bomb we're facing as a nation,

患肥胖症和糖尿病的人们越来越多

with obesity¹ going up, diabetes² going up,

这已成为国民性威胁

we desperately³ need something which can make a difference.

我们急切需要行之有效的解决办法

Fasting is the first thing I've come across

禁食是我能想到的首要办法

that I genuinely believe that if people were to take it up,

我真诚地相信 如果人们执行这个方案

it could radically⁴ transform the nation's health.

国民的健康会逐渐好转

So, I hope that we continue to see

所以我希望科学家

massive research going into this territory.

能够在这一领域继续大规模研究

Doing this fasting has been one of the most interesting...

禁食这段经历已经成为最有意思

no, I would say THE most interesting sort of journey, film,

不 它是我经历过的最最有意思的

whatever you want to call it, that I have been on.

一段体验或拍摄历程 随便你们怎么定义

And I've never said that before.

这是我始料未及的

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 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。

3 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

4 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。