医学英语轻松学 第15期:园艺与健康

 When preschool teacher Claudia Mendoza saw a problem that was affecting her kids, she got to the root cause.

学前班老师克劳迪娅·门多萨发现了困扰儿童的症结所在，她进行了刨根问底的探寻。

Childhood obesity¹ is a problem in the US, but it’s something that could be prevented. I wanna do something about it.

儿童肥胖是美国一大问题，但却能防治。我希望自己能出一份力。

To help her children learn about proper nutrition, Claudia found one of her best teaching tools was dirt.

为了帮助孩子们充分了解营养学，克劳迪娅发现了最佳教学工具--土壤。

Gardening with the kids is something very fun. And it also teach the kids where the food comes from. We have strawberries there, we have beans, carrots, and cucumbers.

与孩子们一起种植花草乐趣无穷。它还能让孩子了解食物来源。我们种植了草莓、胡萝卜、黄瓜以及豆荚。

Some preschoolers bring seeds, talk about what seeds, what kind of plants were they.

许多学龄前儿童带来了种子，他们谈论种子，讲述植物类型。

In this class, the kids learn their ABCs and their garden greens.

在这里，孩子们不仅了解了基本知识，还亲自动手种植。

Believe it or not, when we put cucumbers on the table, the kids, you know, keep grabbing and grabbing and grabbing.

信不信由你，如果我把黄瓜放在桌子上，孩子们就会上前疯抢。

Claudia believes anyone can have an impact on reducing childhood obesity.

克劳迪娅认为，所有人都能够为儿童肥胖症出力。

Their minds at this young age, they’re capable of so many things. If everybody does just their little part, we do could do so much.

孩子们的潜力无穷。如果人人都能够出一份力，那么我们能做的就很多很多。

1.learn about 了解

例句：He read a lot so as to learn about the intellectual history of Europe.

他大量阅读以便了解欧洲思想史。

2.capable of 有…能力的

例句：Show your teacher what you are capable of.

向你的老师表现出你能干什么。

3.believe it or not 信不信由你

例句：Believe it or not, this is something everyone can do.

信不信由你，每个人都能做到这一点。

4.root cause 根本原因

例句：What is the root cause of all this?

这一切的根本原因是什么？

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。