纪录片《饮食变迁》 第1期:民以食为天

Humanity's most fundamental relationship is with what we eat.

民以食为天

But nowadays, in wealthy countries,

但当今社会 在发达国家

we're eating far too much of the wrong things.

我们摄入了远远过量的不健康食品

There are 96 million fat people just like us!

像我们一样的肥胖者有9600万之多

And we're paying the consequences of our expanding waistlines

随着我们腰围的增长

with an epidemic¹ of diseases that kill -

我们随之遭受一系列致命的高发性疾病

heart disease, diabetes² and cancer.

例如心脏病 糖尿病和癌症

There's a complete lack of knowledge about obesity³.

对于肥胖症的知识十分匮乏

How did we end up in this situation and how do we fix it?

我们该如何结束这一局面 该如何弥补

The relationship between what we eat

我们摄入的食物

and how it affects our health

跟它们如何影响自身健康

is a story that television has been

是电视节目不断上演的故事

drawn⁴ to over and over again because it's never gone away.

因为它始终伴随着我们

Well, I'm greedy.

我很贪吃

This is the story of mankind's

这是关于人类

attempt to control nature through the wholesale⁵ industrialization

试图通过大规模食品产业化

of food production in our search for enough to eat.

满足自身所需 进而控制自然的故事

This is a process which we can do nothing but admire.

对这一进程 我们只有钦佩

It's also the story of the impact this massive shift in our diet

同时也讲述了饮食的巨大变化

has had on the health of each and every one of us.

对我们每个人健康的影响

1 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

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 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。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。