纪录片《饮食变迁》 第29期:有些人就是肥不起来

The study called for each inmate¹ to gain 25% of their body weight.

这项研究要求每一位囚犯体重增加25%

In return, they were promised early release from jail.

作为回报 他们可以提前出狱

Over the course of the year, the team fed

在超过一年的实验中 研究团体

the volunteer prisoners as much as they could physically² eat

让志愿者尽可能地多吃食物

and carefully monitored their bodily changes.

并且仔细观察他们身体的变化

But as it went on, Dr Sims

但随着实验的进行 西姆斯博士

became concerned by an unexpected finding.

有了意想不到的发现

However much they ate,

不管他们吃多少

some of the prisoners could not reach the target.

有一部分人就是达不到目标

Two of the prisoners got stuck at 21%

两个囚犯到了21%就没有进展了

and one of them couldn't

而有一个人怎么也

put on any more than 18% extra body weight,

无法增加超过18%以上额外的体重

despite eating as much as 10,000 calories a day.

尽管他们一天要吃10000卡路里的食物

The experiment pointed³ to

这个实验指出了一个

a fascinating and unexpected conclusion.

引人注目且出人意料的结论

It seemed that for some people

似乎对于某些人来说

becoming obese⁴ is not just unlikely,

肥胖不仅是不大可能

it's practically impossible.

实际是根本不可能

It would be some time before

这个重要发现可能要

the importance of these findings was accepted.

经过一段时间才能被人们接受

In the meantime, people continued to be

同时 人们继续被那些

attracted to any dieting fad⁵ that claimed it would work.

声称有效的节食风潮所吸引

1 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

2 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 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。

5 fad   

n.时尚；一时流行的狂热；一时的爱好

参考例句：

• His interest in photography is only a passing fad.他对摄影的兴趣只是一时的爱好罢了。
• A hot business opportunity is based on a long-term trend not a short-lived fad.一个热门的商机指的是长期的趋势而非一时的流行。