If the new research is correct,it may say that something in the environment seeded what some call an obesity epidemic,making a few people gain weight.Then social networks let the obesity spread rapidly.
词汇:
obesity/Eu5bi:sItI/n.肥胖,肥大 virus/5vaIErEs/n.病毒
detailed/5di:teIld/adj.细的,逐条的investigator/In7vestI5^eItE/n.调查人
spouse/spauz/n.配偶 sibling/5sIblIN/n.兄弟,姐妹
influence/5InfluEns/n.影响 principal/ 5prInsIpl/adj.主要的,首要的
highlight/5haIlaIt/v.使显著,强调 epidemic/7epI5demIk/adj.流行的,传染的,流行性的
注释:
1. The investigators knew...over three decades.:调查人员了解被调查人的朋友以及夫妻、兄弟姐妹或者邻居,并且了解他们三十年来各个时期的体重。as well as表示和、又。
2. reconstruct:重建,推想。re是表示又,再之义的词根。
3. That increased a persons chances of becoming obese by 57 percent.:这使得发胖的几率增加了57%。chance这里指机率、可能性。
4. gained or lost weight:体重增加或减肥。
5. It did not even matter if the friend was hundreds of miles away,the influence remained.:即使朋友远在千里之外,这种影响仍然存在。
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