研究:肥胖与脑损伤的联系

短语讲解：

1. They believe it has to do with damage to the part of the brain that’s involved in weight control.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.
那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动。

2. The notion that brain damage might play a role in body weight is not a new one, according to Michael Schwartz of the Diabetes and Obesity Center at the University of Washington in Seattle.

play a role in在……扮演一个角色，在某方面起作用
例句：The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school.
办好一所学校, 校长起重要作用。

3. What is causing the inflammatory response and could that have something to do with the obesity itself?

have something to do with与…有关系
例句：Her diligence must have something to do with his success.
她的勤勉和她的成功一定有某些关系。

4. When they looked for evidence of inflammation in their brains, they made a startling discovery.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

5. But the animals were kept on the high-fat diet for nine months and the inflammation eventually returned.

keep on继续
例句：They kept on working after dark.
天黑了他们还继续工作。

6. “Our data would point to a more structural, biological basis for why it is difficult to keep weight off," he says.

point to表明
例句：All this points to the same conclusion.
所有这些都说明了同样的结论。

7. It has to do with damage to the brain area that is responsible for controlling body weight.

do with处理;对待
例句：I don't know what to do with it.
我不知道这件事该怎么处理。
be responsible for为…负责, 是…的原因
例句：Bad weather is responsible for the poor crop.
坏天气是收成不好的原因。