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VOA慢速英语:Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death

2013-01-11来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1.  People with higher obesity ratings, however, had almost a 30 percent greater risk of death compared to normal-weight individuals.

compare to 把…比作, 喻为
例句:A teacher is often compare to a candle.
教师常被比作一支蜡烛。

2. Because we’d actually already read a lot of this literature and realized it was likely that [mortality rates for] overweight would be at least not higher than normal weight.

at least 至少
例句:At least two yeas of experience.
至少有两年的经验。

3. It’s very common in the military, for example, where you have young men and women who are very physically fit -- their BMI can be a little higher.

for example 比如
例句:For example, board games and games consoles understood?
比如说下棋、打游戏机之类的懂了吧?

4. Still, Dr. Heymsfield says people should not think gaining extra weight is OK just because of the new findings.

because of 因为
例句:You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了?

5. He and a colleague wrote an editorial that appeared along with the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

along with 随着
例句:Believe that the crocodile swam along with the flood.
相信这些鳄鱼是随着洪水游过来的。