每日一篇经济学人| Obesity in the Middle East 中

Obesity in the Middle east

Related words

1. body mass index 体重指数
2. deaths attributed to obesity, mostly due to heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.
3. treadmill = running machine
4. roughhouse 打闹
5. sedentary 静坐
6. skinny adj 极其瘦的
7. femininity n 女性特质，柔弱

Vocabulary:

1. bustle around = do things in the busy way
2. menial adj 卑贱的，不体面（指工作）
3. lefetover 剩菜
4. be strapped for cash 手头拮据
5. puberty 青春期， reach puberty
6. frowned upon 皱眉
7. cumbersome 笨重的
8. catcalls 尖叫声，嘘声， block out catcalls
9. proliferate v 迅速增长

Nice sentence:

1. 肥胖的原因：Most Arab women spend most of the day indoors, missing out on passive exerceise. Working women in other regions bustle around in hospitals, classrooms and restaurants(传统女性应该做的工作）. But in Gulf countries many such jobs are done mainly by men, and many of the heavier menial household chores are done by foreigners. Moreover, women in Arab countries have fewer chance to enjoy sport. Young girls and boys play footbal together in the street. But once a girl reaches puberty, roughhousing in public is frowned upon. Teenage girls become more sedentary, meeting friends indoors.
2. Diet bears much of the blame. “Iraqis” problem is carbohydrates, which means her family eats rice and bread at nearly every meal. To slim down, she asked her mother to do more of the cooking to help her resist culinary temepation.