2023届高考英语二轮复习外刊阅读训练课件：体重鸿沟

——改编自The obesity gap 体重鸿沟 2023届高考英语二轮复习外刊阅读训练 1 Zeinab是巴格达一名60岁的妇女，她在一家餐馆工作，每天能挣2万迪拉姆(13.70美元)，但却买不起像样的食物。 Zeinab, a 60-year-old woman in Baghdad, earns 20,000 dirhams ($13.70) per day working in a restaurant but cannot afford decent food for her family. 她的女儿们因为学费太高而辍学，待在家里以避免工作场所的骚扰。 Her daughters dropped out of school due to high fees and stay home to avoid workplace harassment. 2 在全球范围内，中东地区的肥胖男性(11%)和女性(15%)之间的差距最大。在因心脏病、糖尿病和高血压等健康问题导致的肥胖死亡人数最多的11个国家中，有8个阿拉伯国家。 The Middle East has the biggest disparity between obese men (11%) and women (15%) globally, with eight Arab countries among the 11 highest for deaths attributed to obesity due to health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. 3 只有十分之一的伊拉克妇女有有偿工作，而妇女在家外享受运动或锻炼的机会更少，头巾使户外公共锻炼变得繁琐，容易受到基于性别的骚扰。 Only one in ten Iraqi women have paid jobs, while fewer opportunities exist for females to enjoy sport or exercise outside their homes and headscarves make outdoor public exercise cumbersome and liable to gender-based harassment. 埃及的情况更糟，贫穷妇女的身体质量指数普遍高于富裕妇女。 Egypt fares worse, with poor women generally having a higher BMI than wealthier ones. 4 埃及也是世界上女性体重指数最高的国家，自1975年以来，女性体重指数的增长速度就超过了男性，而垃圾食品也越来越受欢迎。 Egypt also has the world's highest female BMI, which has grown more quickly than male BMI since 1975, while junk food has become more popular. 5 碳水化合物对伊拉克人来说也是个大问题，他们每天的主食是米饭和面包，而许多阿拉伯男人更喜欢鲁本斯式的身材，看重女性气质而不是苗条。 Carbohydrates are also a significant problem for Iraqis, who consume rice and bread at most meals, while many Arab men prefer Rubenesque body types on women and value femininity over slimness. 6 伊拉克人经常把拥有丰满曲线的女演员伊纳斯•塔勒布(Enas Taleb)视为理想之美，一些伊拉克女性甚至会服用增重药，以增加对男性的吸引力。 Iraqis often cite Enas Taleb, an actress with ample curves, as the beauty ideal, and some Iraqi women may even take weight-gaining pills to be more attractive to men. 7 然而，超重对男性和女性都构成严重的健康风险，特别是心脏病、糖尿病和高血压，这些都是该地区普遍存在的疾病。 However, being overweight poses serious health risks for both males and females, particularly heart disease