英语听力教程ltw2 unit8.pptVIP

;Part I Getting ready We eat food every day. However, if we eat too much food we get overweight. It is usually caused by the consumption of more calories than the body can use. The excess calories are then stored as fat. Being extremely fat can also lead to a serious medical problem. *consumption of more calories 摄入过量的卡路里 *excess 过量的;;;Yume: Mike, why are so many Americans __________? Mike: Well, thats a good question, Yume. Youd think that with the current _____ craze in the U. S. there wouldnt be so many overweight Americans. Yume: Just how many people are overweight? Mike: About _____ of Americans are overweight. Interestingly, one study said that low-income groups have a ______ percentage of overweight people than higher income families. Yume: Are there any other _______ like that in the study? Mike: Yes. The study also said that the _______ the climate, the lower the percentage of obese people. Yume: That makes sense. When it’s hot, you usually don’t feel like eating a __.;Mike: Is that why Japanese people are typically skinnier than Americans? Yume: Well, our diet has a lot less fat and than American food. And Americans eat a lot more ______ than we do. Mike: You’re right. And we also eat more ______ and junk food. But there’s another reason why so many Americans are fat. Yume: What’s that? Mike: Nobody _________ anymore — not even kids. The average American home has the TV on for __ hours a day! Yume: Wow! No wonder you Americans are so fat. You don’t get enough ________. Say, Mike, aren’t you getting a little bigger in the waist? Mike: Yeah, I guess so. Yume: You really need to watch ______ you eat and get some exercise. Mike: Hey, I started a diet and lost ____ pounds. Yume: So what happened? Mike: I quit and gained it all back plus pounds. ;;*intensity 强度 *upper/lower limit 上/下限 *stretch/energetic exercise 伸展/剧烈运动 *jogging 慢跑 *pulse rate/beat 脉搏率/跳动 *multiply 乘以;Check whether your exercise gives you the fitness effect: 1.