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Hello. I’m Marina Santee.
大家好。我是玛丽娜·桑蒂。
And I’m Mike Procter. Welcome to Spotlight.
我是迈克·普克特。欢迎收听重点报道节目。
This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting.
本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
It is a beautiful day.
天气很好。
The ocean is a clear blue.
海水清澈而湛蓝。
The sand is white.
沙子是白色的。
The air is warm.
空气很温暖。
This is the Pacific island country of Tonga.
这是太平洋岛国汤加。
Young men stand near huge fires.
年轻人站在大火堆旁。
They are cooking suckling pigs over the fire.
他们正在火上烧乳猪。
Suckling pigs are young pigs with very tasty meat.
乳猪是肉质非常鲜美的小猪。
And these men are cooking many of them.
这些人正在烤很多乳猪。
The men are preparing food for a week of local celebrations.
这些人正在为当地为期一周的庆祝活动准备食物。
This week, many people will eat much food.
这一周，很多人会吃很多食物。
Tonga is a beautiful country, but it has a health problem.
汤加是一个美丽的国家，但该国有一个健康问题。
Many of the people weigh too much.
很多人体重过重。
And it is all to do with what they eat.
而这都与他们吃的食物有关。
In today’s Spotlight we tell about the problems of being overweight and obese.
在今天的重点报道节目中，我们来谈谈超重和肥胖的问题。
Stephen Gates is a food writer.
斯蒂芬·盖茨是一位美食作家。
He went to Tonga to report on the health situation for the BBC.
他代表英国广播公司前往汤加报道汤加人的健康状况。
He investigated the weight of people over the age of 30.
他调查了30岁以上人群的体重。
He discovered that over 90 percent of them are obese.
他发现，其中超过90%的人患有肥胖症。
Obesity means that someone weighs so much that their health is in danger.
肥胖的意思是人的体重过重，从而使其健康受到威胁。
They are at risk from heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
他们有患心脏病、高血压和糖尿病的风险。
In Tonga, celebrations like the one with the cooked pigs may cause people to gain a lot of weight.
在汤加，诸如烤乳猪之类的庆祝活动可能会让人们的体重增加很多。
But Tongans eat such food only at special times.
但汤加人只在特殊时间吃这种食物。
However, the food that they eat the rest of the time is also a big problem.
然而，他们在其他时间吃的食物也存在大问题。
They usually eat imported foods.
他们通常吃进口食品。
And much of the imported food they eat is not healthy.
而且他们吃的很多进口食品都不健康。
It is fatty and sugary.
很多进口食品含有大量脂肪和糖分。
These foods have caused people to gain an unhealthy amount of weight - and become obese.
这些食物使人们的体重增加到不健康的水平，从而变得肥胖。
