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這一發(fā)現來自
come from this group of people who live in a remote region of Ecuador.
住在厄瓜多爾偏遠地區(qū)的一群人
They have a very rare condition called Laron syndrome,
他們身患罕見的萊倫氏綜合癥
which affects less than 350 people worldwide.
全球有不到350人患有此癥
That's you, is it? It makes you look like a giant, doesn't it?
這是你嗎 看起來像個巨人 不是嗎
I'm the tall guy there.
在那里我就是個大高個兒
The shortest one is just over three-and-a-half feet tall.
那里最矮的人身高只有107厘米
- Up to my belly button. Is that right? - Yeah.
-就在我的肚臍這兒 對嗎 -對
What interests researchers like Valter is not their size,
吸引瓦爾特等研究者的并不是他們的身高
but the fact that they seem to be virtually immune
而是西方世界兩大健康殺手
to two of the West's biggest killers.
完全不會影響到他們
The big findings, of course,
重大發(fā)現是
were, they don't seem to get either diabetes or cancer.
他們似乎不會得糖尿病或者癌癥
Do they do all the normal, sensible things we all do,
他們會跟我們一樣享受人生嗎
like drink, smoke and all that?
比如喝酒 吸煙之類的
Yes, they do the normal, and more,
會的 他們會做 甚至還會過量
so they a very unhealthy lifestyle.
所以他們的生活方式非常不健康
Most of them are to some extent at least overweight.
他們中的大部分人 至少是超重
They seem to really not watch anything they do.
看起來他們不太注意自己的行為
重點解釋：
1.live in 住進
例句：His large income enabled him to live in comfort.他那豐厚的收入使他可以過舒服的生活。
2.less than 不到； 少于
例句：We won no less than 500 in a competition.我們在一場比賽中贏了多達500英鎊。
3.seem to 似乎 ...
例句：Does that seem to make sense?這講得通嗎?
