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He was once the world`s fattest man weighing in at a staggering 70 stone and consuming a mammoth 20,000 calories a day.
他曾經(jīng)是世界上最胖的男子，重達(dá)70英石（約900斤），每天要攝入2萬(wàn)卡路里的熱量。
But it seems that after losing 48 stone following NHS surgery, it`s not just Paul Mason`s health that has a more promising outlook - his weight loss may have also boosted his love life.
在接受醫(yī)療服務(wù)系統(tǒng)提供的手術(shù)后，保羅·梅森瘦了48英石，但他收獲的未來(lái)不僅是健康的身體，他還可能因?yàn)闇p肥而收獲愛(ài)情。
Mr Mason has only known his new girlfriend Rebecca for a month and the pair are yet to meet, but already the 52-year old claims that Rebecca is the love of his life.
梅森先生只和他的新女友麗貝卡認(rèn)識(shí)一個(gè)月，兩人還沒(méi)見(jiàn)面，但這位52歲的男士就已宣稱(chēng)麗貝卡是他生命中的摯愛(ài)。
The pair met online last month when Rebecca saw a television documentary about Mr Mason`s extreme obesity - the result, he says, of overeating when a previous relationship ended.
這兩人上個(gè)月在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上相識(shí)。麗貝卡在電視上看到了關(guān)于梅森先生極度肥胖的紀(jì)錄片——梅森說(shuō)那是他結(jié)束前一段戀情后過(guò)度飲食的后果。
She was so touched by his plight that Rebecca got in touch via Facebook keen to help Mr Mason in his bid to get the NHS to pay for a second operation to rid him of layers of excess skin.
麗貝卡對(duì)他的境遇很感動(dòng)，因此通過(guò)Facebook同他取得聯(lián)系，以幫助他獲得由NHS付款的第二次手術(shù)，幫助梅森去掉多余皮層。
Mr Mason said: `She didn`t really think anything romantically to start with. I didn`t know anything about her and we talked all about her life and how she wants to help me.`
梅森先生說(shuō)：“她剛開(kāi)始時(shí)真的沒(méi)想過(guò)要有什么戀愛(ài)關(guān)系。我一點(diǎn)也不了解她，我們只是談?wù)摿怂纳睿约八胍绾螏椭摇！?
`It wasn`t until the second conversation that I realised there was more there than just friends. She felt the same and brought up the idea of us being boyfriend and girlfriend.`
“直到第二次談話(huà)時(shí)我才意識(shí)到我們并非普通的朋友關(guān)系。她也有同樣的想法，還提出要做男女朋友的想法。”
Mr Mason says that he doesn`t go for looks and finds Rebecca`s determined attitude particularly attractive. He said: `I am more interested in the person rather than the physical side of things.
梅森先生說(shuō)他不看重外表，是麗貝卡的堅(jiān)定態(tài)度深深吸引了他。他說(shuō)：“我更喜歡一個(gè)人的內(nèi)在思想，而非外在方面。”
`It is her personality, her drive and passion and she has a lovely smile that made me fall for her. It was hard for me to accept to start with because part of me is still trapped in this loose skin and I find it hard to understand how anyone can see through that.
“是她的個(gè)性、追求事物的動(dòng)力和激情，還有甜美的微笑吸引了我。但我卻很難接受從頭開(kāi)始戀愛(ài)，因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在我還是一身松松垮垮的皮膚，我也很難明白怎么有人能看穿外表不受它影響。”
`We share the same ideas, interests, and outlook on life and she has made me look at life in a new way. I`m more determined than ever to get this operation and enjoy my life with her.`
“我們有同樣的理想、愛(ài)好和對(duì)未來(lái)生活的希望，她教會(huì)我用新的角度看世界。我現(xiàn)在比任何時(shí)候都想接受除皮手術(shù)，和她幸福地生活在一起。”
`For a long time I couldn`t really see light at the end of the tunnel. But since Rebecca`s been in my life I`ve got a whole new sense of worth and excitement.`
“很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間以來(lái)我的生活一片黑暗，看不到曙光。但自從麗貝卡出現(xiàn)在我的生活中后，我又感受到了存在的價(jià)值，對(duì)此我異常興奮。”
Mr Mason ballooned to his incredible size by eating ten times the amount needed by a normal man due to a compulsive eating disorder. As his weight soared he was left unable to stand or walk before finally becoming bed-ridden and being looked after full time by council carers.
梅森先生曾患有強(qiáng)迫性暴食癥，每天要吃十倍于正常男性的食物，因此身體嚴(yán)重走形。隨著體重狂飆，他到后來(lái)無(wú)法站立行走，最終只能臥床不起，由志愿護(hù)理人員全天照料。
Firefighters had to demolish the front wall of his former home so they could drive a fork lift truck inside to lift him out and put him into an ambulance when he needed an operation in 2002.
2002年他需要做手術(shù)，由于身體龐大，消防隊(duì)員只能拆除他家的一面墻，用叉車(chē)把他從家中抬出來(lái)，放進(jìn)救護(hù)車(chē)?yán)铩?
Mr Mason was later given a purpose-built housing association home with extra wide doorways so he could move around.
后來(lái)住宅協(xié)會(huì)向梅森先生提供了特制住宅，內(nèi)設(shè)特寬門(mén)廊，以確保他能自由行走。
