* 用英语自身来理解和学习英语是最好的方式，《英读廊》是《满庭说英语》中的拓展阅读系列，这一系列的文章力求帮助大家在英语阅读能力上有所提升，并树立英语思维；* 推荐的阅读的方法是：先原文，适当看解析阅读，还有疑惑再看双语对照。* 解析中英语单词的音标使用Dictcom和IPA双音标标注，如果需要了解Dictcom音标，请参看我们的《dictionary.com所用的音标体系》一文。* 本篇文章难度系数7.1，由《小仙英语伴读》人工智能难度分析系统提供评分。

#英语思维#

#英语#

Why does drinking soda make the body gain fat?【译】为什么喝苏打水会使身体发胖？【语法】make＋宾语＋do sth.（不带to的不定式）”意为 “使某人做某事”。如：Our teacher makes us feel more confident.该结构的被动结构，要把to还原：The boy was made to work twelve hours a day.【单词】drinking 原型：drink [dringk][dr??k] v. 喝；饮

【单词】soda ['soh-duh]['s??d?] n. 汽水；苏打；碳酸饮料【单词】gain [geyn][ɡe?n] v. 获得；增加【单词】fat [fat][f?t] n. 脂肪；肥肉

Extra calories get converted into fat.【译】多余的卡路里会转化成脂肪。【单词】calories 原型：calorie ['kal-uh-ree]['k?l?ri] n. 卡；卡路里(热量单位) =calory.【单词】converted 原型：convert [kuh?n-'vurt][k?n'v??t] v. (使)转变；使…改变信仰；转化【单词】extra ['ek-struh]['ekstr?] adj. 额外的

So sugar that you don't burn off right away will just become fat as the body can't store sugar.【译】所以你没有马上燃烧掉的糖，就会变成脂肪，因为身体不能储存糖。【单词】sugar ['shoo?g-er]['??ɡ?] n. 糖，食糖【单词】burn [burn][b??n] v. 燃烧；烧着【单词】store [stawr, stohr][st??] vt. 储存；贮藏；保存

First, body fat and food fats are different, this is an important difference because your body can construct adipose tissue (fat cells) from general energy sources, it does not require lipids (food fats) to do this.【译】首先，身体脂肪和食物脂肪是不同的，这是一个重要的区别，因为你的身体可以从一般的能量来源中生成脂肪组织（脂肪细胞），它不需要脂质（食物脂肪）来完成这一点。【单词】construct [kuhn-'struhkt][k?n'str?kt] vt. 建造；构筑【单词】adipose ['ad-uh-pohs]['?d?p??s] adj. 脂肪的；多脂肪的 n. 脂肪【单词】tissue ['tish-oo or]['t??u?] n. (生物的)组织【单词】cells 原型：cell [sel][sel] n. 细胞【单词】require [ri-'kwahyuhr][r?'kwa??] v. 要求；需要【单词】lipids ['l?p?dz] n. 脂质；类脂 名词lipid的复数形式.

If you consume an excess of calories through sugar in soda, or carbs in breads, or craploads of protein powder, or just eating straight butter, your body will take those parts and break them down into energy, when it realizes it has to much it'll start tucking away that energy in fat cells mixed with some water for later use.【译】如果你通过碳酸饮料里的糖、面包中的碳水化合物、大量的蛋白粉，或者仅仅吃纯黄油，摄入了过量的卡路里，你的身体就会把这些部分分解成能量，当它意识到它的重要性时，它就会开始把这些能量储存在脂肪细胞中，再与一些水混合，以备日后使用。【单词】consume [kuhn-'soom][k?n'sju?m] v. 消耗；吃喝

【单词】excess [ik-'ses, 'ek-ses][?k'ses] n. 超过；过量；过剩【单词】carbs 名词复数形式，carb 淀粉质食物; 高碳水化合物食物，是carbohydrates 的简写【单词】bread [bred][b'redz] n. 面包【单词】protein ['proh-teen, -tee-in]['pr??ti?n] n. 蛋白质【单词】powder ['pou-der]['pa?d?] n. 粉末；粉【单词】straight [streyt][stre?t] adj. 直的；这里指“纯的”【单词】butter ['buht-er]['b?t?] n. 黄油；奶油 【单词】break [breyk][bre?k] v. 打碎；折断【单词】realizes 原型：realize ['ree-uh-lahyz]['ri??la?z] vt. 实现；了解；意识到【单词】tucking 原型：tuck [tuhk][t?k] v. 卷起；收拢；藏起【单词】mixed 原型：mix [miks][m?ks] v. 混合；掺入；合成；融合

Too many calories from any source can cause you to gain fat, it doesn't have to be excess calories from fats.【译】任何来源的卡路里过多都会导致你发胖，而不一定是脂肪中的多余热量。

If you're at a calorie deficit and just eating straight butter you can still lose weight and burn off body fat because your body is using all the calories you're eating and needing some more from your body fat【译】如果你的卡路里不足，只吃纯黄油，你仍然可以减肥和燃烧脂肪，因为你的身体正在消耗你所吃的所有卡路里，并需要从你的身体脂肪中获得更多的热量【单词】deficit ['def-uh-sit]['def?s?t] n. 赤字；逆差；亏损；亏空；不足【单词】lose [looz][lu?z] 原型 lost vt. 丢失；失败；削减【单词】weight [weyt][we?t] n. 重量；体重

Again, body fat != food fats.【译】再一次，体脂不等于食用脂肪。【单词】!= 是计算机编程中常用的符号，表示“不等于”的意思

Soda contains sugar.【译】碳酸饮料中含有糖。【单词】contains 原型：contain [kuhn-'teyn][k?n'te?n] vt. 容纳；包含

The body can convert extra energy it gets to fat as a way so store energy so if it is needed in the future you have reserves.【译】身体可以将多余的能量转化为脂肪，这样就可以储存能量，这样如果将来需要的话，你就有了储备。【单词】reserves 原型：reserve [ri-'zurv][r?'z??v] vt. 保留

So even if you just eat carbohydrates the body can produce fat【译】所以即使你只吃碳水化合物，身体也会产生脂肪【词法】even if是“即使，纵然”的意思，为连词，用于引导让步状语从句。如：Even if it rains tomorrow, we won't change our plan. 即使明天下雨，我们也决不改变计划。【单词】carbohydrates [kɑ?b?'ha?dre?ts] 碳水化合物

The result is that if you increase the energy the body likely will convert it to fat.【译】结果是，如果你增加能量，身体很可能会将其转化为脂肪。

Drinking soda is a way that you can increase energy intake.【译】喝苏打水是一种增加能量摄入的方法。【单词】intake ['in-teyk]['?nte?k] n. 吸入；招收

Humans have evolved in an environment where starvation was a real problem so having energy reserves was good for survival.【译】人类进化的环境中，饥饿是一个真正的问题，因此拥有能量储备有利于生存。【单词】evolved 原型：evolve [ih-'volv][i'v?lv] v. (使)逐步形成；(使)逐步演变；进化【单词】starvation [stahr-'vey-shuhn][stɑ?'ve??n] n. 饿死；饥饿【单词】survival [ser-'vahy-vuhl][s?'va?vl] n. 幸存；幸存者

The practically unlimited supplies of food we have a day in a combination that many of us do not need to use a lot of energy in an average day result that many are overweight.【译】实际上，我们一天的食物供应是无限的，我们中的许多人不需要在一天中消耗大量的能量，结果很多人都超重了。【单词】practically ['prak-tik-lee]['pr?kt?kli] adv. 实际上；几乎；简直【单词】unlimited [uhn-'lim-i-tid][?n'l?m?t?d] adj. (数或量)极大的；无限的；不受限制的【单词】supplies 原型：supply [suh-'plahy][s?'pla?] n. 供应；补给【单词】combination [kom-buh-'ney-shuhn][?k?mb?'ne??n] n. 结合；结合到一起的事物或人【单词】average ['av-er-ij, 'av-rij]['?v?r?d?] adj. 平均的；一般的；通常的【单词】overweight ['oh-ver-'weyt][???v?'we?t] adj. 超重的；过胖的

So we have not evolved to handle the food situation we are in today and a strategy of creating fat that worked well in the past can be problematic today.【译】因此，我们还没有进化到能够处理我们今天所处的食物状况，一种过去行之有效的制造脂肪的策略在今天可能会有问题。【单词】handle ['han-dl]['h?ndl] v. 处理；对待；操作【单词】strategy ['strat-i-jee]['str?t?d?i] n. 策略；战略【单词】creating 原型：create [kree-'eyt][kri'e?t] v. 创造；造成【单词】problematic [prob-luh-'mat-ik][?pr?bl?'m?t?k] adj. 问题的；有疑问的