Daily English Dictation 62 - advanced
🎧 Listening Practice
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According to the CETC2, a lot of every three Amerians are considered either over weight or obese. And the trend towards unhealthy habits is studied even younger. With a milly twenty percent of young children between the age of 6 and 11 condiered obese.Answer:
According to the CDC, 2 out of every 3 Americans are considered either overweight or obese, and the trend towards unhealthy habits is starting even younger with nearly 20% of children between the ages of 6 and 11 considered obese.Pronunciation:
According to the CDC, 2 out of every 3 Americans are considered either overweight or obese, and the trend towards unhealthy habi<u>ts i</u>s starting even younger with nearly 20% of children between the ages of 6 and 11 considered obese.
towards => tords/twards 兔儿子
📖 Accumulation
overweight /ˌoʊvərˈweɪt/
(adj.) 超重的:
- My doctor told me I was slightly <u>overweight</u> and should cut back on sugar.
Collocations: slightly overweight overweight adult become overweight overweight child classified as overweight
Related: obese weight gain body mass index diet calorie obesity sedentary
obese /oʊˈbiːs/
(adj.) 肥胖的:
- Childhood <u>obese</u> rates have risen sharply in many countries.
Collocations: morbidly obese obese patients clinically obese obese population become obese
Related: overweight obesity weight loss bariatric dietary health risk exercise
nearly /ˈnɪrli/
(adv.) 几乎:
- I've been standing in line for <u>nearly</u> forty minutes.
Collocations: nearly impossible nearly every nearly half nearly died not nearly enough
Related: almost approximately about practically virtually roughly barely
obesity /oʊˈbiːsəti/
(n.)(u) 肥胖:
- Childhood <u>obesity</u> is becoming a serious public health crisis.
Collocations: childhood obesity obesity epidemic obesity rate combat obesity obesity-related disease
Related: overweight BMI body fat calorie diet nutrition sedentary
put sb. on
欺骗某人:
- Don't get upset, I'm just <u>putting you on</u> — I'd never actually move to Alaska.
Collocations: just putting you on put him on about totally put me on with a straight face for a laugh
Related: pull someone's leg kid tease mess with joke prank deceive
decipher /dɪˈsaɪfər/
(v.)(vt.) 破译，解读 (过去式 deciphered，现在分词 deciphering):
- I can't <u>decipher</u> what he wrote on this sticky note at all.
Collocations: decipher a code decipher a message difficult to decipher attempt to decipher decipher handwriting
Related: decode interpret unravel figure out make sense of crack translate
conspiracy theory
阴谋论:
- He spends way too much time online reading <u>conspiracy theories</u>.
Collocations: spread a conspiracy theory believe in conspiracy theories wild conspiracy theory online conspiracy theory popular conspiracy theory
Related: cover-up hoax disinformation rumor skeptic false flag secret plot
BMI /ˌbiː em ˈaɪ/
(n.)(c) 身体质量指数:
- My doctor said that a healthy <u>BMI</u> is usually between 18.5 and 24.9.
Collocations: calculate your BMI high BMI low BMI BMI chart healthy BMI
Related: body mass index obesity overweight waist circumference body fat percentage weight height