?? VISIT any culinary establishment in Budapest and some of the reasons why Hungary is the most obese country in Europe will soon become clear. In the coffee houses, you’ll see dobostorta, a five-layer chocolate buttercream concoction topped with glazed caramel; somloi galuska, a chocolate and rum sponge cake; and gesztenyepure, a chestnut purée served with whipped cream. In markets you can buy slabs of fried dough covered in cheese, bread served with goose fat and lumps of lard and, of course, lashings of goulash.
1) culinary 英 [?k?l?n?ri] 美 [?k?l?neri] adj.廚房的，烹飪的;烹調用的
She was keen to acquire more advanced culinary skills
她熱切渴望學到更高超的烹飪技巧。
2) concoction 英 [k?n?k?k?n] 美 [k?n?kɑ:k?n] n.混合;調合;調合物
She enjoyed the concoction of foreign dishes.
她喜歡調制外國菜。
3) rum 英 [r?m] 美 [r?m] n.朗姆酒 adj.古怪的，奇特的;難對付的;蹩腳的
It was a joke, of course, but surely a rum sort of joke?
這當然是個玩笑，但是這個玩笑也太奇怪了吧？
4) lashings 英 ['l????z] 美 ['l????z] n.大量;許多;<主英口>很多，大量;鞭打( lashing的名詞復數 );痛斥
We made a tour of the yacht, checking lashings and emergency gear.
我們在那艘游艇上四處看了看，檢查了它的系索和應急裝置。
5) lump of clay 木頭人，死板的人;肉身；泥土之身(對人體的蔑稱，源自《圣經》)
The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
制陶工人把黏土塊捏塑成優美的形狀。
?? According to new data released by the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, almost two-thirds of Hungarians are overweight and nearly a third are obese. Hungarians eat fewer vegetables than most people in the rich world and more salt than any other EU state. Educated Hungarian men are at least as likely to be overweight as their unschooled male compatriots. Uneducated Hungarian women are 60% likelier to be obese than educated women; in slim Italy uneducated women are three times more likely to be obese. Hungarians’ life expectancy is five years below the EU average: 76.
?? In 2011Viktor Orban, the prime minister, declared that those who “live unhealthily” would have to pay more tax. That year his government, led by the populist Fidesz party, introduced one of the broadest levies on unhealthy foods in the world. Dubbed the “chips tax” it applies to sugar, salt, fat, booze and energy drinks. The rate changes depending on the type of food: the tax adds 250 forints ($0.91) to the cost of a litre of energy drink, for instance, and 500 forints to the cost of a kilogram of jam.
1) levy on 英 [?li:vi ?n] 美 [?l?vi ɑn] 向某人征收（稅款等）;<正>依法扣押（物品等）
Most people think of corporation tax as a levy on capital.
大多數人認為公司稅是對資本征的一種稅。
2) depending on 依據，根據
I tend to have a different answer, depending on the family
根據家庭的不同，我往往會給出不同的答案。
?? The policy has had some success. One review showed that 40% of manufacturers tweaked their recipes to use fewer unhealthy ingredients. Another study found that consumers shifted to cheaper, often healthier products. Three years after the tax was introduced, the consumption of sugary drinks had fallen by a tenth, says Michele Cecchini, an analyst at the OECD. By 2015 the tax had generated 61.3bn forints to help cover the cost of public health care.
1) tweak 英 [twi:k] 美 [twik] n.捏;擰;扭;苦惱 vt.稍稍調整（機器、系統等）
He tweaked Guy's ear roughly
他粗暴地扯蓋伊的耳朵。
2) shift to 英 [?ift tu:] 美 [??ft tu] 轉入
They see the shift to the right as a worldwide phenomenon.
他們認為政治上的右翼傾向是一個世界現象。
短語：shift to an earlier date 提前
shift to an earlier time 提早
shift to the left 英 [?ift tu: e? left] 美 [??ft tu ei l?ft] 白細胞左移，左移
And his choices are reassuring, especially for those who feared a shift to the left.
奧巴馬做出了讓人安心的選擇，特別是對于那些擔心他會出現政治左傾趨勢的人來說。
?? Other European countries are also attempting to trim waistlines by performing pays liposuction. In 2011Denmark introduced a tax on saturated fats. Just15 months later, however, as prices rose and Danes began popping over to Germany or Sweden to load up on lard, the policy was abandoned. In 2018 Britain (the second most obese country in Europe) will introduce a sugar tax that is expected to add 8p to a 70p can of Coke. Spain and Estonia have announced similar plans. Hungary’s example may tip the scales in Europe’s fight against fat. Hold the dumplings and pass the cucumber salad.
1） attempt to 英 [??tempt tu:] 美 [??t?mpt tu] 嘗試，企圖;試圖做某事
He made no attempt to conceal his dislike of me
他毫不掩飾對我的厭惡。
2） trim 英 [tr?m] 美 [tr?m] vt.裝飾;修剪;整理 adj.整齊的，整潔的;修長的;苗條的 n.修剪;整齊;健康狀態;裝束 vi.削減
The neighbours 'gardens were trim and neat.
鄰居們的花園整潔美觀。
短語 ：trim off 英 [trim ?f] 美 [tr?m ?f] 修剪
Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife
用一把快刀切去多余的餅皮。
trim up 修整;把 … 打扮得整整齊齊
Just trim it up a bit.
就只要修掉一點。
trim in 英 [trim in] 美 [tr?m ?n] 把（木板等）整齊嵌入[鑲入]
With minimum-wage income, he finds little fat to trim in his budget.
以他最低工資的收入，他的預算沒有再削減的馀地。
3） pop over 英 [p?p ??uv?] 美 [pɑp ?ov?] <口>（到…）去一下，作短暫的訪問
I'll pop over and see you this evening.
我今晚就趕去看你。
