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Indian state introduces 'fat tax' 印度一省擬征收“脂肪稅”

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Malnutrition is still, of course, a major problem in India, so it's perhaps surprising that many Indians are seriously overweight. In fact, obesity has become such a major concern there, one state has proposed a so-called fat tax of 14.5% on restaurants that sell fast food, to try to make people more health conscious.

眾所周知，在印度，營養(yǎng)不良仍是一個嚴重的問題，所以要說很多印度人的體重嚴重超標，則可能會令人有些吃驚。其實，肥胖癥已成為該國所面臨的一個主要擔憂，以至于印度一個省份提議征收所謂的“脂肪稅” — 對餐廳里出售的快餐征收14.5%的“脂肪稅”以使人們提高健康意識。

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malnutrition

營養(yǎng)不良

so-called

所謂的

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malnutrition / so-called

1. I don't know how effective this __________ miracle diet is.

2. Humanitarian convoys have uncovered emergency levels of severe _________ in northern Nigeria.

答案

1. I don't know how effective this so-called miracle diet is.

2. Humanitarian convoys have uncovered emergency levels of severe malnutrition in northern Nigeria.