The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric human __1__ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing with animal foods __2__An analysis of 58 societies of modern hunter-gatherers, including the Kung of southern Africa, revealed that one-half emphasize gathering plants foods,
/ K* r( E4 D5 t7 o& T one-third concentrate on fishing, and only one-sixth are primarily hunters,Overall, two-thirds and more of the hunter-gatherer’s calories come from _3__plants. Detailed studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the University of London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 edible __4__calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240. __5__Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung diet, and no __6__one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if they escape fatal infections or accidents, these contemporary aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence __7__of medical care. They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little dental decay, no high blood pressure, no heart disease, and their blood cholesterol levels are very low (about half of the average American adult). __8__If no one is suggesting that we return to an aboriginal life style, we certainly __9__could use their eating habits as a model for healthier diet. __10__/ @9 |% Q: a$ s
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/ h+ T7 ?* j4 `) @2 n+ A$ y 1 将as 改为like。此处的意思是“像史前人类祖先那样生活”。
# P t: Q, }! r& g) V 2 将supplementing改为supplemented。supplemented 修饰diet,可以看作which is supplemented with animal foods的简化形式。
; E4 m6 G% I; V# F9 E; Z 3 将and 改为or。# l8 @+ b, k6 x
4将in改为on。on average 是固定用法。: P$ ]3 d, m* C4 s: [4 Y5 c
5 将as 改为while或者whereas
1 Q3 |, S5 J* n+ H- [1 n 6删掉for,或者将provide改为account。此处provide 是及物动词,后面不用介词for
' E P! e C! J: M9 ? 7 删掉第一个of。despite 做介词,后面直接接名词。
- t2 b8 U, O& W8 ?8 \+ P2 A 8 在half后加that。that 指代前面的blood cholesterol levels,不能省略,因为这里是将部落成员的胆固醇含量与美国人的胆固醇含量相比较。$ j+ c$ S% M4 ? f3 J1 J
9将if改为whereas或者while。此处意思为“尽管没有人……,但是……”,是转折关系。
0 D1 G4 `( x0 }2 w- Y; z 10在for后面加不定冠词a。 |