In a nation where close to a tenth of the population has diabetes and heart disease is the number-one killer, our food system is a national disgrace and a public health disaster.

必記詞匯：

①nation ['ne??n] n.?

國(guó)家?

②tenth [t?nθ] n.?

十分之一?

③population [,pɑpju'le??n] n.?

人口?

④diabetes [,da??'bitiz] n.?

糖尿病?

⑤disease [d?'ziz] n.?

疾病?

⑥number-one a.?

頭號(hào)的?

⑦killer ['k?l?] n.?

殺手?

⑧system ['s?st?m] n.?

體制?

⑨national ['n??n?l] a.

?國(guó)家的?

⑩disgrace [d?s'ɡres]?n.?

恥辱?

?disaster [d?'z?st?] n.?

災(zāi)難

寫作積累：

①close to?

接近?

②a tenth of?

十分之一?

③heart disease?

心臟病?

④the number-one killer?

頭號(hào)殺手?

⑤our food system?

我們的食品體制?

⑥a national disgrace?

國(guó)家的恥辱?

⑦a public health disaster?

公共衛(wèi)生的災(zāi)難

結(jié)構(gòu)解析：

In a nation｛where …｝?

where引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾限定nation。

參考譯文：

在一個(gè)近十分之一的民眾患有糖尿病且心臟病是頭號(hào)殺手的國(guó)家，我們的食品體制是國(guó)家的恥辱，也是公共衛(wèi)生的災(zāi)難。