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Session 23

On today’s programme we will learn information and language about how diet can relate to our ethnicity.
આજનાં પà«àª°à«‹àª—à«àª°àª¾àª®àª®àª¾àª‚ જાણીશà«àª‚ કે કઈ રીતે ભોજન આપણી વંશીયતા સાથે સંબંધીત છે. આ વિશે માહિતી મેળવવાની સાથે-સાથે મહતà«àª¤à«àªµàª¨à«€ ભાષા પણ શીખીશà«àª‚.

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How fat can we get before we become unhealthy?

Before you listen/Pre-listening

Consider the following questions:

  • Do you think everybody gains and loses weight in the same way?
  • What factors might influence our body size?

Listen to the audio and take the quiz.

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પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
હેલà«àª²à«‹ àªàª¨à«àª¡ Welcome to Listen here! આ àªàª• àªàªµà«‹ કારà«àª¯àª•à«àª°àª® છે જà«àª¯àª¾àª‚ તમે શીખશો અંગà«àª°à«‡àªœà«€ સમાચારોની અંદર ઉપયોગમાં લેવાતા ભાષા વિશે. હà«àª‚ છà«àª‚ રીષી.

Sam
Hi, I'm Sam! 

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
Hey Sam! Stop eating that! It's too early for cake! આજે આપણે વાત કરીશà«àª‚ કે ચરબીયà«àª•à«àª¤ ભોજનથી આપણાં સà«àªµàª¾àª¸à«àª¥àª¯ ઉપર શà«àª‚ અસર પડે છે.

Sam
Don't worry! I won't get fat. I have a high metabolism.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
Metabolism àªàª• સંજà«àªžàª¾ છે જેનો અરà«àª¥ થાય છે ઊરà«àªœàª¾ ઉતà«àªªàª¨à«àª¨ કરવાની અને વà«àª¯àª¯ કરવાની દર. Metabolism àªàªŸàª²à«‡ શરીરની રાસાયણિક પà«àª°àª•à«àª°àª¿àª¯àª¾àª“ જે ભોજનને ઊરà«àªœàª¾ અને વૃદà«àª§àª¿ માટે ઉપયોગ થવામાં મદદરૂપ થાય છે.

Sam 
And food is the thing we metabolise to gain this energy! Just like my cake.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
મિતà«àª°à«‹, હવે તમે આજની કà«àª²àª¿àªª સાંભળો જે BBC 5 Live's નાં કારà«àª¯àª•à«àª°àª® Afternoon Edition માંથી છે.કà«àª²àª¿àªªàª®àª¾àª‚ ડૉકà«àªŸàª° આનà«àªµàª‚શિક metabolism àªµàª¿àª¶à«‡ જણાવી રહà«àª¯àª¾àª‚ છે. તેમનાં મà«àªœàª¬ ઠકઈ બાબતો છે જે આપણાં મેટૅબલિàªàª®àª¨à«€ દર નકà«àª•à«€ કરે છે?

Insert
Ooh! OK, so, I think undoubtedly there are genetic influences on your metabolism. So, between two different people, you know, my metabolism might be very different from your metabolism. But, the biggest thing that actually in a human being, the biggest thing that actually controls your metabolism is actually your body size. And the bigger your body size, the higher your metabolism. The smaller you are, the slower your metabolism.

Sam
So, he says your body size determines how high your metabolism is.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
હવે ફરીથી સાંભળો, શરીરનાં કદ અને મેટૅબલિàªàª® વચà«àªšà«‡àª¨àª¾àª‚ સંબંધ વિશે જણવવાં માટે વકà«àª¤àª¾àª‚ કà«àª¯àª¾ શબà«àª¦à«‹àª¨à«‹ ઉપયોગ કરે છે.

Insert
And the bigger your body size, the higher your metabolism. The smaller you are, the slower your metabolism.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
અહીં, વકà«àª¤àª¾àª‚ બે વાકà«àª¯àª¾àª‚શનો ઉપયોગ કરે છે અને બનà«àª¨à«‡ અંગà«àª°à«‡àªœà«€ શબà«àª¦ 'the' થી શરૂ થાય છે અને તà«àª²àª¾àª¨àª¾àª¤à«àª®àª• વિશેષણ છે. આ બે વાકà«àª¯àª¾àª‚શ વચà«àªšà«‡àª¨à«‹ સમતોલ સંબંધ જણાવે છે.

Sam
Right, he said 'the bigger you are, the higher your metabolism'. We can also use 'more', with a verb phrase. For example, 'the more you study, the more you learn!'

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
Or, the more cake you eat, the fatter you get!

Sam
Hey!

Sam
Sentences like this have an interesting rhythm. Practice saying it with me.

The more you study

The more you learn

The more you study, the more you learn.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
વકà«àª¤àª¾àª‚ ઠપણ જણાવે છે કે કઈ રીતે genetic influences આપણાં metabolism àª‰àªªàª° અસર કરે છે. Genetic influencesનો અરà«àª¥ થાય છે આનà«àªµàª‚શિક પà«àª°àª­àª¾àªµ. પણ આપણાં જનિન તતà«àªµà«‹, વંશીયતા અને વજન વચà«àªšà«‡ શà«àª‚ સંબંધ છે? જાણà«àªµàª¾ માટે સાંભળો.

Insert
I think Chinese people, which I am, tend to be, smaller, and tend to not be able to carry as much fat before they become ill. All of us have a safe fat-carrying capacity, OK, and it's when we carry too much fat that we become ill. But all of us have different fat-carrying capacities. So Chinese people can't really get all that large before they get ill. I'm generalising, obviously, for an ethnicity. But take some people like the Polynesians, for example, they can get huge! They can get enormous before they actually go into disease.

Sam
He says different ethnicities have different fat-carrying capacities.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
An ethnicity àªàªŸàª²à«‡ લોકોનો àªàª• મોટો જૂથ જે સમાન રાષà«àªŸà«àª°à«€àª¯, વંશીય અથવા સાંસà«àª•à«ƒàª¤àª¿àª• મૂળ ધરાવે છે. A capacity àªàª• સંજà«àªžàª¾ છે જેનો અરà«àª¥ થાય છે હેતૠઅથવા કંઈક કરવાની કà«àª·àª®àª¤àª¾. આનો ઉપયોગ કà«àª°àª¿àª¯àª¾àªªàª¦ have સાથે કરવામાં આવે છે.

Sam
So, our fat-carrying capacity describes our ability to carry fat!

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
ચીની લોકોનાં ચરબી વહન કરવાની કà«àª·àª®àª¤àª¾àª¨à«àª‚ ડૉકà«àªŸàª° કઈ રીતે વરà«àª£àª¨ કરે છે? જાણવા માટે સાંભળો.

Insert
Chinese people can't really get all that large before they get ill. I'm generalising, obviously, for an ethnicity. But take some people like the Polynesians, for example, they can get huge! They can get enormous before they actually go into disease.

Sam
He said that Chinese people, who are smaller, can't carry much fat before they fall ill.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
To fall ill àªàª• વધૠરીત છે કહેવાની કે બીમાર પડી જઈશ. આ 'get sick' કરતાં વધૠઔપચારિક છે.

Sam
And he said that Polynesians can get enormous before they fall ill!

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
Polynesians àªàªŸàª²à«‡ પોલીનેસિયાનો રહેવાસી અથના વંશજ. તો, મને લાગે છે કે કેટલà«àª‚ ચરબી મેળવી શકીઠતેની મરà«àª¯àª¾àª¦àª¾ આપણી metabolism અને size દà«àªµàª¾àª°àª¾ નકà«àª•à«€ થાય છે. બનà«àª¨à«‡ આપણા વંશીયતા સાથે સંબંધિત છે.

પà«àª°à«‡àªàª¨à«àªŸàª°
મિતà«àª°à«‹, આજે આપણે જે શબà«àª¦à«‹ વિશે જાણà«àª¯à«àª‚ તે છે metabolism, genetic, capacity, fall ill àª…ને polynesian. àª¸àª¾àª¥à«‡-સાથે the àª…ને comparative clauses àªµàª¿àª¶à«‡ પણ જાણà«àª¯à«àª‚. Thanks for listening us and see you next time! Bye!

Language features

‘the, the’ + comparative adjectives

We can introduce clauses with [the + comparative] to indicate a relationship of proportion.

The older I get, the more sensible I become.
[= As I become older, I become more sensible.]

We can also use the more and the less without adjectives in the same way.

  • The more you study, the more you learn. 

capacity

Capacity is a noun which means ‘ability to do something’. We use it with the verb ‘have’.

  • You definitely have the capacity to learn to drive! You just need lessons!

It can also mean ‘a professional position or role’.

  • In my capacity as Director, I am entitled to make decisions regarding the payment employees receive every month.

It can also mean ‘the maximum amount which something can hold’.

  • We can’t let any more people in, I’m afraid. The theatre has reached capacity.

ethnicity

Ethnic is an adjective relating to groups of people who are united by certain details. These could be cultural, biological or geographical (amongst others).

  • Chinese people are a minority ethnic group in England.

The noun form of ethnic is ethnicity. It means ‘the state of belonging to an ethnic group’.

  • The company has regulations in place to make sure that everyone is treated fairly, regardless of their age or ethnicity. 

How fat can we get before we become unhealthy?

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  • metabolism
    ઊરà«àªœàª¾ ઉતà«àªªàª¨à«àª¨ કરવાની અને વà«àª¯àª¯ કરવાની દર

    genetic
    આનà«àªµàª‚શિક

    capacity
    હેતૠઅથવા કંઈક કરવાની કà«àª·àª®àª¤àª¾

    fall ill
    બીમાર પડી જઈશ

    polynesian
    પોલીનેસિયાનો વંશજ અથવા રહેવાસી

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