If current trends continue, it will soon surpass smoking in the U. s. as the biggest single factor in early death, reduced quality of life and added health care costs.

如果按目前的趋势下去，肥胖很快就会赶超吸烟，成为美国最大的健康杀手，导致英年早逝，生活质量下降，医疗保健费用增加。

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If someone visiting the U. S. asks a question or makes a statement and gets "whatever" as a response, it means the person responding doesn't care what the foreigner has to say.

如果某人在去美国的时候，问了一个问题或者说了什么话得到“Whatever”这个回答的话，就意味着回答他的那个人根本不在意他说了什么。

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Wow…u care so much but u didn't google it?Because if u did u wouldn't have misunderstood my sarcasm.

你们那么关注却不去搜索一下?如果你有，便不会误解我的讽刺。

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Assuming these efforts succeed, and that's a big if, health care in the U.S. could begin to look a lot more like the centrally controlled systems of Canada, the U.K. and Europe.

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Earlier Tuesday, the Obama administration laid out its estimates of how the U.S. economy might benefit if health care costs are brought to heel and the uninsured get coverage.

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In conclusion, I believe the U. S. stock markets offer many good values if you select with care.

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