The net result is a more sluggish metabolism that stores, rather than burns, incoming excess calories.

最终结果是进行缓慢新陈代谢的卡路里更多是用以储存，而不是消耗。

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But it turns out that our bodies also make a unique form of fat tissue that behaves remarkably unlike any other: Rather than storing excess energy, this fat actually burns through it.

但事实证明，人体也能产生一种独特的脂肪组织，它的表现明显不同于其它任何脂肪——不是储存过剩的能量，而是实际上燃烧掉它们。

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Called brown fat, it burns energy rather than storing it.

这种脂肪名为褐色脂肪，与普通脂肪不同，其作用是消耗能量，而非储存能量。

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He said all of those injuries were traumatic, such as broken bones, rather than burns or smoke inhalation.

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So for the moment the roadmap exists only on paper - the violence goes on - and Mr Burns may find that, rather than swallowing his reassurances about the efforts of the quartet, his Arab hosts are likely to rehearse their anxieties over US plans for Iraq.

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