还记得大一放假回家时母亲看到你时的表情吗?可能眼里有泪光,但还携带些许安慰:孩子没瘦,还胖了点,看来大学生活还很好。估计不少人都会有如此的历程吧,大一那一年好像是体重增长相当疯狂的一年,到底是心宽体胖,还是学校伙食太好,无从得知。而且,这是全世界的大一学生都会历程的一个过程,所以这个现象有个形象的英文名freshman1 15。

15 is said to be the number of pounds that many students gain in their first year of college; and freshman 15 is the often observed phenomenon of weight gain among first year college students.

据了解,之所以会出现15这个数字是由于不少学生在大一这一年体重会增加15磅;而freshman 15则指代学生上大一时体重增加这个现象。

Health educators at American universities say that the Freshman 15 have been on the scene as long as they have. It seems fairly common.

美国各大学的健康教育学家们表示大一新生体重增加的现象由来已久,仿佛已经不足为奇了。