ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ሰላም፡ እንቋዕ ናብዚ ሓቀኛ ዛንታት ቋንቋ እንግሊዝ ሰሚዕኩም ክትርድኡ ዝሕግዘኩም መደብ ብደሓን መጻእኩም። ስመይ ተክለማርያም በኪት’ዩ።

Tom
And I’m Tom! Hi again everyone. Today we’re listening to a discussion about the effects of fat on our brains.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ናይ ሎሚ መደብና ካብ ቢቢሲ መደብ Bringing up Britain ዝወሰድናዮ እዩ። ሓንቲ ኪኢላ ስነ-መግቢ፡ ብዛዕባ ኣገዳስነት ስብሒታት ኣብ ስርዓተ ኣመጋግባና ‘diet’ እያ ትዛረብ። ‘dietary fats’ ድማ’ዮም ዝበሃሉ። ስለምንታይ’ያ እቶም ስብሕታት ኣገደስቲ ምዃኖም ትጸቅጥ? ነቲ እትጠቕሶ ሚእታዊት ስምዑ።

Insert
I think almost everyone would do better if they were to realise how much impact things like sugar and refined carbohydrates can have. Now, the area of the diet most people absolutely don't understand is to do with dietary fats - the brain, it's 60% fat!

Tom
Wow! Sixty percent of the brain is fat!

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Yes! And she mentions that sugar and carbohydrates, ሽኮራውያን ዓይነት መግቢ, are bad too! She said that people would do better if they realised the impact these things can have.

Tom
But she doesn’t quite say ‘if they realised’. She says something slightly different. What is it? Let’s listen again.

Insert
I think almost everyone would do better if they were to realise how much impact things like sugar and refined carbohydrates can have.

Tom
So, she says ‘if they were to realise how much impact sugar and carbohydrates can have’.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
እወ። ኣብዚ ምሉእ ሓሳብ’ዚ ‘were’ ንግምታዊ ተኽእሎ ዝሕብር ሕሉፍ ግሲ ኮይኑ’ዩ ሰፊሩ ዘሎ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ‘to realise’ ጥራይ ኢና ንምልኣሉ።

Tom
She also stresses ‘if they were’, to stress that this is an unreal or imagined situation.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
So, if I were to suggest that we continue, would you agree?

Tom
Yes, I would! Let’s continue.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ኣሎኹም’ዶ። ነቶም እንምገቦም ዓይነታት ስብሒ ክንቆጻጸሮም ከም ዘለና ንምግላጽ እትጥቀመሎም ምኽንያታት እንታይ’ዮም። 

Insert
…the brain, it's 60% fat! It's the fat-rich organ, you know, that underlies all our behaviour, and its composition reflects the fats in our diets. So, if we don't get those right, there's no way that our brains are going to be able to function properly.

Tom
So, she says the brain is the organ that underlies our behaviour and it reflects that fats we eat in our diet.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
‘Organ’ ማለት  ክፍለ-ኣካል ማለት’ዩ። ‘To underlie’ ማለት ድማ ዝድርኽ ማለት’ዩ። She also uses an interesting adjective to describe the brain.

Tom
She does. Listen again for the two words that come before ‘organ’.

Insert
…the brain, it's 60% fat! It's the fat-rich organ, you know, that underlies all our behaviour, and its composition reflects the fats in our diets.

Tom
She said it’s a fat-rich organ.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
‘-rich’ ጥብቆ ኮይኑ ርእሱ ምስ ዝኸኣለ ስም ክንጥቀመሉ ንኽእል፡ ከምኡ’ውን ዝለዓለ መጠን ናይ ምውናን ዓይነት ዘርኢይ ቕጽል እዩ።

Tom
So I could eat a vitamin-rich lunch full of fruit and vegetables.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ኣብ መደምደምታ፡ እቲ ዘድሊ ዓይነት ስብሒ እንተድኣ ዘይበላዕና እታ ተዛራቢት እንታይ ከጋጥመና’ዩ ኢላ’ያ ትምዕድ?

Insert
It's the fat-rich organ, you know, that underlies all our behaviour, and its composition reflects the fats in our diets. So, if we don't get those right, there's no way that our brains are going to be able to function properly.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ኣብዚ እቲ ተዛራቢ ‘if’ ዝብል ተደራቢ ተወሳኺ ሓሳብ ይጥቀም ኣሎ-  ናይ ሓደ ክኸውን ዝኽእል ነገር ንምግላጽ ድማ ‘going to’ ተጠቒሙ’ሎ።

Tom
That’s right! She says ‘if we don't get those right, there's no way that our brains are going to be able to function properly’.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ቀጺላ ድማ ‘there’s no way’ ትብል።

Tom
And no way means 'there's no possibility'. Also, she doesn’t say ‘our brains are going to be able to function properly’. She uses the contracted form, ‘gonna’. Say it with me to practise.

gonna
gonna be able
gonna be able to function

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Thanks, Tom! So, do you control the amount of fat you eat?

Tom
There’s no way I’m gonna be able to answer that question as we’re gonna run out of time!

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
You’re right! ኣብ ዝቕጽል ክሳብ ንራኸብ፡ ኩሉኹም ደሓን ቀንዩ፡ 

Tom
See you then everybody! Bye!