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The Mexican government proposed penalizing sugary beverages with a special tax in an effort to contain twin epidemics of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, attempting to join countries such as France and Hungary in taxing sweet drinks in the name of public health.

墨西哥政府力圖遏止肥胖與二型糖尿病雙生流行病，提案以特別稅懲罰含糖飲料，打算像法國和匈牙利一樣，用公共衛生名義對含糖飲料課稅。

President Enrique Peña Nieto’s tax overhaul targets all sugar-sweetened beverages, not just soda, in a country where seven of 10 adults are either overweight or obese. An estimated 15% of people over age 20 have adult-onset diabetes.

總統潘尼亞．尼托的稅制改革提案，目標不只是汽水，而是所有加糖飲料。這個國家每10名成人就有7人體重過重或病態肥胖。估計20歲以上的人有15％罹患成年發病型糖尿病。

The sugar content of carbonated soda has received heaps of attention in Mexico recently. An initiative in the Senate called for a 20% tax on soda.

碳酸飲料的糖份問題，近年在墨西哥受到極大關注。參議院的一項提案要求對汽水課徵20％的稅。

The bill proposed Sunday would apply a tax of one peso （eight cents） for each liter of sugar-sweetened beverage. The government said the tax of one peso per liter would bring in a little more than $900 million a year in revenue.

週日提出的這項提案將對每公升加糖飲料課徵1披索（8美分）的稅。政府說，每公升課徵1披索的稅，1年將帶來略高於9億美元的稅收。

Mexico’s Congress by mid-November is expected to approve the broader fiscal proposal, including the soft-drink tax, without substantial changes.

預期墨西哥國會將在11月中旬前，幾乎原封不動地批准包括軟性飲料稅在內的廣泛財政提案。

新聞辭典

contain：動詞，在本文中意為遏制，克制。例句：Doctors are trying to contain the spread of the disease.（醫師正設法遏止這種疾病蔓延。）

overhaul：動詞或名詞，徹底檢修，大幅更新修改。例句：It’s time to overhaul our criminal justice system.（該是改革我國刑事司法體系的時候了。）

heap：名詞，堆疊，大量（用複數形）；動詞，堆疊。例句：We still have heaps of time to finish our work.（我們還有很多時間完成工作。）

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