Mr Beer used to run a cleaning business and had to give up work six years ago following a stroke.

　　比尔曾经经营过一家清洁公司，但在6年前因遭受中风，之后便停止了工作。

　　The couple receive around £1,700 a month in benefits. The rent on their one-bedroom flat is paid for by the taxpayer, and a carer comes twice daily to clean and help Mr Beer dress, but the taxpayer pays the £8,000-a-year cost.

　　比尔和米歇尔每个月可以领到约1700英镑的补助。他们租住的公寓及各种费用等每年8000英镑的花费同样不用他们付钱，每天两次有护工过来打扫并帮助比尔穿衣服。

　　Mr Beer also uses a specially strengthened mobility scooter, provided at public expense.

　　比尔走动也必须依靠一辆专门设计的小轮车。

　　He insists he wants a job but says no one will give him work because of his weight. And yesterday, he blamed the Government for being too generous to those on benefits.

　　比尔说他想要工作，但因为他太胖没人愿意提供工作给他。他抱怨这是因为政府的补助政策太好了。

　　Speaking on ITV’s This Morning programme, Mr Beer said: ‘The Government is making it easy for people like us. The Government is making it easy for people on benefits.’ He said he didn’t think he deserved anything, adding: ‘I’m the one who put myself in this situation, no one else.’ However, he insisted he was now suffering from ‘prejudice’. He said he recently applied for an office job but claims he was turned down because he was too overweight.

　　他说：“政府对我们这样的人提供了太大的便利。足够的补助让我们生活并不困难。”他觉得他并不该拥有这些补助，“是我把自己弄成这个样子的，与其他人无关。”但是他也说他现在遭受到了“歧视”。他说他最近申请了一份办公室的工作，但因为太胖而遭到拒绝。

　　Mr Beer said he became so overweight because of an addiction to food, but is now trying to sort himself out and plans to go to a boot camp later this month.

　　比尔说他是因为贪吃才这么胖的，现在他已经在尝试规范饮食，并计划参加减肥训练营。

　　The couple both attended weight loss groups and courses at public expense in the run up to the wedding.

　　这对情侣目前都在为婚礼而努力瘦身中。

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