时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:60秒科学


英语课

今年纽约州提交的财政预算案中有一项引发热议:向汽水等高热量饮料征收“肥胖税”。若预算案得以通过,含糖饮料将面临每盎司1美分的额外征税。这将给州政府带来每年10亿美元左右的财政收入,同时敦促人们减少汽水消费。然而涨价是否真能使消费者望而却步,转而支持健康饮食呢?


Here in New York, the pending 1 state budget includes one provision that’s probably making more news than the rest of the budget’s contents combined: a tax on nondiet soda 2 and other high-calorie drinks. If the budget is passed by the legislature, sugary drinks would be slapped with an extra penny-per-ounce excise 3 tax. The idea is to both raise money for the state—an estimated billion dollars a year—and motivate people to consume less soda. But do higher costs really get people to eat more healthfully?


A study published in the March 8th issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine [Kiyah Duffey et al, says yes. Researchers tracked the eating habits and health of over 5,000 young adults for two decades. They found that a 10 percent increase in the price of soda was associated with a 7 percent decrease in soda calories consumed. Higher prices were also associated with lower total calorie intake 4, lower body weight and improved insulin resistance.


The higher tax is, of course, a political decision, not a scientific one. But the science does support the idea that such sin taxes accomplish their healthful intent.

 



prep.直到,等待…期间;adj.待定的;迫近的
  • The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
  • He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
n.苏打水;汽水
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
n.(国产)货物税;vt.切除,删去
  • I'll excise the patient's burnt areas.我去切除病人烧坏的部分。
  • Jordan's free trade zone free of import duty,excise tax and all other taxes.约旦的自由贸易区免收进口税、国内货物税及其它一切税收。
n.吸入,纳入;进气口,入口
  • Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
  • There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
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affix a seal
arborine
autopilot engage and trim indicator
bad copy
battery terminal
block macromolecule
body hoop
bottom gradient electrode system
bulb nose
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calcaneocuboid articulation
carrier solvent
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control register instruction
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drop-in commercial
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expense not allocated
fermented tea
fertility of soil
frustillatim
fuel refuse-derived
graviditas tuboabdominalis
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heating systems
hierarchy model
His bark is worse than his bite.
hoglike
hold-over
I/O mode
Ilheus encephalitis
indian chocolates
invoicings
Johnson, Jack
Karvezide
keep one's eye on
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kick starter spring
krasorskii's method
Kronig's method
lane cake
leptospira tarassovi
lifeline pistol
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mediamax
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Nupasal
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on line service provider
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polyphase converter
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regional unconformity
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Rzhevsky
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servo
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St Anthony
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Themistian
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zizanin
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