ESL Podcast 423 – Reading Food Labels
时间：2019-01-10 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
I never read food labels until I started going out with Wendy. She’s studying to be a nutritionist. When we go grocery shopping, she reads every label.
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Wendy: You’re not buying that, are you?
Ichirou: Well, I was thinking about it. Why?
Wendy: Each serving size has 30 grams of fat, and 10 of those are trans fat. The sodium 1 level is through the roof, and it’s full of carbohydrates 2. Do you really want to put that in your body?
Ichirou: Um, I guess not.
Wendy: What are these cookies doing in the basket?
Ichirou: Those are my favorite. I always get them. I got the low-fat kind, see?
Wendy: Even so, they’re full of calories. They may be reduced fat, but they’re not low fat. You don’t eat this kind of cereal do you?
Ichirou: Yeah, I do.
Wendy: Look at the percent daily values. You get nearly no nutrients 3 and no dietary fiber 4, and it’s full of sugar.
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I really like Wendy, but I’m not sure how long I can take this. She has the best of intentions, but will my stomach ever forgive me if I keep going out with her? That’s the question.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
- Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。
- The plant uses the carbohydrates to make cellulose. 植物用碳水化合物制造纤维素。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All carbohydrates originate from plants. 所有的碳水化合物均来自植物。 来自辞典例句
- a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
- Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》