VOA慢速英语 2008 1007a
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2008（十）月
英语课
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
New rules will let millions of Americans know where more of their food came from. The law is known as COOL -- Country of Origin Labeling.
Congress first passed the law in two thousand two. Stores have had to label seafood 1 by country of origin since two thousand five. But industry pressure delayed other requirements until last week.
Products that must now be labeled include fresh fruits and vegetables, muscle meats and some kinds of nuts. But the rules are complex, and many foods are excluded. For example, organ meats are excluded. So are processed foods, including cooked or smoked foods.
The same food may sometimes have to be labeled and other times not. Fresh or frozen peas, for example, have to be labeled but not canned peas. Foods that are mixed with other foods are also excluded.
Mixed nuts, for example, do not need to be labeled. The same is true of a salad mix that contains different things like lettuce 2 and carrots. Or a fruit cup that combines different fruits.
Also, the law excludes restaurants and other food service establishments. Department of Agriculture officials say the law is really meant for larger grocery stores.
The United States has imported more and more food in recent years to save money and expand choices. Country-of-origin labeling has become more common lately but has still been limited in many stores.
Food safety is one reason why some shoppers pay close attention to where foods came from. For example, when a large number of people recently got sick from salmonella, officials blamed peppers from Mexico. Yet the last big food scare involved spinach 3 grown in California.
But labeling is also a way for people to know they are getting what they want. Some want to buy local foods or foods from a particular country.
The country-of-origin labeling law gives establishments thirty days to correct any violations 5 that are found. Stores and suppliers that are found to be willfully violating the law could be fined one thousand dollars per violation 4. Federal inspectors 6 are not to take action to enforce the law for six months, until April, to give time for an education campaign.
Some food safety activists 7 say they are generally pleased with the law. Chris Waldrop is head of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation 8 of America. He calls it a good step that will give people more useful information.
And that’s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. I'm Jim Tedder 9.
New rules will let millions of Americans know where more of their food came from. The law is known as COOL -- Country of Origin Labeling.
Congress first passed the law in two thousand two. Stores have had to label seafood 1 by country of origin since two thousand five. But industry pressure delayed other requirements until last week.
Products that must now be labeled include fresh fruits and vegetables, muscle meats and some kinds of nuts. But the rules are complex, and many foods are excluded. For example, organ meats are excluded. So are processed foods, including cooked or smoked foods. The same food may sometimes have to be labeled and other times not. Fresh or frozen peas, for example, have to be labeled but not canned peas. Foods that are mixed with other foods are also excluded.
Mixed nuts, for example, do not need to be labeled. The same is true of a salad mix that contains different things like lettuce 2 and carrots. Or a fruit cup that combines different fruits.
Also, the law excludes restaurants and other food service establishments. Department of Agriculture officials say the law is really meant for larger grocery stores.
The United States has imported more and more food in recent years to save money and expand choices. Country-of-origin labeling has become more common lately but has still been limited in many stores.
Food safety is one reason why some shoppers pay close attention to where foods came from. For example, when a large number of people recently got sick from salmonella, officials blamed peppers from Mexico. Yet the last big food scare involved spinach 3 grown in California.
But labeling is also a way for people to know they are getting what they want. Some want to buy local foods or foods from a particular country.
The country-of-origin labeling law gives establishments thirty days to correct any violations 5 that are found. Stores and suppliers that are found to be willfully violating the law could be fined one thousand dollars per violation 4. Federal inspectors 6 are not to take action to enforce the law for six months, until April, to give time for an education campaign.
Some food safety activists 7 say they are generally pleased with the law. Chris Waldrop is head of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation 8 of America. He calls it a good step that will give people more useful information.
And that’s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. I'm Jim Tedder 9.
n.海产食品，海味，海鲜
- There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
- Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。
n.莴苣；生菜
- Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
- The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。
n.菠菜
- Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
- You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。
n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯
- He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
- He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。