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大学英语四六级晨读经典365:冬日激情篇 292 Picking Healthy Restaurant Foods Is not So Easy在餐厅寻找健康食物并不容易(mp3)

292 Picking Healthy Restaurant Foods Is not So Easy

292 在餐厅寻找健康食物并不容易

Picking the healthiset item on a restaurant menu is not as easy as it seems,according to a new poll that found most respondents were unable to identify the dishes lowest in calories,salt and fat.

从餐厅的菜单上选出一份最健康的食品并不像看起来那么容易,根据最近一项民意测验显示,大多数被测者都不能选出一份低卡路里、盐和脂肪的菜品。

In the poll,which was commissioned by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy,523 repondents were given a choice of four menu items from popular restaurant chains and asked to select which were lowest in fat,calories and salt.

此次民意测验是由加利福尼亚公共卫生拥护中心策划进行的523名被测者要从四道菜品中选出一道脂肪,卡路里和盐含量最低的菜.这四道菜均来自受欢迎的餐饮连锁店。

The first question asked people to choose which Denny's dish was lowest in calories:a ham and cheddar omelet,counry fried seak and eggs,three slices of French toast with syrup and margarine,or three pancakes with syrup and margarine.

第一个问题让人们选出哪一道丹尼斯快餐所含卡路里量最低火腿煎蛋卷。乡村油炸牛排加鸡蛋,三片法国烤面包片加果汁浆和人造奶油,三个薄煎饼加果汁浆和人造奶油。

The answer?Country fried steak and eggs.

答案是?乡村油炸牛排加鸡蛋。

The poll's three other questions asked respondents to make similar choices about menu items from chili's and Macaroni Grill,both units of Dallas,Texas-based Brinker International Inc.,and from No.1 restaurant chain McDonald's.

民意测验的另外三个问题都是让被测者做出类似的选择,菜肴均来自法兰德斯皇朝牛排屋,达拉斯和得克萨斯布林克尔国际公司,麦当劳第一连锁店。

None of the respondens answered all four questions correctly,and 68 percent failed all of them.Less than 1percent answered three of four questions correctly,and education and income levels had no impact,the CCPHA said.

加利福尼亚公共卫生拥护中心的官员说,没有人完全答对这四个问题.其中68%的人全部答错。不到1%的人答对三题,受教育程度和收入水平对此无任何影响。

The CCPHA said the poll's results contrast with the restaurant industry's claims that eateries "offer plenty of healthy choices and people just need to order better."

加利福尼亚公共卫生拥护中心的官员说,民意测验的结果与餐饮业所声称的”提供丰富的健康选择,人们只需点更好的菜”这一说法形成了强烈的反差。

"I have a doctorate in public health,and I failed this quiz,"Dr.Harold Goldstein,executive director of the CCPHA,said."Common sense does not help...who would think that a large chocolate shake at McDonald's has more calories than two Big Macs?"

“我有公共卫生博士学位.但在这次测验中却不及格。”加利福尼亚公共卫生拥护中心的哈罗德博士说:“常识不起作用……谁能想得到麦当劳一大杯巧克力奶昔中所含的卡路里比两个巨无霸还多?”

In recent years,many chains,including Denny's and McDonald's,have voluntarily posted the untritional information of their foods online or in their restaurants.

近年采,许多连锁店,包括丹尼斯快餐和麦当劳连锁店自愿把他们食物的营养信息贴到网上或餐厅量。

Those moves came as restaurant chains faced increasing criticism from health advocaers and others for contributing to the prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults and children.

越来越多的健康提倡者批评指责餐厅连锁店,还有人指责它们促使了美国成年人及儿童肥胖症的盛行。

Eighty-four percent of the CCPHA poll's respondents supporeted requiring restaurant chains to post nutritional information.

84%的被测者支持要求餐厅连锁店张贴营养信息表。

About two-thirds of U.S. adults and 17 percent of children and adolescents are considered to be overweight or obese,according to federal health officials.

根据联邦政府健康部官员统计,在美国,大约三分之二的成人,17%的儿童和青少年超重或肥胖。