双语趣听精彩世界 第134期:餐馆菜单也标卡路里 估计没用

 　　美国国家公共广播电台:在美国超市里售卖的食品,外包装上都会清楚地标明卡路里,而近来一项调查显示,当地很多连锁餐馆也开始行动起来,帮助人们减少卡路里的摄入.

　　餐馆菜单也标卡路里 估计没用

　　NPR NEWS: Big food retailers¹ in the US have eliminated² billions of calories from the packaged foods they sell in supermarkets.

　　Now comes a study that finds large U.S. restaurant chains are doing some calorie cutting as well.

　　Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health documented a decline³ of about 60 calories, on average, in new menu items in 2013, compared with calories in new menu items in 2012. This represents about a 12 percent drop in calories.

　　It's been about six years since the city of New York started a campaign called "Read 'em before you eat 'em", urging New Yorkers to take note of calories posted on menus. Consumers say they welcome the campaign.

1 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

2 eliminated   

v.排除( eliminate的过去式和过去分词 )；消除；除掉；干掉

参考例句：

• He was eliminated in the first round of voting. 他在第一轮投票中被淘汰。
• Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest. 因为她把那个单词写错了，所以不能参加比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 decline   

n.衰微，跌落，下降；vt.使降低，婉谢；vi.下降，衰落，偏斜

参考例句：

• I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
• The birthrate is on the decline.出生率在下降。