夏说英语新闻晨读 第373期:办公室饮食危机

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Workplaces across America provide their employees with foods high in salt and refined grains and low in whole grains and fruit. Some of the most commonly obtained foods included beverages¹ like coffee and regular soft drinks, which are large sources of added sugar, sandwiches, water, tea, diet drinks, and the list rounds out with cookies and brownies, said Stephen Onufrak, an epidemiologist. Americans are not consuming enough fruits, vegetables, and dairy and it can be challenging to meet the new US Dietary Guidelines. One solution suggested by the authority: Employers could promote "worksite wellness" programs to encourage healthy eating and include food options that follow the US Dietary Guidelines in vending² machines and cafeterias.

workplace: n. 工作场合；单位
refined grains: 精细谷物
commonly: adv. 通常地
round out: 使完整
epidemiologist: n. 流行病学家
consume: vt. 消耗；吃掉
US Dietary Guidelines: 美国膳食指南
vending machine: 自动售货机
cafeteria: n. 食堂；自助餐厅

1 beverages   

n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
• regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例

2 vending   

v.出售（尤指土地等财产）( vend的现在分词 )；（尤指在公共场所）贩卖；发表（意见，言论）；声明

参考例句：

• Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? 你为什么敲打这台自动售货机？ 来自朗文快捷英语教程 2
• Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines to accept the new coins. 可口可乐公司必须使将近三十万台自动贩卖机接受新货币。 来自超越目标英语 第5册