英语新闻听写 菜单标注卡路里

Chain Restaurants Get Calorie Count Extension

对抗肥胖新措施 菜单上标注卡路里

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it would extend the deadline for chain restaurants to disclose calorie counts on menus by a year to the end of 2016.

美国食品和药物管理局发布称，将延迟美国餐厅须在菜单上标注卡路里含量的期限，最迟2016年年底执行。

The FDA set a national standard for restaurant chains with 20 or more outlets¹ late in 2014,

2014年底，美国食品和药物管理局为超过20个分店以上的餐馆及售卖场所制定了这一项计划，

to make people more aware of the risks of obesity² posed by fatty and sugary foods as part of the Affordable³ Care Act.

目的是让人们意识到平价医疗法案中涉及到的因高脂肪、高糖分引起的肥胖危害。

The calorie rule covers meals at sit-down restaurants, take-out food, bakery items, ice cream from an ice-cream store and pizza,

这项规定涵盖餐厅、外带食品店、面包店、甜品店，

which will be labeled by the slice and whole pie.

甚至披萨店也将按层或按个儿标明食物所含卡路里。

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

3 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。