Everywhere
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 What Is Sugar?
4是糖吗?
5 Hiding in Plain Sight.
5 隐藏在"平原视觉".
8 Too Much Can Be Too Bad.
8 太多可能太糟糕了。
11 Searching Out the Sweet Stuff.
11 搜索出甜点。
13 Glossary.
13 词汇。
16 Sugar makes food taste sweet.
16"糖"使食物口味甜.
Introduction Do you have a sweet tooth?
导言 你有甜牙吗?
Do you like sugary treats?
你喜欢吃糖吗?
If you do, you are not alone.
如果你这样做,你不孤单。
Most people love sweets.
大多数人都喜欢吃甜食.
The average American eats just over 150 pounds (68 kg) of sugar a year.
美国平均每年食用150磅(68公斤)多的糖.
Yet people don’t always know when they are eating sugar.
但人们并不总是知道什么时候吃糖。
That’s because sugar can be found in foods they wouldn’t expect.
这是因为糖可以在他们不期望的食物中找到。
A worker cuts sugar cane (left).
一个工人割取了甘蔗(左)。
A farmer holds a sugar beet (right).
农民持有一糖甜菜(右).
What Is Sugar?
苏格是什么?
Sugar is a natural ingredient in plant foods and milk.
糖是植物食物和牛奶中的天然成分.
Apples, pears, and grapes contain sugar.
苹果,梨和葡萄中含有糖.
Vegetables such as potatoes and yams have sugar, too.
马铃薯和红薯等蔬菜也有糖.
The white crystals in your sugar bowl are table sugar.
糖碗里的白色晶体是表糖.
Table sugar comes from a tall grass called sugar cane.
表糖出自一株高高的叫"甘蔗"的草地.
It also comes from sugar beets.
也出自取自糖甜菜.
When we eat milk and plant sugars, our body breaks them down.
当我们吃牛奶和植物糖时,我们的身体会把它们打碎.
They are changed into a simple sugar called glucose.
它们被改为一种简单的糖,叫做葡萄糖.
Glucose is carried by the blood to all parts of the body.
葡萄糖由血液携带至全身各处.
It provides energy to keep body parts working.
它能提供能量来维持身体部位的工作.
Natural plant sugar makes corn taste sweet.
天然植物糖使玉米口感甜.
Milk and plant sugars are broken down into glucose.
牛奶和植物糖被分解成葡萄糖.
Glucose enters the blood.
胶入于出血.
The blood carries glucose to all parts of the body.
血将葡萄糖带入全身各处.
Glucose supplies energy to keep them working.
葡萄糖供应能维持它们的工作.
What Happens to Sugar We Eat?
糖我们吃什么?
Hiding in Plain Sight The body can get all the sugar it needs from naturally sweet and starchy foods.
隐藏在平地视觉 身体可以从天然甜和淀粉的食物中得到所需要出的所有糖.
Many prepared foods, though, are packed with extra sugar.
不过,许多准备好的食品都装了额外的糖.
It’s no surprise that cakes, cookies, ice cream, and candy have added sugar.
蛋糕、饼干、冰淇淋和糖果都添加了糖,
Sugar is also added to foods you might not expect.
糖也会被添加进你可能无法预料的食物中.
Sugar can be found in foods you might not expect.
糖可以存在于你可能不希望的食物中.
Red pasta sauces and ketchup often have added sugar.
红面酱和番茄酱经常会加入糖.
Tomatoes can taste bitter when they are cooked.
番茄被煮熟后可以吃到苦味.
Sugar is added to get rid of the bad taste.
取出糖来除去恶味.
Many low-fat sauces and salad dressings have sugar, too.
许多低脂酱和沙拉敷料也有糖.
Oils and fats give food flavor.
油和脂肪具有食物口味.
When they are removed, the food doesn’t taste as good.
食物的口味并不理想。
To give these foods flavor, sugar is added.
为了给这些食物口味,添加了糖.
Breakfast cereal is another source of sugar.
早餐谷物是糖的另一个来源。
Many cereals have colorful sugary treats added to them.
许多谷物都有多彩的糖类处理法加入其中.
Even cereals with plain flakes may have a dusting of sugar to make them taste sweeter.
甚至有平地片片的谷物也可能有糖粉来取出更甜的口味.
How much sugar is in your breakfast cereal?
早餐麦片里有多少糖?
Shredded Wheat 0g Toasted Oats 1g Corn Flakes 2g Crisp Rice 3g Raisin Bran 18g Many cereals have lots of added sugar.
碎小麦 0克 炸出一克 玉米片 2克 Crisp Rice 3克 Raisin Bran 18克 许多谷物都含有大量的加糖.
Too Much Can Be Too Bad If sugar is such a great source of energy, how can too much of it be bad?
太多可能太糟了 可能太麻烦了 如果糖是这么伟大的能量来源,那么太过份怎么会是坏事呢?
The body cannot just get rid of sugar it does not use.
身体不能只是摆脱它不使用的糖。
Instead, it changes the sugar to fat and stores it for later.
取而代之的是将糖改为脂肪并储存到以后.
The more sugar that is not used, the more fat the body makes.
不使用糖越多,身体会越肥.
Eating too much sugar can cause problems.
吃太多糖会惹麻烦的
A body that has too much fat can have problems.
脂肪过多的身体可能会出问题.
Extra pounds strain bones and muscles.
外重的骨骼和肌肉
More fat forces the heart to work harder to push blood through the body.
更多的脂肪迫使心更努力地将血液推入身体.
Too much glucose in the blood can be bad, too.
血液中太多葡萄糖也可能是坏的.
It can make it hard for some parts of the body to work as they should.
它可以使身体的某些部位难以如愿地工作.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Sweetened drinks are the biggest source of added sugar.
甜酒是加糖的最大来源.
Fizzy soda pop and flavored juices make up almost half of the added sugar in people’s diets.
在人们的饮食中,
Searching Out the Sweet Stuff So how can people keep from eating too much sugar?
寻找甜蜜的东西 所以人们怎么能不吃太多糖?
One way is to eat more natural food.
一种方式是多吃一些自然食物.
Naturally sweet fruits have no added sugars.
自然甜的水果没有加糖.
It’s also better to eat homemade meals instead of prepared food.
也最好吃自制餐,
Cooking at home lets people control what goes into their meals.
在家里做饭可以让人们控制进餐的内容.
It’s easy to make healthy meals at home.
在家做健康饭很容易。
Another way to limit sugar is to carefully read food labels.
限制糖的另一种方法是仔细地阅读食物标签.
Most food labels have a list of ingredients.
大多数食品标签都有成份列表.
The ingredients are listed in order by the amount present in the food.
成份按食物中存在的量排列.
If sugar is near the top of the list, the product probably has a lot of it.
如果糖接近榜首,产品可能有很多.
This food has sugar as one of its main ingredients.
这种食物以糖为主要成分之一.
Sugar makes food taste better.
糖使食物的味道更好。
It’s what fuels our bodies and keeps us going.
也让我们继续前进。
Too much sugar can also slow us down if we’re not careful.
如果我们不小心,
That’s why it’s important to pay attention to what we eat.
所以必须注意我们吃的东西。
Sugar can be almost anywhere!
糖几乎无处不在!
A little bit of sugar goes a long way!
一点糖会很长的!
Glossary fuels (v.)
词汇燃料(五.)
supplies power, energy, or strength (p.
电能或强度(p.
15) glucose (n.)
15) 葡萄糖 (n.
a simple sugar that is a major energy source for the body (p.
简单的糖是身体的主要能量来源(p.
6) homemade (adj.)
6)自制(adj.
(n.)
(无)
(adj.)
(中文(简体) ).