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 Introduction Do you have a sweet tooth?
导言 你有甜牙吗?
Do you like gooey desserts and sugary treats?
你喜欢甜点和甜点吗?
If you do, you are not alone.
如果你这样做,你不孤单。
Studies show that most people love sweets.
研究表明,大多数人都喜欢甜食.
The average American, for example, eats just over 150 pounds (68 kg) of sugar a year.
例如,美国的平均年食用糖量仅超过150磅(68公斤).
Yet people are not always aware they are eating sugar.
然而人们并不总是意识到自己在吃糖.
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。
Sugar is in most sweet snacks.
糖是大多数甜点。
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.
The sugar found in milk is lactose.
在牛奶中发现的糖是乳糖.
The sugar found in most grains, fruits, and vegetables is fructose.
在大多数谷物、水果和蔬菜中发现的糖是葡萄糖。
Apples, pears, and grapes are naturally full of sugar.
苹果,梨和葡萄自然地充满了糖.
Starchy vegetables, such as potatoes and yams, contain even more.
诸如马铃薯和红薯等 Starchy 蔬菜的含量甚至更大.
The white crystals people sprinkle on cereal and in coffee are table sugar.
白水晶在谷物和咖啡中喷出是食用糖。
Table sugar is sucrose.
桌糖为苏克罗斯.
Sucrose comes from sugar cane or sugar beets.
苏克罗斯出自甘蔗或甘蔗.
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).
Sugar cane is a tall grass that grows in warm parts of the world.
甘蔗是一株生长于世界温暖地区的高地草.
Farms on Pacific and Caribbean islands grow sugar cane.
太平洋和加勒比岛屿上的农场种植甘蔗.
Sugar beets are root vegetables that grow in cooler parts of Europe and North America.
甜菜是欧洲和北美较凉爽地生长的根菜.
The lactose, fructose, or sucrose molecules in food are bonded together.
食物中的乳糖,花糖,或苏克罗斯分子被捆绑在一起.
When we eat, the body breaks apart the bonds and turns those sugars into a simpler form of sugar called glucose.
食用后,身体会分解结合,使这些糖变成一种更简单的糖类,叫葡萄糖.
Glucose enters the bloodstream and is carried through the body.
葡萄糖进入血液并被从体内携带.
Glucose in the bloodstream is food for cells.
血流中的葡萄糖是细胞的食物.
It provides energy for working muscles and organs.
它为工作肌肉和器官提供能量.
The body needs glucose to stay alive.
身体需要葡萄糖才能活下来.
WORD WISE Notice that lactose, fructose, sucrose, and glucose all have the same ending.
词眼 注意乳糖,花糖,苏克罗斯和葡萄糖都有相同的收尾.
The suffix -ose identifies things as sugars.
后缀 -ose 将事物识别为糖.
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 bloodstream.
葡萄糖会进入血液
The bloodstream carries glucose to all parts of the body.
血流将葡萄糖带入全身各处.
Glucose is fuel that keeps them working.
葡萄糖是保持它们工作的燃料.
What Happens to Sugar We Eat?
糖我们吃什么?
Hiding in Plain Sight Our bodies want sugar because it is a good source of energy.
隐藏在平地视觉 我们的身体想要糖,因为它是很好的能量来源。
The body can get all the sugar it needs from naturally sweet and starchy foods.
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.
Modern diets, however, include plenty of foods that contain not only natural sugar but also added sugar.
然而,现代饮食包括了不仅含有天然糖,还含有添加了糖的大量食物.
It should come as no surprise that cakes, cookies, ice cream, and candy are full of added sugar.
蛋糕、饼干、冰激凌和糖果都充满了加糖,这不奇怪。
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.
Prepared tomato products like pasta sauce and ketchup often have added sugar.
面酱和番茄酱等已熟制的番茄制品常会加入糖.
Tomatoes contain acids that can give them a bitter taste when they are cooked.
番茄中含有酸,在被煮熟后能给它们一种苦味.
To get rid of that bitter taste, sugar is added during cooking.
为了摆脱这种苦味,在做饭时会加入糖.
Many people eat low-fat sauces and salad dressings to help them stay thin.
许多人会吃低脂肪酱和沙拉敷料来帮助他们保持瘦.
They may not know that they are eating sugar instead of fat.
他们可能不知道自己在吃糖而不是脂肪。
Oils and fats add flavor to food.
油脂为食物添加了口味.
When they are removed, the food can taste bland.
当它们被取出时,食物可以口味淡淡.
To give fat-free foods flavor, sugar is added.
为了提供无脂肪食品口味,会加入糖.
Instead of soda, many people choose to drink healthy fruit smoothies.
许多人不喝苏打水,而是选择喝健康的水果花滑.
A fruit smoothie does have lots of vitamins and some natural sugar.
水果平滑块确实有很多维生素和一些天然糖.
Some types of smoothies may also have added sugar.
某些种类的花滑可能也添加了糖.
In fact, a smoothie may have just as much sugar as a glass of fizzy soda pop.
事实上,一粒平滑的糖 可能和一瓶汽水一样多
Breakfast cereal is another source of sugar.
早餐谷物是糖的另一个来源。
Many cereals have sweet bits of candied fruit or marshmallow added.
许多谷物有甜点的可干果或添加了棉花糖.
Even cereals made of just plain flakes were probably given a dusting of sugar to make them taste sweeter.
即使是由平地花粉制成的麦片 也可能会被施以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 plenty 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 许多麦片有丰富的加糖.
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 the sugar it does not use.
身体不能仅仅摆脱它不使用的糖.
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.
If too much sugar keeps coming into the body, more fat is produced.
如果糖量过多,继续进入体内,则产生出更多的脂肪.
A body that has too much fat is at risk for health problems.
脂肪过多的身体有健康问题的危险。
Extra pounds strain bones and muscles.
外重的骨骼和肌肉
The heart has to work hard to pump blood through a larger body.
心脏必须努力通过更大的身体来泵出血液.
Fat can also clog blood vessels, forcing the heart to work even harder to push blood through them.
胖子还可以堵住血管,迫使心脏更努力地将血液推穿.
Eating too much sugar can cause problems.
吃太多糖会惹麻烦的
Eating too much sugar is a concern for everyone.
吃太多糖是大家关心的问题。
People who have a condition known as diabetes (dy-uh-BEE-teez) must be especially careful about eating sugar.
患有被称为糖尿病(dy-uh-BEE-teez)的人必须特别小心地吃糖.
Their bodies have trouble processing sugar in the blood.
他们的身体很难在血液中加工出糖.
Sugar levels in the blood can easily go too high or too low.
血液中的糖含量容易过高或过低.
These changes can harm organs like the kidneys and the heart.
这些变化会伤害肾和心等器官.
Cakes, Cookies.
蛋糕,饼干。
and Cars?
还有车?
Sugar is packed with energy, and some scientists think it can be used to power cars.
糖被装入能量中,一些科学家认为可以用来为汽车提供动力.
Researchers have created a mix of sugar and other chemicals that burns much more cleanly than gasoline.
研究人员创造了糖和其他化学物质的混合,比起汽油,燃烧得更干净.
Who knows?
谁知道呢?
Someday drivers might visit the supermarket instead of a gas station to fuel up!
总有一天司机可能会去超市而不是加油站加油!
Searching Out the Sweet Stuff So how can people guard against eating too much sugar?
寻找甜蜜的东西 那么,人们怎么才能防止吃太多糖?
One way is to eat more natural food and less prepared food.
一种方法是多吃自然食物,少吃准备.
Naturally sweet fruits like grapes and peaches don’t have any added sugar.
自然甜的水果,
It’s also easier to keep tabs on sugar by eating homemade meals instead of prepared food.
食用自制食物而不是准备的食物,
Cooking at home gives people more control over what goes into the food they eat.
在家里做饭让人们更能控制食物的进食.
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 read labels on packaged foods.
限制糖的另一种方法是在包装食品上读取标签.
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 one of the first few ingredients listed, the product probably has plenty of it.
如果糖是最早列出的少数成份之一,那么该出产物可能就有很多.
People can compare labels on products to see which ones have more or less added sugar.
人们可以比较产品上的标签,看哪些产品多多少少有加糖.
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 delicious, sweet, and tasty.
糖使食物变得美味又甜又可口.
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 bland (adj.)
词汇bland(adj.)
lacking distinct flavor; uninteresting (p.
缺乏独特的口味;无趣(p.
9) bloodstream (n.)
9) 血流 (n.