美国中小学校将禁售碳酸饮料

ELIZABETH COHEN: This is part of an initiative between the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association. They are trying to get as much sugar calories fat out of school lunch as possible to make them healthier. Bill Clinton has something to say about this.

PRESIDENT CLINTON: Today I’m enormously happy to announce our first industry agreement as part of the healthy school programs. Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and the American Beverage¹ Association have agreed to new guidelines limiting the portion sizes and reducing the number of calories available to children through their products during the school day.Under these guidelines, only lower calories and nutritious² beverages³ will be sold in schools.

ELIZABETH COHEN: So by the fall of 2008 they hope to have 75 percent of public schools on board with this plan and here's what the plan would be: in elementary and middle schools, there would be no soda⁴, no diet soda and no full-fat milk. Now high schools would have the same restrictions⁵ except diet-sodas⁶ would be allowed. Now there, of course, have been many calls to overhaul⁷ school lunches as a whole including the food. But many experts say that beverages are not a bad place to start. Catherine?

CATHERINE CALLAWAY: Like you said, you know, it's,it's,it is a small place to start. Will,will it make that much of a difference Elisabeth, just to,to change the beverages?

ELIZABETH COHEN: Actually, experts say it is surprising how many calories kids get from drinks. And part of the problem is that like adults, they'll drink down those calories and not realize how much they’re taking in. Let’s take a look first at soda. One 12-ounce can of soda has 150 calories. That means that if you drink a can a day, that can add up to 15 pounds a year. So sodas are indeed one of the reasons why today’s children are more often than, more often than used to be, are obese⁸. Now let’s take a look at full-fat milk. An 8-ounce glass of full-fat milk has 150 calories and 8 grams of fat. That’s more calories in fat than in a chocolate chip cookie. And so doctors say why not give them the fat-free or the low-fat milk, same nutrients⁹, less fat, fewer calories.

CATHERINE CALLAWAY: Ah, you know, Elisabeth, until this came out today, I didn't even realize there were that many soda machines in schools, but I guess that’s a trend now, right?

ELIZABETH COHEN: There are. And there have been fewer and fewer in the past few years. As a matter of fact, most elementary schools these days do not have sodas with their lunches. So this American Heart Association-Bill Clinton plan will be just a continuation of that. But yes, it is surprising how many schools have sodas and again, it is also surprising how many of those sodas are in kids as well as adults. You down, you know, one in the morning, you have one with lunch, you have one in the afternoon. It (is) really those, calories (that) really add up.

CATHERINE CALLAWAY: And Elisabeth, no concern about the caffeine in these drinks. And I was worried about the sugar, but I don’t know that I wanna ,you know, 13 14 year-old downing a couple of cokes during school.

ELIZABETH COHEN: Oh, I mean 13 and14 who, you know, how about 7 or 8 years old. I mean there've been sodas in elementary schools in the past. Yes, caffeine is another concern yet another reason doctors say why not get these sodas out of schools.

1 beverage   

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

参考例句：

• The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
• Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

2 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

3 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

4 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

5 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

6 sodas   

n.苏打( soda的名词复数 )；碱；苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• There are plenty of sodas in the refrigerator. 冰箱里有很多碳酸饮料。 来自辞典例句
• Two whisky and sodas, please. 请来两杯威士忌苏打。 来自辞典例句

7 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

8 obese   

adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的

参考例句：

• The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
• Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

9 nutrients   

n.（食品或化学品）营养物，营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
• Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》