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| Eat Your Grain, Old Man! |
| 2003年04月10日11:08:26 空中美语 |
吃全麦，好自在
 Diane and her dad, Pete, are at a bakery, choosing some bread for lunch:
P: Ah! That's what I want—nice, crusty1 white loaf.
D: But Dad, a man of your age should be eating healthier bread.
P: Hey, I'm not that old! Anyway, I don't believe all that stuff and nonsense about white bread versus brown, brown rice versus white, and what have you.
D: Dad, I'm not a med student for nothing! There was a Harvard report published in a nutrition journal all about this. I think you should hear me out.
P: OK, OK. But no lectures. I know I’m overweight with high blood pressure, and I don’t see how eating whole-grain bread is gonna make much difference.
D: Well, it does. Research has shown that a diet high in whole grains helps in staving off2 diabetes in older men, even obese ones.
P: Hey, lay off on the "obese" bit; I'm cuddly,3 OK. So, white bread increases the risk—is that what you’re saying?
D: Actually, no. Eating white bread and rice doesn’t increase the natural chance of developing diabetes per se,4 but eating whole grains instead will reduce it.
P: So I'm right! This white bread won’t do me any harm!
D: Yes, but it won't do you any good, either.
黛安和她的父亲皮特在面包店选午餐吃的面包：
皮特：啊！这就是我要的——美味的硬皮白面包。
黛安：但是，爸爸，你这种年纪的人应该吃更健康的食物。
皮特：嗨，我还没那么老！不管怎样，我才不相信那些白面包跟黑面包相比，糙米跟白米相比之类的废话。
黛安：爸，我这个医学院学生可不是白当的！有一篇发表在营养学期刊上的哈佛大学报告都在谈论这件事。我觉得你应该听我说完。
皮特：好，好。但是不要长篇大论。我知道我太胖又有高血压，但我不认为吃全麦面包会有什么改善。
黛安：嗯，有差别的。研究已显示多吃全麦食物能帮助老人预防糖尿病，甚至对肥胖的老人也有用。
皮特：嗨，不要说我肥；我胖得很可爱，好吧。那么，吃白面包会增加患病的风险，是你说的吗？
黛安：事实上，不对。吃白面包和白米饭本身不会增加患糖尿病的自然机率，而吃全麦面包可以减少这种可能性。
皮特：所以我是对的！这种白面包不会对我有什么坏处！
黛安：没错，但也不会对你有什么好处。
Sentence of the Day
They chewed the fat.
他们闲聊发牢骚
1. crusty adj 硬皮的
2. stave off vt 防止
3. cuddly adj 非常可爱的
4. per se adv phr 本身
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