手机版 | 网站导航
用考网>教育>外语>英语美文:青少年应该如何选择饮食?

英语美文:青少年应该如何选择饮食?

外语 | 用考网 2017-08-08 11:18:01

青少年应该如果正确选择饮食才会健康呢?让我们来关注一下吧……

英语美文:青少年应该如何选择饮食?

Ask any group of teenagers in the UK what they most like to eat, and foods like pizzas, curries, pasta, burgers and chips are bound to get a mention—and many young people would probably also list hanging out at the local fast-food restaurant as one of their favourite pastimes.

But what teenagers like to eat is not necessarily what they should be eating. According to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, far too many young people in the UK between the ages of 4 and 18 consume too much fat, sugar and salt in their diet and take in too many calories. Meanwhile their intake of starchy carbohydrates(含淀粉的碳水化合物), fibre, iron, vitamins and calcium too low.

For a growing body, eating foods containing plenty of calcium, such as milk, yoghurt and cheese, is particularly important as calcium is essential for the development of healthy, strong bones. Similarly, foods that are rich in iron are good for young, rapidly developing bodies, so red meat, bread, green vegetables, dried fruit and fortified breakfast cereals are also recommended.

It is during our teenage years that lifestyle habits can become entrenched, so it is crucial that young people are educated about what foods are good for them. In 2005, and in an attempt to change eating habits and open teenagers’ minds to new flavours and new tastes, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver launched a “Feed Me Better” campaign. As part of a television series, “Jamie’s School Dinners,” he worked with teachers and cooks in a number of schools across the UK to provide more healthy, nutritious school meal options. Although there was initial resistance from some teenagers and parents, the campaign was generally hailed as a huge success and helped to influence governmental policy on nutritional standards for school meals.

No one expects to end the teenage love affair with fast and junk food but, hopefully, if projects like “Feed Me Better” and the Government’s own “Change4Life” campaign continue to give out the right messages, more young people will understand the importance of balancing occasional treats with healthier food options.

Vocabulary

1. curry: 咖喱食品;pasta: 意大利面;be bound to: 肯定,一定要;hang out: 在餐厅就餐;pastime: 消遣,娱乐。

2. diet: 日常饮食;calorie: 卡路里(食物所产生的热量单位)。

3. starchy carbohydrates: 含淀粉的碳水化合物;fibre: 纤维;calcium: 钙。

4. yoghurt: 酸奶。

5. fortified: (营养)强化的。

6. entrenched: 确立的;crucial: 决定性的,关键性的。

7. celebrity chef Jamie Oliver: 英国的明星厨师杰米•奥立佛,他因擅长使用有机食材,以及帮助改变英国学校中的饮食习惯而为人熟悉。

8. nutritious: 营养价值高的。

9. initial: 起初的;resistance: 阻力,抵抗;hail: 赞扬,称颂。

10. junk food: 垃圾食品;occasional: 偶尔的,特殊场合的;treat: 款待,招待。

    • 标签

    媒体焦点

    助力东进,打造服务型政府建设“新标杆…

    助力东进,打造服务型政府建设“新标杆扫一扫 关注龙岗发布 微 信 号 longgangfabu 近年来,随着新媒体的迅...

    央视新闻独家对“庆祝建军90周年大阅兵…

    央视新闻独家对“庆祝建军90周年大阅兵央视新媒体矩阵对庆祝建军90周年大阅兵的直播,在社交平台上掀起了热...

    无人机拍摄须谨慎 美国州长谴责媒体…

    无人机拍摄须谨慎    美国州长谴责媒体去年,美国肯塔基州一位叫做William Merideth的火爆老爹因怀疑飞进其...

    驻尼大使会见尼新闻部长 深度交流促…

    驻尼大使会见尼新闻部长   深度交流促2017年7月28日,驻尼日利亚大使周平剑会见尼新闻与文化部长赖伊,就...

    尊重解放军,与解放军做朋友 绝对…

    尊重解放军,与解放军做朋友     绝对时值中国人民解放军建军90周年,解放军成为全球舆论的明星。把解放军...
    关于我们| 联系我们| 友情链接| 网站地图| 版权声明

    Copyright @ 2010 - 2017 用考网 All Rights Reserved 京ICP备12019688号-2

    本网大部分资源来源于会员上传,除本网组织的资源外,版权归原作者所有,如有侵犯版权,请立刻和本网联系并提供证据,本网将在三个工作日内改正。