"Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate club!" Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often, it's accompanied by an appeal: "Just think about those starving orphans(孤儿) in Africa!"
Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take a few too many bites. Instead of saying "clean the plate", perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.
According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies(肚子). A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story.
Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They serve large portions to stand apart from competitors and to give the customers value. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.
Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.
Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently, some customers are calling for this too. A restaurant industry trade magazine reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believed restaurants serve portions that are too large; 23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed.
But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can't afford fine dining still prefer large portions. Seventy percent of those earning at least $150,000 per year prefer smaller portions. But only 45 percent of those earning less than $25,000 want smaller.
It's not that working class Americans don't want to eat healthy. It's just that after long hours at low-paying jobs, getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal. They live from paycheck to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next year's Christmas presents.
By saying "Be a member of the clean-plate-club!"(Para. 1) a parent or grandparent is asking the children to______.
A.wash dishes after meals
B.eat all the food on their plate
C.save food for the starving Africans
D.reserve food for the future
第2题
疫毒痢的治法是
A.清肠化湿,调气和血
B.温中燥湿,调气和血
C.养阴和营,清肠止痢
D.温补脾肾,收涩固脱
E.清热解毒,凉血止痢
第3题
疫毒痢的治法是()
A.清热化湿和中
B.清热除湿调气
C.清热和中化湿
D.清热解毒凉血
E.温中燥湿调气
第4题
疫毒痢的治法是()
A.清热化湿和中
B.清热除湿调气
C.清热和中化湿
D.清热解毒凉血
E.温中燥湿调气
第5题
疫毒痢的治法是()。
A.清热和中化湿
B.清热除湿调气
C.清热解毒凉血
D.清热化湿和中
E.温中燥湿调气
第6题
治法为
A.清肠化湿,调气和血
B.温中清肠,调气化滞
C.温补脾肾,收涩固脱
D.养阴和营,清肠化湿
E.温中燥湿,调气和血
第9题
A.清热凉血解毒 B.养阴清肠
C.温中清肠,调气化滞 D.温化寒湿
E.温补脾肾,收涩固肠
痢下赤白脓血,脐腹灼痛,虚坐努责,心烦口干,舌红绛少苔,脉细数者,治法应选
第10题
A.清热凉血解毒 B.养阴清肠
C.温中清肠,调气化滞 D.温化寒湿
E.温补脾肾,收涩固肠
痢下赤白脓血,脐腹灼痛,虚坐努责,心烦口干,舌红绛少苔,脉细数者,治法应选E.
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