自考英语阅读二课文及翻译

Text 1. Do we need extra vitamins? __ny people believe that taking vitamin supplements is the best s

Text 1. Do we need extra vitamins? __ny people believe that taking vitamin supplements is the best safeguard against the dangers of an incomplete ___t, but this should be ①a last resort (最后手段)rather than away out of aproblem. Even if there is agenuine need for extra vitamins, then sooner or later the question arises "which ones do I need, how much of them, and how often?" There is really no ______ answer to this question. The Food Standards Committee (guardians②保护者 of our laws on food purity, labelling and advertising clams and descriptions) suggest in their re__nt report to the gover__ent that we do not need any extra vitamins. They say that they are "not ne__ssary for ahealthy individual eating anor__l ___t". Whilst few of us would challenge their authority on the su__ect of nutrition it is, perhaps, pertinent to ask the question "how __ny of us are healthy, and what is anor__l ___t? "There is an element of doubt in __ny minds about these two aspects and though few people are familiar with the wording of the Food Standards Report they do wonder instinctively if they are eating the right things. The blame for faulty eating habits is often pla__d at the door of the ubiquitous③（a. being everywhere, esp. at the same time 普遍存在的） junk and convenien__ foods. As we h__e seen, some of these are not the criminals they are __de out to be White bread is only slightly less nutritious than brown bread and frozen vegetables can be almost as "fresh" as fresh food. There are very few foods which can really be described as pure rubbish. __ny pre-packed goods contain too much sugar and we would all benefit by __oiding these, but most tinned, pro__ssed and dried foods contain useful amounts of fat, protein, carbohydrate④（n. 碳水化合物）, vitamins and minerals. The addition of a__all amount of fruit or aside salad to convenien__ foods such as pizzas or hamburgers can turn asnack into awell-balan__d meal. 许多人认为，服用维生互补剂是防止出现饮食营养不均衡情况的最好防范办法，但这是解决这一问题的方 “ 法中最不可行的作法。即使真的需要补充维生素，迟早会出现我需要哪些维生素？需要多少？多久服一 ” 次？这样的问题。对于这一问题，确实没有简单的答案。食品标准委员会（我们在食品纯度、标识和食 ____“ 品申请、宣传方面的法律卫士）在最近呈送给的报告中建议说，人们不需要补充维生素。他们说，饮 ”“ 食正常的健康人不需要它们。尽管我们没有几个人对他们在营养方面的权威有什么异议，但或许会问我 ” 们中多少人是健康的？正常的饮食是什么样的饮食？这样的问题。许多人心里对这两个问题还有点拿不 不准尽管没有多少人熟悉食品标准委员会所呈报告中的措辞，但人们确实不由得要问，他们的饮食是否合 理。不良的饮食习惯常常归咎到随处出售的没营养的食品和方面食品上。如我们所知，这些食品中的某些 食品并不象人们认为的那要间（形成不良饮食习惯的）罪魁祸首。白面包比黑面包只是稍微少了点儿营养， “” 而冷冻的蔬菜几乎和新鲜的食物一样的新鲜。真正可以说成是纯粹没有营养的食物是非常少的。许多 __ 包装好的食品含糖太多，避开它们对我们都有好处，多数罐装食品、食品和烘干食品含有大量的脂肪、 蛋白质、碳水化合物、维生素和矿物质。往方便食品（如比萨饼或汉堡包）上加少许的水果或另外添加一 道色拉会把快餐变成搭配均匀的营养餐。 'Junk' food is difficult to define. White sugar is probably the nearest contender⑤（n. rival, compe_____）竞争者，对手 for the title. It contains plenty of calories for energy but not much else, and is often described as an "empty