610流利阅读:过了保质期的食品还能吃,怎么回事?
过了保质期的食品真的不能吃吗?一个美国零售商吃了一年过期食品后发现啥事儿也没有,原来问题出在食品的日期标注上......
610流利阅读:过了保质期的食品还能吃,怎么回事?今日词汇 expire, expiration date,grocery,to hand,plunge,regulation,inadvertently,mould,regulation,clarity,implications, disorient,
重点词汇
1.expire/ɪkˈspaɪər/ v. 到期,期满;结束
英文释义:If something expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use.
词性拓展:expiration(n.)
expiration 搭配短语:expiration date
2.best-before date (食品的)保质期
词义辨析:
best-before date,expiration date
best-before date 主要保证食品的新鲜度,是一个最佳的食用期。expiration date 侧重于食品的安全期限,一旦超过了这个期限,消费者就不应该继续食用。
3.inadvertently/ˌɪnədˈvɜːrtəntli/ adv. 不经意地,无意地
同义词:by accident
4.mould/moʊld/ n. 霉菌;霉
610流利阅读:过了保质期的食品还能吃,怎么回事?例句:There was mould on the cheese.奶酪发霉了
5.take the plunge (尤指经过长时间考虑后)果断行事,毅然决定
相关词汇:plunge(n. 暴跌,骤降)
plunge 英文释义:a sudden and dramatic fall in value
plunge 搭配短语:a dramatic plunge in profits
英文释义:to make a decision to do something after thinking about it for a long time
例句:They're finally taking the plunge and getting married.
6.regulation/ˌreɡjuˈleɪʃn/ n. 规定;条例
搭配短语:comply with the regulations遵守规定
7.date/deɪt/ v. 注明日期;写上日期
英文释义:to write or print the date on something
The first thing to point out is that Nash is based in the US, where regulations on food dating differ significantly from those in the UK. While British foods carry just one date – either “use by” or “best before” – Nash was confronted by “expiration, use by, best by, sell by, best if used by …” He sells food for a living, and even he doesn’t understand the system.需要首先指出的是,纳什住在美国,那里对标注食品食用日期的规定与英国有很大不同。英国的食品包装上只有一个日期,要么是“有效期”,要么是“保质期”,而纳什会看到的日期有“过期日、有效期、保质期、销售期限、最佳品尝期限……”就连以贩卖食品为生的纳什,也不了解这个日期标注体系。
8.confront/kənˈfrʌnt/ v. 面对,面临
英文释义:to face with a difficult situation
9.implication/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn/ n. 可能的影响;可能的后果
例句:The implication is that the work is unsatisfactory.
近义词:consequence;repercussion
10,bin/bɪn/ v. 扔掉;丢弃
610流利阅读:过了保质期的食品还能吃,怎么回事?词性拓展:bin(n. 垃圾桶)
11.disorient/dɪsˈɔːrient/ v. 使迷失方向
相关词汇:orient(v. 确定方向、定位)
词根词缀:dis-(表否定)
12.be to blame 对(坏事)负有责任
例句:The children were not to blame for the accident.
13.in large part 在很大程度上,多半
同义词:l
argely
40% of American food goes uneaten each year, and the disorienting effect of the US date labelling system is in large part to blame.美国每年有 40%的食品遭到浪费,这在很大程度上要归咎于美国日期标注体系的迷惑性。
补充词汇知识
year-long adj. 持续了一年的610流利阅读:过了保质期的食品还能吃,怎么回事?
smoothie n. 水果奶昔
to hand 在手头 英文释义within easy reach
leave behind 忘记带走、忘在什么地方
dump v. 倾倒
blender n. 搅拌器
clarity n. 清晰度、明确程度
相关词汇:clear
nation n. 国民
搭配短语:to address the nation
end up doing sth 最终做了某事
joint adj. 联合的、共同的
label v. 标注、标记