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Take Two Tomatoes, and Call Me in the Morning
http://www.sina.com.cn 2002/08/20 06:10  空中美语

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  In health circles, tomatoes are the new "in" thing. Recent discoveries reported in magazines such as Time indicate that this fruit contains powerful disease-fighting antioxidants. We now know tomatoes not only reduce the risk of certain cancers, but can improve your vision, skin, and brain.

  The tomato's reputation has not always been this rosy: Until the 1800s, most Americans considered tomatoes poisonous. People would avoid eating tomatoes, or boil them for hours to destroy the "toxins" they believed were lurking inside. We now know better: Tomatoes are full of things that are good for us.

  Though tomatoes are delicious and nutritious raw, experts suggest that cooking them and adding oil will actually increase the effects of their antioxidants. The important thing is to get enough: Five servings of tomato-based foods a week are recommended. Luckily, with foods such as pizza and spaghetti to choose from, tomatoes are a natural and simple prescription for better health!

Tomatoes:抗癌美容,西红柿正红

  翻译:

  在保健领域,西红柿是一个新进事物。《时代》等杂志报导的最新发现指出这种水果含有丰富的抗氧化剂,能有效抵抗疾病。现在我们知道,西红柿不仅能降低罹患一些癌症的危险,还能改善视力,养颜美肤和避免大脑老化。

  西红柿的名声不是一直都这么好的:直到十九世纪,大多数美洲人还认为西红柿有毒。人们会避免吃西红柿,或者把它们煮上好几个小时以去掉他们认为潜伏在里面的毒素。现在我们了解得多了:西红柿富含对我们有益的物质。

  尽管西红柿生吃美味又有营养,专家们仍然建议把它加点油烹调实际上能增加它们抗氧化的效力。重要的是摄取足够的量:建议一星期食用五份以西红柿为主材料的菜肴。幸运地是,有比萨和意大利面这类美食供大家选择,西红柿是一个天然而又简单的健康处方。

  More Information

  1. antioxidant n.抗氧化剂

  2. toxin n.毒素

  3. serving n.上菜

  4. tomato-based adj.以西红柿为主材料制成的

  Language Focus

  Pattern A

  People would avoid eating tomatoes, or boil them for hours to destroy the "toxins" they believed were lurking inside.

  句型:avoid

  resist + V-ing

  imagine

  consider

  解析:一些动词的后面只能接动名词作宾语。常见的这类动词还有:admit, appreciate, deny, delay, dislike, escape, finish, imagine, mind, miss, postpone, practice, quit等。

  例1:Sonia imagined walkingsintosthe office and shouting furiously at David.

  索尼娅想象她走进办公室对着戴维愤怒地大叫。

  例2:You must avoid making the same mistakes.

  你必须避免犯同样的错误。

  完成句子

  (请依上述句型及提示的单词完成下列各句。)

  1. the witch / imagine / see / evil spirits / lurk / everywhere

  →________________________________________________

  2. we / appreciate / have / new talented designers / fashion circles

  →__________________________________________

  Language Focus_答案:

  1. The witch imagined seeing evil spirits lurking everywhere.

  2. We appreciateshavingsnew talented designers in Taipei fashion circles.

  选择填空

  The latest discoveries in health and science show that the tomato is a very healthy food. __(1)__ thought to contain no nutrition, and even rumored to be poisonous, tomatoes are now popular because they contain high levels of antioxidants. __(2)__ tomatoes in your diet can help improve your __(3)__, and lower your chances of getting certain kinds of cancers.Experts say that to benefit __(4)__ the antioxidants in tomatoes, you should eat at least five servings of tomato-based foods each week. Because cooking tomatoes increases their __(5)__ effects, pizza and spaghetti, which __(6)__ cooked tomatoes, are good choices.

  1. (A) Because (B) Yet (C) Once (D) Despite

  2. (A) Included (B) Including (C) Include (D) Inclusive of

  3. (A) look (B) seeing (C) eye (D) vision

  4. (A) for (B) to (C) with (D) from

  5. (A) disease-fought (B) fighting-disease (C) disease-fighting (D) fought-disease

  6. (A) contain (B) consist (C) compose (D) conclude

  选择填空_答案:

  1. C→(A) because表“原因”,在分词从句中必须省略。而且在此文意不符。

  (B) yet作并列连词时不可置于句首。

  (C)原句为:Although tomatoes were once thought to ...改成分词从句就变成:Thought to ...。once在此处为副词,作“曾经;一度”讲。

  (D)介词despite = in spite of,后面接名词或动名词。

  2. B→本题应填一个主语,(B) Including为动名词可充当句子的主语,故为正确答案。

  3. D→(A) look (n.)“脸色;外表”

  (B) seeing (conj.)“由于;既然”

  (C) eye (n.)“眼睛”

  (D) vision (n.)“视力”

  此处应填入一“名词”,依文意选(D)。

  (C)应改成eyesight“视力”。

  4. D→(D) benefit from“从…获益”。

  5. C→(C)本空格disease-fighting effects是从形容词从句effects which fight disease简化而来。

  6. A→(A) contain (v.)“含有”某一物质。

  (B) consist of“由…组成”,后面应接几种材料。

  (C) be composed of“由…组成”,后面应接组成的成分。

  (D) conclude (v.)“完成”,与文意不符。




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Annotation

1. circle
n. a particular group of people or things圈子;界
Paul was well-known in fashion circles.
保罗在时尚界颇有名气。

2. rosy
adj. positive; hopeful美好的;玫瑰红色的
Her outlook on life isn’t rosy: she always thinks the worst will happen.
她对人生的看法并不乐观:她总认为最坏的事会发生。

3. poisonous
adj. harmful if eaten有毒的
Don’t eat wild plants that grow in the forest; they may be poisonous.
不要吃森林里长的野生植物;它们也许有毒。


4. lurk v. to wait in hiding in order to do harm or mischief潜伏
John was a nervous man and felt that danger lurked everywhere.
约翰是个神经质的人,老觉得危机四伏。

5. nutritious
adj. healthy; containing elements essential for life营养的
Vegetables are both nutritious and delicious.
蔬菜有营养又好吃。

6. prescription
n. a particular medicine or treatment (ordered by the doctor)处方
The doctor gave him a prescription for painkillers.
医生给他开了止痛药的处方。


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