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? ? ? {{B}}Stop Eating Too Much{{/B}} ? ?"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 too many bites. Instead of staying "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 prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather
than too little. ? ?Barbara Rolls, a nutrition (营养) 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 (腰围) began
to expand. ? ?Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to
serve smaller portions. Now, apparently, some customers are calling for this
too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57
percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believed restaurants served portions
that were 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 (薪金支票) to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next
year’s Christmas presents.
Parents in the United States tend to ask their children
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? ? ? {{B}}Stop Eating Too Much{{/B}} ? ?"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 too many bites. Instead of staying "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 prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather
than too little. ? ?Barbara Rolls, a nutrition (营养) 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 (腰围) began
to expand. ? ?Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to
serve smaller portions. Now, apparently, some customers are calling for this
too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57
percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believed restaurants served portions
that were 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 (薪金支票) to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next
year’s Christmas presents.
Parents in the United States tend to ask their children
A.to save food for tomorrow B.to wash the dishes C.not to waste food D.not to eat too much
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