Rather than mandating calorie labelling, the government should be worrying about what goes into many processed foods and ready meals. The extra ingredients and chemical enhancers that make food tastier have none of the nutritional value found in normal food groups. Nutrient low and additive rich, these foods encourage us to override our natural sense of when we’re full, manipulating our appetites and leading us to eat more.

思考题：

According to the author, the government’s attention________

(A) fails to stress the real problem facing the food industry.

(B) should be focused on the diversity of nutrients and calorie.

(C) fails to find the way to enhance the taste of processed food.

(D) should not manipulate our taste and cause calorie intake.

词汇突破：

Rather than：而不是

mandate:强制执行;委托办理;授 权

calorie labelling 卡路里标识

processed foods：加工食物

ingredients 成分

chemical enhancers 化学增强剂

tastier 更好吃

nutritional value 营养价值

Nutrient low 营养低

additive rich 添加剂多

override 否决;忽视

natural sense of when we’re full, manipulating our appetites and leading us to eat more.

句子解析：

句：

Rather than mandating calorie labelling, the government should be worrying about what goes into many processed foods and ready meals.

参考译文：政府与其强制规定热量标识，不如担心加工食品和即食餐中加入了什么。

第二句：

The extra ingredients and chemical enhancers that make food tastier have none of the nutritional value found in normal food groups.

参考译文：那些让食物更美味的额外成分和化学增强剂，并没有普通食物品类所含的营养价值。

第三句：

Nutrient low and additive rich, these foods encourage us to override our natural sense of when we’re full, manipulating our appetites and leading us to eat more.

这其实就是一个独立主格：

Nutrient low and additive rich,

改写为句子就是：

nutrient is low.

additive is rich.

参考译文：这些营养含量低且富含添加剂的食物会鼓励我们忽视天然的饱腹感，操纵我们的食欲，让我们吃得更多。

思考题解析：

According to the author, the government’s attention________

(A) fails to stress the real problem facing the food industry.

没有强调食品行业面临的真正问题。

非常模糊的替换!绝 对正确!

我的命 题思路来自2001年的真题：

62.Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its ________.

[A] failure to realize its real problem

(大家可以去酷我听我讲这道真题!)

If it did, it(the newspaper industry) would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.

Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its ________.

[A] failure to realize its real problem

[B] tendency to hire annoying reporters

[C] likeliness to do inaccurate reporting

[D] prejudice in matters of race and gender

(B) should be focused on the diversity of nutrients and calorie.

应注重营养和热量的多样性。

没说应该注重热量，所以不对!这个属于拼多多!

(C) fails to find the way to enhance the taste of processed food.

未能找到加工食品口味的方法。

这个也属于拼多多，直接可以排除!

(D) should not manipulate our taste and cause calorie intake.

不应该操纵我们的口味，导致卡路里摄入

这个也属于拼多多，直接可以排除!

政府的关注度不存在要不要操纵我们的口味。更说不上导致卡路里摄入。

文章来源背景和来源：

Britain's obesity strategy ignores the science: dieting doesn't work

英国的肥胖策略无视科学：节食无效

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/28/britain-obesity-strategy-ignore-science-dieting-calories-stigmatising-fat

背景：英国政府最近针对肥胖问题出台了一系列强制政策，如菜单上需标明热量，不健康食品不能促销，晚上9点之前不能播垃圾食品的广告等。然而这些政策并未只指问题的核心，只是体现了广泛存在的错误观念，即通过限制卡路里和脂肪能减肥。事实证明，节食减肥的反弹率高达97%，每100个进行节食的人，只有3人能长期维持减肥效果。而抗击肥胖的最 佳入口应该是重新思考我们与吃的关系，从庞大的食品工业开始。食品制造商通过增味添加剂让我们对加工食品上瘾，同时利用低脂零糖之类的营销口号蒙骗我们(低脂不代表健康，零糖也不代表没热量)。如果不能改变当代越来越失衡的饮食结构，仅仅一味地关注热量，抗击肥胖的举措是不会成功的。