Part B   Highest Calorie Fast-Foods in America

 

Vocabulary Preparation:

 

calorie / 5kAlErI / n. a unit for measuring the amount of energythat food will produce 卡路里（热量单位）

chew up todamage or destroy something by tearing it into small pieces 破坏；消蚀

intake / 5InteIk / n.the amount of food, drink etc that you take into your body 摄取量；吸入量

drive-through n. a restaurant,bank etc where you can be served without getting out of your car 不必下车即可得到服务的餐馆（或银行）

platter / 5plAtE/ n. a meal or selection of food placedon a large flat plate, especially one served in a restaurant 拼盘

whopping / 5wɒpIN/ adj. very large 巨大的

steak / steIk/ n. good quality beef, or a largethick piece of any good quality red meat 牛排

mocha / 5mɒkE/ n. a fine-quality coffee 摩卡咖啡

steer clear of  to take care inorder to avoid or keep away from 绕开；避开

splurge / spl\:dV/ n. a large or excessive amount ofsomething 挥霍；浪费

inflammatory /In5flAmEtrI/ adj. relating to or causinginflammation of a part of the body炎症性的；引起炎症的

chronic / 5krRnIk/ adj. (of an illness) persisting for along time or constantly recurring（疾病）长期的；慢性的

 

 

Notes:

 

MarketWatch, founded by LarryKramer and others, operates a financial information website that providesbusiness news, analysis and stock market data. It offers personal finance newsand advice, tools for investors and access to industry research. 市场观察（美国一家财经网站）

WhiteCastle is an American regional fast food hamburgerrestaurant chain, generally credited as the first food chain in the US. 白色城堡餐厅（美国第一家快餐连锁店）

BurgerKing is an American global chain of hamburger fastfood restaurant. 汉堡王（美国汉堡快餐连锁店）

Wendy'sOld Fashioned Hamburgers is aninternational fast food chain restaurant founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. 温迪国际快餐连锁集团

Penera Bread is a chain of bakery–café quick casual restaurants in the United States and Canada, headquarteredin Sunset Hills, Missouri. 帕纳拉面包连锁餐厅（美国一家面包和餐厅连锁店）

Dunkin' Donuts is an American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain based in Canton and founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy,Massachusetts. Its logo is twoD's side by side in orange and hot pink. 唐恩都乐快餐连锁店（美国十大快餐连锁品牌之一，主营甜甜圈，提供现磨咖啡及他烘焙产品等）

Coolatta is a frozen drink with coffee andcream or as a slush. It was served at Dunkin'Donuts stores since 1997.  冰摩卡咖啡；酷乐冰（唐恩都乐的冰饮）

 

Exercise: Listen to the news report and choose the best answer tothe following questions.

 

1.        What is the recommended calorie-intake for adults in America?
A. 20,000

B. 2,000

C. 200

D. 200, 000

2.        Where can we find some of the highest-calorie meals in America?
A. In the kitchens of American families.

B. In the cafeterias of people’sworking places.

C. In our favorite fast foodrestaurants.

D. In Chinese restaurants.

3.        Which of the following meal has the highest calorie?
A. Wendy’s Hot and Juicy Triple patty withcheese.

B. Panera Bread’sstake sandwich with cheese.

C. Burger King'sultimate breakfast platter.

D. A Dunkin' Donuts’large frozen mocha coffee coolatta.

4.        Which of the following is NOT the reason forpeople’s fear?

A. The meals weeat have a high amount of calories for a very low amount of nutrition.

B. The meals weeat are low in nutrients and actually will steal nutrients from our body when wedigest them.

C. The flavor ofthe meals is not good.

D. The meals weeat may cause fires in our body.

5.        According to this news, which statement is NOTright?

A. Meals in fastfood restaurants usually have too much amount of calories.

B. Nutritionistsdisagree with people’s eating fast food.

C. Inflammationis a main reason for chronic diseases.

D. To get rid ofthe extra calories, we just need to do some exercise.