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中英文本
There is something about the experience of consuming sugar and sweets, particularly during childhood, that readily invokes the comparison to a drug. I have children, still relatively young, and I believe raising them would be a far easier job if sugar and sweets were not an option, if managing their sugar consumption did not seem to be a constant theme in our parental responsibilities. Even those who vigorously defend the place of sugar and sweets in modern diets – "an innocent moment of pleasure, a balm amid the stress of life", as the journalist Tim Richardson has written – acknowledge that this does not include allowing children "to eat as many sweets as they want, at any time", and that "most parents will want to ration their children's sweets".
关于吃糖和吃甜食的经历,特别是在儿童时期,很容易让人联想到一种药物
But why is this rationing necessary? Children crave many things – Pokémon cards, Star Wars paraphernalia, Dora the Explorer backpacks – and many foods taste good to them. What is it about sweets that makes them so uniquely in need of rationing?
但为什么限量配给是必要的?孩子们想要的东西有很多——精灵宝可梦的卡片,星球大战的随身用品,爱探险的朵拉背包——还有很多对他们来说很好吃的东西
This is of more than academic interest, because the response of entire populations to sugar has been effectively identical to that of children: once people are exposed, they consume as much sugar as they can easily procure. The primary barrier to more consumption – up to the point where populations become obese and diabetic – has tended to be availability and price. As the price of a pound of sugar has dropped over the centuries, the amount of sugar consumed has steadily, inexorably climbed.
这不仅是学术问题,因为大家对糖的反应其实和儿童是一样的:一旦接触到,就会消耗地越来越多
In 1934, while sales of sweets continued to increase during the Great Depression, the New York Times commented: "The Depression (has) proved that people wanted candy, and that as long as they had any money at all, they would buy it." During those brief periods of time during which sugar production surpassed our ability to consume it, the sugar industry and purveyors of sugar-rich products have worked diligently to increase demand and, at least until recently, have succeeded.
1934年大萧条时期,糖果的销量却在持续增长
词语解释
1.ration 定量供应
Eggs were rationed during the war.
战争期间,鸡蛋限量供应
2.tend to 倾向于
Morals tend to be deeply ingrained.
道德观念往往是根深蒂固的
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