(单词翻译:单击)
Passage Three
文章三
An average person consumes 144 pints of milk a year, but 40% of that is poured onto cereal and 60% of those people are children.
平均每人每年消耗144品脱的牛奶，但其中40%都被倒入谷物，这样做的人中60%是儿童。
But what was once advertised as nutritious is becoming unpopular.
但是曾经被宣传为营养食物的牛奶现在变得不受欢迎了。
Americans drink 37% less milk than they did in the 1970s.
美国人喝的牛奶比上世纪70年代减少了37%。
And in the UK, dairy consumption overall has fallen by a third in the past 20 years.
在英国，乳制品消费量在过去20年里下降了三分之一。
Milk is increasingly being described in a negative light.
人们逐渐用负面的评价来描述牛奶。
A recent blog suggested:" Maybe people are drinking less milk because it is poisonous to many of us".
最近的一篇博客建议:“也许人们少喝牛奶是因为它对我们很多人来说是有毒的。”
Lactose is the sugar found in milk and dairy products.
乳糖是存在于牛奶和乳制品中的糖。
It needs a series of complex proteins to break it down.
它需要一系列复杂的蛋白质来分解它。
Without enough of these proteins, the lactose is broken down by bacteria in the human body.
如果缺乏足够的这些蛋白质，乳糖就会被人体内的细菌分解。
This can cause physical pain and produce gas in the stomach.
这会引起身体疼痛，并在胃里产生气体。
However, after we have finished breast or formula feeding, most of us don't continue producing the complex proteins in our body, which are necessary to break down the lactose.
然而，在进行母乳喂养或配方奶喂养后，我们大多数人不会在体内继续产生分解乳糖所必需的复杂蛋白质。
Despite the problems in digesting milk, it does provide many benefits.
尽管在消化牛奶方面存在问题，它确实有很多好处。
Milk is nutritious, it contains vitamins A and D as well as protein and isn't full of calories.
牛奶很有营养，它含有维生素A和D以及蛋白质，而且热量不高。
You can test yourself by drinking a large glass of milk.
你可以喝一大杯牛奶来测试自己。
If you get sick in your stomach within the next 24 hours, you are lacking the proteins to digest milk.
如果在接下来的24小时内感到胃部不适，你就缺乏消化牛奶的蛋白质。
Questions 22~25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的短文回答22~25题。
Question 22: What does the passage say about Americans?
问题22:这篇文章描述了美国人的什么情况?
Question 23: How do Americans and British people think of milk nowadays?
问题23:现在美国人和英国人是如何看待牛奶的?
Question 24: Why does drinking milk cause pain in some people?
问题24:为什么有些人喝牛奶会感到疼痛?
Question 25: What does the passage say is a benefit of milk?
问题25:这篇文章说牛奶的好处是什么?
