英语听力精选进阶版 15723

 

WBR: Taxing The Fat 25 Mar¹ 14

Tue, 25 Mar 14

Should we tax food that's bad for us? We hear from our reporter Marie Keyworth about Denmark's fat tax experiment and ask whether such a system could work anywhere else. Sam Rowe of UNESDA represents the European soft drinks industry and gives us her take. She debates with Dr Kelly Brownell, Dean² of Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University in North Carolina. Finally, we take a critical look at how effective it is to use the law to force people away from unhealthy eating, with Marion Nestle from Food Politics in the US.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 Dean   

n.(大学)院长，系主任，教务长

参考例句：

• The students much like the new dean.学生们很喜欢这位新系主任。
• Who is the dean of the Foreign Languages Department?外语系主任是谁？