NPR边听边练159：火鸡肉与抗生素

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主餐一道：泛听练习

以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。

一、泛听建议：

1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

3、复述新闻。

A new analysis of ground turkey meat _1_ by scientists at Consumer Reports, finds that more than half of the samples tested harbored bacteria that are associated with fecal contamination. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports the group also documented the presence of antibiotic resistant bugs.

《消费者报告》的科学家对火鸡肉进行的最新调查显示，一半以上的样品检测出细菌，这些细菌与粪便污染有关。据NPR新闻的艾莉森·奥布里报道，科学家还揭示了耐药性抗生素细菌的存在这一事实。

The researchers at Consumer Reports bought packages of raw ground turkey at grocery stores nationwide. In all, they tested 257 samples and what they documented was that the turkeys sold as organic or antibiotic free harbored significantly less antibiotic resistant bacteria, _2_ turkeys that are conventionally raised with antibiotics. Urvashi Rangan directs Consumer Reports Food Safety and Sustainability Group.

《消费者报告》的调查人员在全美各食品店买了生火鸡肉。他们总共检测了257份样品，并发现，有机火鸡肉或无抗生素火鸡肉所携带的耐药性抗生素细菌，远远低于那些用传统抗生素喂养的火鸡肉。领导消费者报告食品安全和持续发展组的Urvashi Rangan表示。

"We think that these findings underscore that we need to stop _3_ antibiotics in animal production."

“我们认为这些发现表明，我们要停止在动物生产中使用抗生素。”

The National Turkey Federation says it's supportive of the Food and Drug Administration's efforts to create strategy for judicious use of antibiotics that, they say, _4_ to keep flocks of turkeys healthy. Allison Aubrey, NPR News, Washington.

美国国家火鸡协会表示支持食品和药品管理局在制定合理使用抗生素战略方面所做的努力，他们表示，在使火鸡保持健康上需要这些努力。NPR新闻，艾莉森·奥布里华盛顿报道。

词汇解析：

1. be associated with 与……联系;与……有关

eg. Excitement is often associated with risks.

刺激常伴随着冒险。

eg. I don't want to be associated with your scheme; I'm contracting out.

我不想参与你们的计划，我要退出。

eg. Her name will ever be associated with the women's lib.

她的名字将永远和女权运动联系在一起。

2. document文中用作动词，v. 证明，证实，揭示;论述，报道，记载，记录

eg. He wrote a book documenting his prison experiences.

他写书详细记录了他的狱中经历。