超大份飲料禁令惹爭(zhēng)議

Now to a simple question: Should you be allowed to buy a soda that comes in a container larger than 16 1)ounces. With America’s 2)obesity 3)epidemic getting worse， the Mayor of New York City， Michael Bloomberg， is determined to do something about it， and what he wants to do is outlaw what he calls “supersize sodas and other sugary drinks，” a plan that a lot of people may disagree with.

Take a look at this. Today a small， typically a 16 ounces， and they only get bigger from there—20， 30 or 40 ounces or bigger—and Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that is a big problem.

In an effort to win or at least compete in the battle of the 4)bulge， Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a widescale ban on sugary and sweetened beverages over 16 ounces， principally sodas served at restaurants， movie theaters， food carts， even the 5)ball park.

Michael Bloomberg: Obesity is the only public health issue in this country that’s getting worse， and everybody’s 6)wringing their hands: “I gotta do something about it.” Nobody’s doing anything about it.

The Federal Government says Americans consume at least 22 teaspoons of sugar a day. That’s 75 pounds a year. Bloomberg led New York City to the first restaurant ban on artificial transfats in 2008. Now the target is sugar.

Not all sweet or high 7)calorie drinks will be downsized. Off the chart， water， of course， diet sodas，

現(xiàn)在來(lái)看一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的問(wèn)題：超過(guò)16盎司（約473毫升）的碳酸飲料應(yīng)該被允許售賣嗎？隨著肥胖問(wèn)題在美國(guó)變得日益嚴(yán)重，紐約市長(zhǎng)邁克爾·布隆伯格決心采取措施，他的做法就是禁止售賣他所說(shuō)的“超大容積的碳酸飲料及其他含糖飲料”，但這個(gè)計(jì)劃也許會(huì)招致許多人反對(duì)。

看看現(xiàn)實(shí)情況。現(xiàn)在，通常一份小號(hào)飲料是16盎司，但往上可就變得越來(lái)越大了——20、30或者40盎司，甚至更大。邁克爾·布隆伯格市長(zhǎng)稱這是一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題。

在這場(chǎng)志在必得，或者至少應(yīng)該是旗鼓相當(dāng)?shù)呐c肥胖問(wèn)題一較高下的斗爭(zhēng)中，布隆伯格市長(zhǎng)提出大范圍禁止出售超過(guò)16盎司的含糖飲料，主要是指在餐廳、電影院、食物售賣車，以及棒球場(chǎng)售賣的含糖飲料。

邁克爾·布隆伯格：在美國(guó)，肥胖是惟一日益嚴(yán)重的公共健康問(wèn)題，每個(gè)人都為此苦惱，表示：“我要對(duì)此采取一些措施”。實(shí)際上，沒(méi)有任何人采取行動(dòng)。

美國(guó)聯(lián)邦政府稱，美國(guó)人每天至少消費(fèi)22茶匙糖，一年下來(lái)就是75磅（約34千克）。2008年，布隆伯格率先在紐約市禁止餐廳使用人工反式脂肪酸。現(xiàn)在，紐約將目標(biāo)對(duì)準(zhǔn)了糖。

并不是所有的含糖或高熱量飲料都必須縮小容積。不在禁止名單之列的包括水（當(dāng)然啦）、無(wú)糖汽水、咖啡類飲品、牛奶或