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The federal government, displaying even less sense than usual, has yielded to the French fry industry. Frozen French friessliced, fried in oil, and then packagedare now approved as fresh vegetables by the US Department of Agriculture.
The French fry industry has been petitioning the USDA for years to get this approval. They say that their product is similar to cucumbers that have a wax coating. They argue that they use 100 percent vegetable oil, which is much healthier for consumers than plain wax.
Most consumers, of course, beg to differ. You must be joking, said Annie, 50. How can you consider a product thats deep-fried in oil to be a fresh vegetable? Even if I steamed broccoli, I could no longer call it fresh broccoliits cooked! I wish I were a lobbyist, so my congressman would help me. Unfortunately, Im only a tax-paying citizen.
The USDA defends its decision, saying that potatoes undeniably are vegetables. Although French fries are fried in oil, they are still potatoes. If you let them sit on your countertop for a couple of weeks, a USDA spokesman said, the fries will rot just like all other fresh vegetables.
Consumer advocates say the USDA has totally lost touch with the consumers. Theyd probably declare that eggshells are nutritious if a lobbyist asked them to, said one advocate.
Reunion? Count me out! 重聚? 别算上我!
Online Shopping 网上购物-英语点津
One good turn deserves another 以德报德,礼尚往来
Get someone's goat 火冒三丈
Old-school 老一套,老派
Clean up your act 改邪归正
Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星,83岁风头鹦鹉逝世
Hot potato 棘手的问题“烫手山芋”
Close, but no cigar 几近成功
Pull something out of the hat 突施妙计
It's on the cards 这件事十有八九会发生
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天
Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放,荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险,印度教120岁僧人
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
Axe to grind 别有用心
Would you let your baby sleep in a box? 你愿意让自己的宝宝在盒子里睡觉吗?
In good nick 品质好、没有损坏
The last/final straw 忍无可忍,使人最终崩溃的一击
Drama queen 小题大做的人
Apple’s headphone headache? 令人头疼的新款苹果耳机
Hangry 饥饿成怒
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史,400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
In the blink of an eye 一眨眼之间
A recipe for disaster 后患无穷
It takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响
Lights! Camera! English! 灯光,摄像机,英语!
Crash course 速成课
The university of life 生活经历
Are you addicted to your phone? 你是不是玩手机上瘾了?
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