说起托福备考，很多人第一反应就是背词汇，作为语言最基础的单位，词汇自然是我们必须攻克的难题。但是独立的词汇记忆，效果肯定不会很好，所以前程百利托福小编精选了托福阅读词汇笔记系列，让大家记忆词汇的同时也能够复习托福阅读，一举两得，岂不乐哉。本文带来的是笔记八，大家一起在阅读中熟悉并记忆这些词汇吧。
Are organically grown foods the best food choices?The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of organic foods ----- a term whose meaning varies greatly --- frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore.
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for "no-aging" diets, new vitamins, and other wonder foods. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains, and the like.
One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are mislead if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes,distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.
organically : ad. 有机性地,器官上地,有组织地
choice : n. 选择,精选品,选择权;a. 精选的,挑三拣四的,可选的
advantage : n. 优点,便利,好处,优势;vt. 有助于
claim : n. 要求,要求权,断定,权利;vt. 要求,请求,主张;vi. 提出要求,主张,断言
conventionally : ad. 照惯例,照常套,照老例
debate : n. 辩论,讨论;vi. vt. 争论,辩论
advocate : n. 提倡者,拥护者;vt. 主张,提倡
frequently : ad. 时常,屡次,经常地
proclaim : vt. 宣布,公告,宣言,表明,赞扬
nutritious : a. 有营养成分的,营养的
consumer : n. 消费者
quality : n. 品质,特质,才能,质量;a. 优质的;n. 品质
typical : a. 典型的,象征性的
diet : n. 日常饮食,议会;vt. 照规定饮食;vi. 忌食
spark : n. 火花,火星,闪光,情郎,花花公子,活力,电信技师,朝气,瞬间放电;vi. 闪烁,闪光,发火花,求婚;vt. 发动,鼓舞,使有朝气,求婚
unsafe : a. 不安全的,不安稳的,危险的
inadequate : a. 不充分的,不适当的
evidence : n. 证据,迹象
preponderance : n. 重量的优势,优势,优越
separate : n. 分开,抽印本;a. 分开的,各别的,单独的,分隔的,灵魂的;vi. 分开,隔开,分居;vt. 使分离,使分开,区分,使分居
fiction : n. 小说,虚构的故事,法律的拟制
consist : vi. 组成,存在,一致
prevent : vt. vi. 预防,防止,避免,阻止,妨碍
cure : n. 治疗,治愈,治疗法,怪人;vt. 治疗,改正,使硫化,加工,腌制;vi. 受治疗,被加工处理,被硫化
disease : n. 疾病,弊病
benefit : n. 利益;vt. 有益于;vi. 受益
publicize : vt. 宣传,公布,广告
basis : n. 基础,主要成分
folklore : n. 民俗学,民间风俗,民间传说
besiege : vt. 围攻,包围
aging : n. 老化,陈化
vitamin : n. 维他命,维生素
wonder : n. 奇迹,惊奇,惊愕;vt. 惊奇,想知道;vi. 惊讶,怀疑
numerous : a. 很多的,数目众多的,多数的
unsubstantiated : a. 未经证实的,不能肯定的
superior : n. 长者,高手,上级;a. 上好的,出众的,高傲的
synthetic : n. 合成物质;a. 综合性的,人造的
fertilize : vt. 施肥,使丰饶,使受精
nutritional : adj. 某 种食物的营养价值
untreated : adj. 未处理的,未处治的
grain : n. 谷粒,颗粒,谷类,纹理,本质;vt. vi. (使)成谷粒
fumigate : vt. 熏制
conventionally : ad. 照惯例,照常套,照老例
mislead : vt. 误导
believe : vt. vi. 相信
organic : a. 器官的,有机的,组织的,根本的
concern : n. 关心,忧虑;vt. 与...有关,使担心,挂虑
limited : a. 有限制的,有限的,少的;n. 高级快车
distrust : n. 不信任;vt. 不信任
instead : ad. 改为,抵作,更换,替代
以上就是为大家整理的精选托福阅读词汇笔记(八)，希望能够帮助大家备考。前程百利祝大家都能取得理想的考试成绩。
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