The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high: Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in cattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and wisteria in dairy products.
牛肉中的瘋牛病，雞肉和雞蛋中的沙門氏菌，奶制品中的利斯特桿菌。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 47 Too high a price
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 傳染;使…有病;
?? dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全國40%左右的人口患有這種疾病。
近義：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反義：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
n. 雞;雞肉;膽小鬼;懦夫;
adj. 膽怯的;幼小的;膽小的;
vi. 以畏縮的方式去做，失去勇氣;在最后一刻因膽怯而退出了;
?? chick小雞+en表名詞 →小雞
"chicken breast in aspic"
雞脯凍
近義：wimp, cower, flinch, funk, pullet, quitter
反義：haywire, heedless, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, inflexible
n. 價格，價錢;代價;價值;賞金;
vt. 標價;定價;問…的價格;給…定價;
?? 平(p) 價大米(rice)不貴
"This pass enables me to travel half - price on trains."
我用這張通行證可以半價乘火車.
近義：appraise, appreciate, assess, quote, rate, value
adj. 便宜的，廉價的;劣質的，低劣的;小氣的，可鄙的;
adv. 便宜地;卑鄙地;
?? 音“棋譜”，棋譜書很 便宜 車(che)上阿婆(ap)買的是 便宜的票 網友：好好學習 補充：車(che)雖然有一(a)點兒破（p），但是很便宜
"market stalls selling cheap bric-a-brac"
集市上出售廉價小擺設的貨攤
近義：inexpensive, knockdown, downscale, downmarket, cheaply, punk
反義：pricey, costly, dear
n. 食物，食品;糧食;養料;資料;
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
從食物中吸取鈣需靠維生素D的幫助。
近義：meal, mess, nourishment, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition