VOA慢速英语:New Rules Aim to Improve US Food Safety

1. Congress passed the law after a series of outbreaks linked to bagged spinach, peanut butter and other foods.

link to 与…连接， 联系
例句：They're our only link to the past.
它们是我们和过去的唯一联系。

2. They occurred because of problems that would have been addressed by these kinds of approaches.

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？

3. The agency is proposing to require food manufacturers to show that they have identified where contamination is most likely to happen.

be likely to 可能
例句：I shall be likely to catch cold if I go out tonight without my overcoat.
如果今晚不穿大衣出去，我会感冒的。

4. “Even if you just look at estimated reductions in illness, but if you also take into account avoiding disruption of the food supply and the loss of confidence in those commodities by consumers, so I think we’ll see that the benefits substantially outweigh the costs of implementation.”

Even if 即使
例句：Even if many difficulties remain, we can overcome them.
即便是再多的困难，我们也能克服。
take into account 考虑到
例句：Love can not always take into account the local.
爱不是总能考虑到地方差异。

5. We’re really happy that the new rules have come out.

come out 出来；出现
例句：Can you please come out?
可以请你出来吗?

6. And experts point out that Congress will need to approve money to enforce the new rules.

point out 指出
例句：We should point out each other's shortcoming.
我们必须互相指出缺点。