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Hot Breakfasts Eliminated

Beginning next month, Dining Services will no longer serve hot breakfast foods at university dining halls. Instead, students will be offered a wide assortment of cold breakfast items in the morning. These cold breakfast foods, such as breads, fruit, and yogurt, are healthier than many of the hot breakfast items that we will stop serving, so health-conscious students should welcome this change. Students will benefit in another way as well, because limiting the breakfast selection to cold food items will save money and allow us to keep our meal plans affordable.

Healthier
Saving money

Words:

eliminate 英 [ɪ'lɪmɪneɪt] 美 [ɪ'lɪmɪnet] vt. 消除；排除
assortment 英 [ə'sɔːtm(ə)nt] 美 [ə'sɔrtmənt] n. 分类；混合物
item 英 ['aɪtəm] 美 ['aɪtəm] n. 条款，项目；一则；一件商品（或物品）
affordable 英 [ə'fɔːdəbəl] 美 [ə'fɔrdəbl] adj. 负担得起的
health-conscious ['helθ'kɔnʃəs] adj. 重视健康的

工作后我不再游泳了
I no longer went/go swimming after taking part in work.

食堂有很多好吃的
There is a wide assortment of delicious food in the canteen.

现在人们越来越重视健康了
Nowadays people have become more and more health-conscious.

Now listen to two students discussing the announcement.

-Do you believe any of this? It's ridiculous.
-What do you mean? Well, it is important to eat healthy foods.
-Sure, it is. But they are saying yogurt is better for you than an omelet or than hot cereal? I mean whether something is hot or cold, that shouldn’t be the issue. Except maybe on a really cold morning, in that case which is going to be better for you, a bowl of cold cereal or a nice warm omelet? It's obvious; there is no question.
-Uh, I’m not gonna argue with you there.
-And this whole thing about saving money.
-What about it?
-Well, they are actually going to make things worse for us, not better. Cause if they start cutting back and we can't get what we want right here on campus, well, we are going to be going off campus and pay off-campus prices. And you know what? That will be expensive. Even if it’s only two or three mornings a week, it can add up.

omelet n. 煎蛋卷；炒鸡蛋；鸡蛋烧
cereal 英 ['sɪərɪəl] 美 ['sɪrɪəl] n. 谷类，谷物；谷类食品；谷类植物
adj. 谷类的；谷类制成的
problem 我家厕所堵了
issue 全市的厕所都堵了英 ['ɪʃuː; 'ɪsjuː] 美 ['ɪʃu] n. 问题；流出；期号；发行物
Add up 积少成多