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This the VOA
Special English Agriculture Report. |
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It can be hard to decide which foods to buy in an American grocery store these
days. The information on many products makes different claims. These labels
suggest that the food is safe, pure or kind to animals. |
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hard: difícil, complejo; grocery store: tienda de comestibles; claims: atributos; labels: etiquetas, rótulos; safe: seguro, libre de riesgos; pure: puro, esterilizado; kind: benigno; |
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The label "organic" guarantees that the United States Department of Agriculture
(U.S.D.A.) recognizes the product was grown under special conditions.
The department says foods that meet requirements of its National Organic Program
can use an official label. It shows the words "USDA Organic" inside a circle.
For example, U.S.D.A. organic food does not contain genes that have been
scientifically changed. The food is grown without chemical treatments
against insects or disease. It is grown without chemical fertilizers. |
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guarantees: garantiza; recognizes the product: reconoce que el producto; was grown: fue cultivado, producido; meet requirements: cumplen con las exigencias; inside a circle: dentro de un círculo; genes: genes; scientifically changed: alterados científicamente; without chemical treatments: sin procesos químicos; disease: enfermedad; fertilizers: fertilizantes; |
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The U.S.D.A. organic label on meat and dairy products guarantees
that they are from animals that live much of the time outdoors. The animals have
been fed only
organic food. The animals have not received antibiotic drugs. And they have not
had hormone substances to make them grow bigger. |
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dairy products: productos lácteos; outdoors: al aire libre; fed: alimentados con; antibiotic drugs: drogas antibióticas; hormone substances: sustancias hormonales; grow bigger: desarrollar un mayor tamaño o volumen; |
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Organic meat and dairy products usually cost more than other products. But many
people buy them because they believe they are more healthful. |
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cost more than: cuestan más que; more healthful: más saludables; |
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The U.S.D.A. is trying to decide if fish can be labeled "organic." A decision is
not expected for many months. However, the Marine Stewardship Council says its
label promises that fish are not endangered and
were caught without harming the local ecosystem. |
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labeled: etiquetado como, rotulado como; a decision is not expected: no se espera una decisión; however: sin embargo, no obstante; promises: promete; endangered: expuestos, comprometidos; were caught: fueron extraídos; without harming: sin dañar, sin afectar; local ecosystem: ecosistema local (de la zona o región); |
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There are also labels on coffee. Some coffee growers plant their crops on
land with no natural plants to provide shade from the sun. Other coffee is grown
under trees that provide shade for the coffee and homes for birds.
This coffee is labeled "Bird Friendly." The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Council
of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., guarantees coffee with the "Bird
Friendly" label. |
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coffe growers: caficultores (productores de café); crops: cultivos; to provide shade from the sun: que protejan del sol con sombra; homes for birds: nidos para las aves; bird friendly: adaptado para las aves; migratory bird: aves migratorias; |
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Other food labels include "natural," "cage-free" and "free-range." Experts say
it may be harder for the food buyer to decide what these mean. For example,
chickens may not have been raised in a cage. Still, they may have been in
overcrowded conditions inside a building. |
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natural: sin agregados, orgánico; cage-free: no criado en jaulas (los animales circulan libremente por la granja durante el día); free-range: de campo, de corral, de granja; what these mean: lo que estas significan; raised: criados; still: a pesar de ello; overcrowded: superpoblado; inside a building: en el interior de un edificio; |
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The Department of Agriculture will be holding meetings with food producers and
the public to try to develop requirements
for labels. |
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holding meetings: llevando a cabo reuniones; food producers: productores de alimentos; the public: el público, el consumidor; to try to develop: para tratar de desarrollar; requirements: requisitos, exigencias. |
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And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn
Watson. I'm Steve Ember. |
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