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Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration received a major setback when a
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration received a major setback when a
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2024-01-22
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration received a major setback when a judge halted its plan to limit the size of sugary drinks in New York City. The mayor had hoped the law would slow the pace of the obesity epidemic by limiting the number of empty calories citizens drink daily. Although the link between sugary drinks and obesity is only circumstantial, most public-health experts strongly supported the move. The average American takes in about 170 calories a day from sugary drinks, and our consumption has doubled in the past few decades, mirroring the rise in obesity.
The verdict delighted fans of enormous sugary drinks everywhere. To them, this attempt to limit their freedom to drink nutrition-free colored sugar water deprived them of their inalienable right to be as unhealthy as they wish.
I have just two words for celebrants; seat belts. Since 1968 federal law has required car manufacturers to place seat belts in all new cars. A majority of states have adopted a "primary enforcement" law that permits police to stop and ticket a driver or passenger solely for not wearing a seat belt. The results are indisputable; Between 1975 and 2009, seat belts saved more than 260,000 lives, according to a study by the Department of Transportation.
The argument for restricting big sugary drinks now is the same as for seat belts then: contrary to popular belief, government actually is in a position, by using laws and financial disincentives (抑制因素), to make people do something that, despite that it is good for them, they otherwise would not do.
The simple truth is this: we are not perfect and need a little help now and again, especially in those tasks that are unpleasant—touching toes, buckling up, slimming down, flossing our teeth. The coercive power of government, by talking to us through legislation, pushes us in the right direction toward goals to which we all aspire. To pass a law limiting sugary drinks to 16 ounces is not an example of overreach, but rather promising evidence that decades of governmental underreach in the realm of public health may finally be coming to an end. [br] "Seat belts" is cited as an example to_________.
选项
A、show the significance of seat belts in driving a car
B、introduce the enforcement and outcomes of a law related to seat belts
C、compare the differences between seat belts and big sugary drinks
D、prove the importance of government’s role in sugary drinks
答案
D
解析
推理判断题。文章第三段提到,政府强制执行有关安全带的法律后,挽救了很多人的生命。第四段提到限制大瓶含糖饮料和推行安全带存在共同点,即政府能够利用法律和金融抑制让人们做那些对他们有好处、但他们却不愿意做的事情。由此得知,文章提到“安全带”是为了证明政府控制含糖饮料的重要性,选项D为正确答案。
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