【NPR新闻】午餐时间15分钟(1/4)
In a new poll, parents complain that their children are not getting nearly enough time for a basic school ritual: eating lunch. And that's worrying parents and administrators, given that about one-third of American kids are overweight or obese.Hints:
NPR
Eric Westervelt
Oakland High School
Mary Thomas
翻译&注解：心月伊然http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201312/201312051117454552996.mp3The school lunch hour in America is a long-gone relic. At many public schools today, kids are lucky to get more than 15 minutes to eat. Some get even less time. And that's worrying parents and others who are concerned that a lack of time to eat is unhealthy. The lunchtime crunch is just one revelation from a new wide-ranging NPR poll on education and health in schools, the poll we're exploring all this week. NPR's Eric Westervelt has our story.
It's lunchtime at Oakland High School and that means fence hoppers. Several kids wear mischievous grins as they speedily scale a 12-foot-high metal perimeter. In theory, anyway, Oakland High is a closed campus. That's done in the interest of safety, security and to cut down on school-skipping. That means kids can't leave during school hours without parental consent, especially at lunchtime. But several kids are on what you might call a lunch break out.
Inside the cafeteria, the lines are long and complaints about the food are as plentiful as the fence jumpers. Today's lunch is popcorn chicken, potatoes and tamales. A plastic bowl with little packets of carrot sticks looks lonely. Freshman Mary Thomas.在美国学校的午餐时间问题已经很久不讨论了。现如今在许多公立学校，孩子们能幸运地有15分钟用餐时间。有些时间更少。正因如此，焦虑的父母和一些人担心用餐时间不够会导致身体不健康。在国家公共之声维持一整周的学校教育与健康新一轮大范围投票中，午餐时间紧缩成为显著问题。国家公共之声埃里克·韦斯特维尔特为我们进行报道。
这是奥克兰高中的午餐时间，这意味着孩子们（开始）跳栏杆。几个孩子露出调皮笑容，迅速跃上一个12英尺高的金属外围。至少，从理论上讲，奥克兰高中是一个封闭的校园。这么做是为了安全，而且可以减少逃学（人数）。这意味着未经父母同意孩子们在上课期间不能离开学校，尤其是在午餐时间。但有几个学生都在（往外跳）你可以称之为午餐逃学。
餐厅内，排着长长的队伍，对食物的抱怨跟越过栏杆（跑出校外）的人一样多。今天的午餐是爆米花鸡、土豆和玉米蒸粉肉。塑料碗装着小包的胡萝卜条，看起来孤孤单单。（听听）新生玛丽·托马斯（怎么说）。
翻译：心月伊然（水平有限，仅供参考）
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