常速英语:Brand Names Slip into Cartoons, Video Games

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1. By all accounts, American kids are way too fat, and parents are getting a good scolding for feeding their kids junk food.

by all accounts据大家所说, 人人都这么说
例句：By all accounts, he's an excellent golfer.
人家都说他是一位十分出色的高尔夫球选手。

2. You see, the makers of fattening foods are paying to slip their brand names into cartoons and video games as never before.

slip into (使)滑进, 塞进; (使)滑行撞上(某物); (使)悄悄进入
例句：She slipped a pound note into his hand.
她把一英镑的钞票塞到他的手里。

3. In animated stories, children’s characters not only run around with superheroes and sorcerers and fairy princesses.

run around东奔西跑，到处乱跑
例句：They love to run around on the playground.
他们喜欢在操场上跑来跑去。

4. When Neopets such as Aisha and Bori and Kougra get hungry, they gobble down McDonald’s French fries.

gobble down狼吞虎咽
例句：The children gobbled down their food and rushed out to play.
孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃完饭就冲出去玩了。

5. While cuddly cartoon creatures are plumping up corporate profits, they say, they’re hooking American kids on junk food and sending them down the seductive road to obesity.

plump up (使)肥胖；(使)膨胀
例句：He plumped up his cheeks in an expression of annoyance.
他绷着脸表示不满。