For example,the show "Adventures of Little Noodle" is about a character made of pasta who goes on an exploration of the food store she lives in with her family.

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I'm going down the pasta aisle or whatever, and I have the daughter of Ravi Shankar over my shoulder.

我走过超市的意大利面专柜时,身边都萦绕着拉维·香卡的女儿的歌声

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either you could go from grabbing a pizza to like a grabbing some Italian pasta or something.

你既能吃点匹萨饼又能吃点意大利面之类的。

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People worldwide use it on pasta and other foods.

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For example, a portion of pasta according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture would be about the amount of pasta that would be the size of a tennis ball.

比如说,意大利面的每日摄入量,根据美国农业部,是如此的份量,大概和网球一样大小

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Other days, it can be a more traditional meal or a pasta meal.

其他时候，可以是更传统的饭菜或者是意大利菜。

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And then if you look at what's served in restaurants, like if you go to the Olive Garden or the Macaroni Grill, or these sort of things you get portions that are, you know, multiples of this kind of thing, and you see this kind of idea about what pasta might be like.

如果你们去橄榄花园或者通心粉烧烤店,看看餐馆上菜的份量,你们会得到一日摄入量的食物,是网球大小的几倍,意大利通心粉通常是这个大小的

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Now if you lived in a culture where the only meat that got served was the size of a deck of cards, and the only pasta that got served was the size of a tennis ball, there wouldn't be such problems, but that's not the case.

如果我们生活在一个,肉类每日摄入量是一副牌大小,或者意大利面只有网球大小的环境中,问题就不会存在,可惜这不是现实

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Now that's not a lot of pasta but that's considered a serving.

这实在不多,但这是一餐的份量

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I cook a lot of pasta because my younger daughter swims

我经常做意大利面，因为我的小女儿游泳，

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