The food guide pyramid was the government's effort, put through by the U.S. Department of Agriculture about what people should eat optimally.

食物金字塔是政府努力的结果,它是由美国农业部提出的,关于人们最佳饮食结构的建议

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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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We'll talk about the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which at the same time, is supposed to be helping sell as much food as possible to boost American agriculture, but establishes nutrition policy.

我们会讲美国的农业部,农业部能够在食品销售方面,提供尽可能多的帮助,来繁荣美国农业的同时,制定了营养政策

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