MSG in Chinese food isn't unhealthy-you're just racist, activists say
- MSG:monosodium glutamate 味精
- additive n.(食品的)添加剂
- brand v.加污名与；谴责
- lack of sth. because of a lack of sth;due to(a) lack of sth;through lack of sth.;despite the lack of sth.
- consume 食用 eat 吃
- debate over sth.
- syndrome n.综合征
- set up an inquiry into sth.对什么进行调查
- contain v. 控制，扼制，克制（情绪）
- effectively adv.有效的；事实上
- vilify v.诋毁
- shun v.避开
- entry n.词条
- to this day 直到今天 until now
- myth n. 普遍但却错误的看法 ；神话 to explode a myth 破除错误观念
- ingrain v.使根深蒂固
- xenophobic adj.排外的，仇外的 xeno-(与外国人有关的) phobic(adj.憎恨的；惧怕的)
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Is this the most powerful word in the English language?
- omnipresent agj.普遍存在的；(上帝)无处不在的 omni-(全部，所有) everywhere and everything 搭配：the omnipresent God the omnipresent product advertisements
- not much (没有多少；不那么重要，不怎么好)There's not much we can do to help.The food wasn't much. not much to look 看上去不怎么样
- evoke(v.引起，唤起) evocative adj.触发感情的，引起共鸣的
- bland adj.枯燥乏味的；（食物)清淡的，无味的 a bland diet a bland speech
- potent adj.强大有力的 a potent drug (强效药) a potent alcoholic drink（烈酒）
- innocuous(adj.无害的，无意冒犯的) an innocuous remark seeming(adj.看似...的) innocuous-seeming adj.看似无害的
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Should robots have a face?
be a hit with sb.(be liked by sb.)受人喜爱的食物，给留下很好的第一印象
goofy adj.蠢的傻的
touch on 谈及触及 The film "Parasite" touches on class division ,wealth gap, and many other important issue.
take over
public setting
fuel v. 激起,加强n燃料 His words added fuel to the fire of her rage.
push out 驱逐，开除
the pool of labor hours 工时池
explicit adj. clear and exact
to give ~instructions
assuage v.近义relieve
to ~the pubic's fear to ~his anger
angst 近义 fear
benign adj.kind friendly
cataclysm n 巨变，大灾难
mill n制造厂工厂研磨瓶
a pepper mill
a paper mill
a steel mill
revolt v.反抗；造反；反叛；使厌恶