【今日VOA朗读材料 05/14/2012】Vitamins（附一个真实笑话）

今天贴出Vitamins。

说起Vitamins，想起一个真实的笑话。

一个朋友有一次去Target买Vitamins。他问道“Do you have vitamins？”结果老美售货员说：“What？You mean， white Tofu？”因为他把“Vitamins”听成“white means”or something related with “white”because my friend did not pronounce “v” as in“vitamin”and “min” as in “vitamin”correctly . hahaha...

所以发音准确还是非常重要的。

感谢Tingfeng和Bill还有二姐对语调的精益求精，受益匪浅。

谢谢声姐，身为Tenure 教授，还这么认真的和我们一起学习。不奇怪你能成为tenure教授。

谢谢吴曼，小薇，金帝，Lil的积极参与！

谢谢大家积极参与和支持！

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原读链接：

http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/science-technology/Vitamins-are-Important-to-Good-Health-151464405.html

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty.

FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about vitamins.

(MUSIC)

BOB DOUGHTY: Many jobs must be done with two people. One person takes the lead. The other helps. It is this cooperation that brings success.

So it is with the human body. Much of our good health depends on the cooperation between substances. When they work together, chemical reactions take place smoothly. Body systems are kept in balance.

Some of the most important helpers in the job of good health are the substances we call vitamins.