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Passage 2;Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of organic foods —— a term whose meaning varies greatly —— frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.;有机的；绿色的；无农害的；不使用化肥的 Organic （方法或产品）通常的，传统的 conventional ;声称（负有责任或享有功劳） If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. An underground organization has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion... 一个地下组织已经声称对这起炸弹爆炸事件负责。;宣布；声明；公布 If people proclaim something, they formally make it known to the public. He still proclaims himself a believer in the Revolution. 他仍然声称自己拥护革命。;与…）辩论，争论，讨论 Debate The causes of anorexia are much debated... 关于厌食的起因存在颇多争论。;术语；学科用语 Term 在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说 in terms of something 把…称作；把…叫作 be termed 学期 term 从长远来看/从短期来看/从中期来看 in the long term in the short term in the medium term ;（使）变化；改变 If something varies or if you vary it, it becomes different or changed. You are welcome to vary the diet. 我们鼓励不时变换饮食。;The growing interest of consumers in the safety and more nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore.;特有的；独特的； If a particular action or feature is typical of someone or something, it shows their usual q