导读

据甘肃省天水市官方通报，当地查获一起某幼儿园违规使用添加剂导致部分幼儿血铅异常案件。目前，对血铅异常幼儿的医治和营养干预、心理疏导等工作正在科学有序进行，已对涉事幼儿园负责人立案侦查。以下是外媒报道。

双语文本

More than 200 children are being treated in hospital with lead poisoning in north-west China after school chefs used inedible paint to decorate their food. Eight people have been arrested after tests showed the food samples from a kindergarten in Tianshui City in Gansu province had lead levels that were 2,000 times over the national safety limit.

中国西北地区有200多名儿童因铅中毒住院治疗，原因是学校厨师使用不可食用的油漆来装点食物。检测显示，甘肃省天水市一家幼儿园的食品样本铅含量超出国家安全标准2000倍，目前已有八人被捕。

In total, 233 children from Peixin Kindergarten had high levels of lead in their blood after eating steamed red date cake and sausage corn bun. The school principal asked the kitchen staff to buy the paint online, according to a police statement.

培新幼儿园共有233名儿童在食用红枣蒸糕和香肠玉米包后，血铅水平超标。据警方声明，校长要求厨房工作人员在网上购买颜料。

But after the children fell ill, officers had to search for the supplies which had been hidden. The paint was clearly marked as inedible, the statement said. The principal of the privately-run kindergarten and seven others, including its main investor, will now be investigated on suspicion of producing toxic and harmful food.

但在孩子们生病后，官员们不得不寻找被藏匿的物品。声明称，这些油漆上明确标记了不可食用。该民办幼儿园园长和主要投资人等八人将因涉嫌生产有毒有害食品而接受调查。

It is not known how long the paint has been used in the food, but several parents told Chinese state media that their children have been complaining of stomach and leg pain and a lack of appetite since March. An investigation was launched after they raised their concerns with the local authorities.

目前尚不清楚这些颜料在食品中使用了多久，但几位家长告诉官媒，他们的孩子自3月份以来一直抱怨胃痛、腿痛、食欲不振。在他们向地方当局反映后，调查随即展开。



相关表达

1.inedible/ɪnˈɛdɪbəl/ adj.不可食用的

释义：If you say that something is inedible, you mean you cannot eat it, for example, because it tastes bad or is poisonous.

例：Detainees complained of being given inedible food.

被拘押者抱怨所给的食物不能吃。

2.on suspicion of涉嫌

例：Los Angeles police have arrested a man on suspicion of intentionally driving into crowds at the Venice beach boardwalk.

洛杉矶警局逮捕一名嫌疑男子，这名男子有嫌疑故意驾车冲入威尼斯海滩漫步区的人群。

3.complain of诉说（病痛）

释义：If you complain of pain or illness, you say that you are feeling pain or feeling ill.

例：Nurses complain of being overworked and underpaid.

护士抱怨工作劳累过度而报酬过低。

常见搭配：

complain about抱怨

释义：If you complain about a situation, you say that you are not satisfied with it.

例：The couple complained about the high cost of visiting Europe.