People threw into the water zongzi (pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) and eggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body.

人们把粽子和鸡蛋投入水中以防止鱼虾伤害他的身体。

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The result is that many rice-eating countries are detached from the price swings in global markets, according to Darren Cooper of the International Grains Council, a research body.

来自一家名为国际谷物协会的调研机构的戴伦•库柏称，这样的结果就是许多稻米食用国已不受全球市场上稻米价格波动的影响。

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His love for the body goes only as far as appeasing his hunger, and that only by means of rice and simple greens.

他对身体的爱只是为了缓和饥饿，仅是以米饭和简单的蔬菜为生。

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He says the outer parts of brown rice slow down the work of the body's digestive enzymes into starch.

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His study shows that a diet high in white rice is associated with an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, a serious health condition in which the body is unable to properly use sugar in the bloodstream.

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While potatoes are technically a vegetable, your body treats them more like rice or bread because of their high starch content.

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The people are said to have thrown balls of zongzi (cooked rice) into the river to discourage the fish from eating his body.

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