▍原文 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. The school principal asked the kitchen staff to buy the paint online, according to a police statement. ▍語言點 1. be treated in hospital 接受住院治療 · treat v. 治療 2. lead poisoning 鉛中毒 3. inedible /ɪnˈedəbl/ adj. 不可食用的 4. national safety limit 國家安全標準 5. police statement 警方通報 · 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序，收聽晨讀即可領取：《晨讀短文100篇電子資料》 關注公眾號【教書匠小夏】，夏鵬老師送你2份見面禮：《英語學習小傳》 共100篇文章，英語學習經驗獨家分享 《英文學習方法論》共72節視頻課，英語學習的答案之書 【教書匠小夏】公眾號內，回復【見面禮】，即可領取。