吃醜蔬果救地球 Eating Imperfect Fruits and Vegetables Can Save the Earth

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	吃醜蔬果救地球 Eating Imperfect Fruits and Vegetables Can Save the Earth (上) Eating Imperfect Fruits and Vegetables Can Save the Earth 12/12 生活英語 作者 Enjoy Editors 閱讀時間 5分鐘 聽講解 聽朗讀 本圖文出處: MP3: 吃醜蔬果救地球 Eating Imperfect Fruits and Vegetables Can Save the Earth 其貌不揚的蔬果可以幫助對抗氣候變遷。 目錄 / Tips in Use 重點解析 / You Can Do This 英文試金石 / 中文翻譯 生活快遞 Ugly fruits and vegetables cam help fight climate change.         People around the world are coming together to fight climate change. In this difficult battle, everyone is searching for ways they can do more to make a difference . Imperfect Foods is a company that aims to get people to reduce their food waste. That’s because few people are aware that food waste is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gases and climate change.         The company delivers fruits and vegetables that would have been thrown away to its customers’ homes. The crazy thing is that these items are all safe and healthy to eat. However, for years they were rejected because they were ugly.         The owners of Imperfect Foods came up with this idea after studying the food market in the US and Canada. They learned that millions of tons of food was tossed out by farmers because they were labeled as imperfect due to their appearance. This included fruits and vegetables that were considered too large, too small, or strangely shaped. In fact, about 30% of all food grown in the US gets thrown out every year. This wasted food sits in landfills and releases carbon dioxide and methane as it begins to rot. This company not only hopes to reduce the chances of climate change but also provides an excellent service where no food goes to waste. 單字片語整理 Words in Use ● reject [rɪˋdʒɛkt] vt. 拒絕 ● appearance [əˋpɪrəns] n. 出現，露面；外表 ● deliver [dɪˋlɪvɚ] vt. 發表（演講）；生產，分娩；拯救 vt. & vi. 遞送，投遞 ● toss [tɔs] vt. 扔，擲 n. 扔，擲；擲幣賭勝負 ● rot [rɑt] vt. 使腐敗 vi. 腐化 n. 腐爛；腐敗 ● imperfect [ɪmˋpɝfɪkt] a. 不完美的 ● contributor [kənˋtrɪbjʊtɚ] n. 促成因素 ● landfill [ˋlændfɪl] n. 垃圾掩埋場 ● methane [ˋmɛθen] n. 甲烷 Practical Phrases ● search for... 搜尋 / 尋找…… The police have been searching for the missing child for nearly two weeks. 警方尋找那名失蹤兒童已經將近 2 星期了。 ● be aware + that 子句 知道／注意到⋯⋯ You must be aware that a blood donation can save someone else’s life. 你一定知道捐血可以救人一命。 ● make a difference 有影響；使有所差別 Nothing you said made a difference in Tom’s decision. 你所說的話對湯姆的決定沒有任何影響。 ● toss out... / toss... out 丟棄／扔掉⋯⋯ It’s time to toss out those old newspapers. 是時候將那些舊報紙丟掉了。 ● greenhouse gas 溫室氣體 ● carbon dioxide 二氧化碳 Tips in Use 重點解析 ♦ would have + 過去分詞 1. “would have + 過去分詞” 譯為「原本會/本來打 算要⋯⋯」，用來表示過去某件事本來可能會或應該 要發生，但實際上並沒有發生。 例：I would have done the housework before dinner, but I fell asleep. 我原本打算在晚餐前做完家事，但我睡著了。 ✽文中第二段提到的 fruits and vegetables that would have been thrown away 就是指原本會 被丟掉的蔬果並沒有被丟掉。 2. “would have + 過去分詞” 亦常與 if 引導的副詞子 句並用，用來表示與過去事實相反的假設語氣，句型如下: If + S + had + 過去分詞, S + would have + 過去分詞(if 子句也可以放在主要子句後面) 例：If I had won the big prize last month, I would have bought a new car. 如果我上個月中了大獎，我就會買一輛新車。 You Can Do This 英文試金石 請依句意在空格內填入適當的字詞 1.  我爸昨晚拒絕了我提議要看的電影。 My dad __________ my suggestion of which movie to watch last night. 2.  傑利正在教室裡尋找他不見的眼鏡。 Jerry is ________________ his missing glasses in the classroom. 3.  提姆將他的舊書全扔掉了。 Tim ______________ all of his old books. 答案：1. rejected 2. searching for 3. tossed out 中文翻譯 其貌不揚的蔬果可以幫助對抗氣候變遷。 世界各地的人們正團結起來對抗氣候變遷。在這場艱難的戰鬥 中，每個人都在找尋可以做出更多改變的方法。「不完美食物」是一家 旨在讓人們減少食物浪費的公司。這是因為很少人知道食物浪費是造 成溫室氣體和氣候變化的最大因素之一。 該公司將原本會被丟棄的蔬果運送到客戶家中。瘋狂的是，這些 作物都是安全健康可食用的。然而，多年來它們被拒絕食用僅是因為 它們其貌不揚。 不完美食物的創辦人在研究了美國和加拿大的食品市場後提出了 這個想法。他們發現農民扔掉數百萬噸的作物，只因其外觀被貼上了 不完美的標籤。這包括被認為太大、太小或形狀奇怪的蔬果。事實 上，每年在美國種植的所有作物中約有 30% 被丟棄。這些遭浪費的 食物被棄置於垃圾掩埋場，且會在開始腐爛時釋放出二氧化碳和甲 烷。這家公司不僅希望減低氣候變遷的機率，也提供優質的服務以避 免浪費食物。