1. What is the best way to stop wasting food according to the woman?
A.Store all the food in the fridge. |
B.Choose a suitable supermarket. |
C.Work out a plan before buying. |
A.Pick a cheap café. |
B.Bring leftover food home. |
C.Eat with reusable containers. |
A.It should be thrown away. |
B.It is safe and can be consumed. |
C.It has not passed its peak quality. |
A.How to reduce food waste. |
B.How to spend less on living. |
C.How to treat out-of-date food. |
1. 粮食的重要性;
2. 如何节约食物;
3. 发出呼吁。
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3 . Every week, Liu Fang, a 38-year-old media worker in Beijing, goes to a store specializing in selling near-expired(快过期的) food and returns with a bag of snacks or drinks.
“The price tags on these goods have caught my eye. They are often
Liu is among the
Unlike the traditional
Indeed, food waste is a great
As people’s lives improved greatly, many began to make or
“I’ve been very frugal all my life. Living
A.attached | B.narrowed | C.sold | D.targeted |
A.customers | B.producers | C.departments | D.fashions |
A.amazing | B.falling | C.increasing | D.recovering |
A.cheaper | B.higher | C.flexible | D.normal |
A.industry | B.potential | C.market | D.digital |
A.dropped to | B.took on | C.brought out | D.accounted for |
A.trick | B.memory | C.routine | D.thinking |
A.reuse | B.reduce | C.recycle | D.remove |
A.challenge | B.root | C.shadow | D.theme |
A.order | B.recommend | C.contribute | D.avoid |
A.argue | B.suggest | C.equal | D.ensure |
A.approaching | B.permitting | C.making | D.suffering |
A.within | B.through | C.below | D.across |
A.game | B.drink | C.grain | D.pudding |
A.behave | B.cost | C.rate | D.spend |
4 . Different Approaches to Reducing Food Waste
Food plays a key role in people’s life. While many people in poor communities suffer from a shortage of food, a large amount of food is wasted in the rest of the world.
Learn to store food. Not sure how to keep those greens from wilting overnight?
Can’t keep your tomatoes fresh for more than a day or two? Do your research on food storage and you’ll get the rewards. Not sure where to start?
Use it all.
Understand best-before dates correctly. People often confuse best-before dates with expiry dates. The best-before date has nothing to do with the safety of the food.
A.Pick the “funny looking” food. |
B.This will save you time in the long run. |
C.Check out Local Produce Storage Guide online. |
D.Keep a “need to eat” list everyday in your daily life. |
E.Therefore, food waste is a serious problem that needs our attention. |
F.It refers to flavour and nutritional value, which is of great help to your body. |
G.You often remove a part of whatever food you’ re cooking with, but often those food items can be saved. |
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1.讲座时间、地点;
2.讲座内容;
3.邀请理由。
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Yours,
Li Hua
要点:
1. 简单描述校园中你身边同学浪费粮食的现象及你的感受;
2. 节约粮食的原因;
3. 号召同学们节约粮食。
注意:
1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
3. 开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:food shortages (食物短缺), food crises (食物危机),traditional virtue of Chinese (中华传统美德)
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8 . It’s estimated that families in the UK create more than six million tonnes of food waste each year. With food prices rising, it’s a good time to become a food-waste fighter. Not only will it save money, it is good for the environment. After all, growing, packaging and transporting food uses a lot of Earth’s resources such as energy and water.
First, it’s a good idea to find out just how much food goes into your rubbish can. Keep a diary and note down the foods that get thrown most often, and why.
Planning meals for the week can save time and money.
Cooking the correct size helps too. Weigh out pasta or rice you need before you cook it. Before you pile your plate, check how hungry you are.
It’s hard to keep track of food that’s gone to the back of the fridge. You could label a shelf an “Eat me first” spot for anything that has been there for a while.
A.Finally, use your senses. |
B.At last, ask an adult to help. |
C.Your freezer is another way to save food. |
D.Meat from a Sunday roast could go into sandwiches on Monday. |
E.This may prevent you from leaving food because you’re too full. |
F.Read the instruction carefully to make sure that you use it properly. |
G.Here are some simple tips that can help you become food-waste fighters. |
9 . Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail (零售). Farmers throw away a significant share of their crop due to factors beyond their control, such as produce not meeting supermarket standards for shape or size, unexpected weather patterns changing harvest times and yield as well as a shortage of pickers. These factors and others leave farmers with extra crops on their hands.
Gleaning — collecting leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they haven’t been harvested or commercial use — may contribute to tackling the problem. In Britain, a growing network of volunteer gleaning groups are being welcomed into farmers’ fields to collect tonnes of free produce. The produce would then be given to local food banks, which would otherwise be left to rot after the commercial harvest.
The charity Feedback told The Times that its number of gleaning groups across England had risen from five in 2017 to twenty last year. Feedback’s overall aim is for closer links between farmers and the communities they feed.
Holly Whitelaw, 52, from St Just in Penwith, set up the Cornwall Gleaning Network last year after watching a BBC series that highlighted food poverty in Cornwall. She contacted Feedback which gave her a £2, 000 grant (拨款) to get insurance, knives, and cut-proof gloves. She set up a Facebook page, found willing volunteers and then managed to get a £10, 000 grant from Feeding Britain, a national network of anti-hunger partnerships, to establish seven coordinators across the county and pay for more knives and gloves. They also raised funds to buy a pick-up truck. As a thank you to the farmers, they have begun planting trees to reduce wind speed across their land, preventing damage to crops and minimizing soil erosion.
Gleaning offers an opportunity for environmental win by reducing food waste on the farm. Also, it has a social benefit, as the collected fresh food can be donated to charity organizations and food banks to support those in need.
1. According to the passage, which of the following has little impact on crop waste?A.Produce in poor quality. |
B.Lack of labor on the farm. |
C.Increasing supermarket orders. |
D.Changeable weather conditions. |
A.A grand from the charity Feedback. |
B.Feedback’s overall aim for closer links. |
C.Communities and volunteers’ joint effort. |
D.A TV series revealing regional food poverty. |
A.It proves rewarding. |
B.It needs to be more creative. |
C.It is physically challenging. |
D.It takes ages to see the result. |
A.To set a new standard for farming. |
B.To explain the reasons for overproduction. |
C.To gather the information about produce in Britain. |
D.To introduce a solution to the problem of food waste. |
10 . It can be hard to convince homeowners to use less water on their lawns (草坪), particularly during a hot and dry summer. But tell them it’s a competition for the ugliest lawn, and suddenly they may be more willing to give up using the sprinkler(洒水器).
This clever strategy was employed by the government of Gotland, Sweden’s largest island located in the Baltic Sea. Gotland sees its population double during the summer months as tourists arrive. This puts pressure on the island’s already-limited water supply, which is projected to decrease by 13% between 2021 and 2050, as demand is expected to rise by 40% by 2045.
The campaign, called “Gotland’s Ugliest Lawn”, urged homeowners to compete for the saddest, deadest and brownest yard. They were asked to avoid watering for an entire season, then post a photo of the lawn using a label that linked it to the campaign.
Mimmi Gibson, the acting marketing and brand manager at Region Gotland, said that “the ugliest lawn contest would remind the islanders not to waste water, and to talk about ways they can adapt their gardens to suit the existing conditions and the climate crisis”.
The winner for this year was announced in mid-August, and it’s Marcus Norstrom, who did not water his lawn once throughout the entire summer. His photo shows a large brown space with some sparse yellow grasses sticking out——the kind of yard in which you would not want to walk barefoot (赤脚地)for risk of hurting your feet. The government must be feeling pleased ; its strategy has worked.
It’s an interesting strategy which attempts to normalize and even celebrate dead grass. It is reasonable to assume that the more people see it around their communities, the more acceptable it will become. They may also grow curious when they realize there are other ways to create and maintain an attractive-looking yard, even without irrigation(灌溉).
1. What’s the aim of the competition for the ugliest lawn?A.To reduce the waste of water. | B.To limit the growth of local lawns. |
C.To strengthen citizens’ friendship. | D.To enhance citizens, health awareness. |
A.Gotland is rich in water resources. |
B.People will have no water to drink in 2050. |
C.Gotland is faced with serious lack of water. |
D.The population of Gotland grows faster and faster. |
A.Unconcerned. | B.Doubtful. | C.Unclear. | D.Positive. |
A.To explain the success of the strategy. |
B.To tell citizens the danger of the ugliest lawn. |
C.To discuss why it’s dangerous to waste water. |
D.To show citizens what the ugliest lawn looks like. |