安徽 周艳霞

如果每个人都尽一分力去防止食品浪费，我们会惊讶于一个人能带来多大的变化。

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1Around one-third of the food produced worldwide gets spoiled every year. This massive wastage of food isn't just one of the root causes of global hunger. It's also a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions across the globe. So,what can we do to minimize food waste in everyday life?

2Shop your fridge and pantry （食物储藏室） before going grocery shopping. Check what you have to make sure you don't double. 1 A list will also help you focus and make fewer impulse purchases.

3Learn how to store fruits and vegetables correctly. Don't putting everything in the fridge. It's clever to store different items correctly to help them last longer. For instance, you can keep potatoes and onions in the dark and separate from one another. 2

4Reuse leftovers. Most of us, when cooking, search for a recipe based on what we feel like eating, go out shopping and finally cook the dish. 3 So rather than starting the process with a recipe, look through the refrigerator and pantry. See what's on hand and let that food be what you'll cook for dinner.

5Give away food that you know you're not going to eat before it spoils. Use neighborhood networks to help you connect with neighbors and share goods that you don't need. You can also donate excess dry goods to local food banks.

64 Ask yourself why it went bad? Did I buy too much at the store? Did I have intentions to cook but ended up getting takeout? Did I buy it because I thought it was “healthy” but then decided I didn't want to eat it? The more you can understand your eating habits, the more you can waste less food.

7Let us all do our part in saving food. 5 If each of us follows all the tips outlined in this text, and in turn influences others around us to do the same, it will make a big difference in the long run.

A. Make a list of what you need.

B. Be mindful when throwing away food.

C. This way, they won't go mushy easily.

D. Food waste mainly comes from how food is packaged.

E. You will be amazed by how much change one person can effect.

F. Do that a few nights a week, and you'll have a pile of leftover food.

G. A pantry will help you store more food and reduce food waste.

Reading Check

Ⅰ. Complete the text with sentences below the text.（Two sentences are extra.）

Ⅱ. Discussion

As a student, what can we do to reduce food waste?

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Language Study

Discover useful structures in the text

连词before引导时间状语从句时的多种含义

1. before意为“在……之前；还没来得及……就”， 强调主句或从句谓语动词表示的动作发生得过早或过快。

Before she could move, she heard a great noise, which grew to a terrible roar. 她还没来得及动弹，就听见很响的声音，接着就成了可怕的隆隆轰鸣声。

2. before用于“It + be + 时间段+ before...”句型中，该句型意为“在……之后才……”。

It will be five years before I come back. 我五年后才能回来。

注意：如果主句使用否定形式，则表示“不久……就……”。

It won't be long before they understand each other. 他们不久就会互相了解的。

3. before还有“趁……(还没有)”之意。

They are thinking of buying the house before the prices go up. 他们正在考虑趁房价未涨时把房子买下来。

主题应用·语库构建

Ⅰ. 高频表达

1. 与饥饿、营养及健康相关的表达

junk food 垃圾食品

calorie 卡路里

intake 摄入量

nutrition 营养；滋养

malnutrition 营养不良

stunting 发育迟缓

starve v. 挨饿

starvation n. 饥饿

hungry adj. 饥饿的

hunger n. 饥饿

dizzy 头晕目眩的

harmful 有害的

harmless 无害的

health n. 健康；卫生

healthy adj. 健康的；健壮的

unhealthyadj. 不健康的；有害的

disease 疾病

stressful 压力重的

overweight 太胖的；超重的

painful 痛苦的

comfortable 舒服的；安逸的

take in 吸收

suffer from food shortage 遭受食物短缺

starve to death 饿死

get sick 生病

get two meals a day 每日两餐

the quantity of food 食物的数量

the quality of food 食物的质量

run out of supplies 供应已用完

have no appetite for 对……没胃口

be in good health 身体健康

be on a diet 节食

skip breakfast 不吃早餐

build up one's body 增强某人的体质

keep a balanced diet 保持均衡饮食

recover from 从……中恢复

put on (gain) weight/lose weight 增重/减肥

develop good eating habits 养成良好的饮食习惯

feel energetic 感到精力充沛

be addicted to junk food 对垃圾食品上瘾

be harmful to health 对健康有害

endanger health 危害健康

get overweight 变得肥胖

go hungry 挨饿

break down （身体）垮掉

fight against obesity 对抗肥胖问题

keep fit 保持健康

2. 粮食及食品安全问题

food safety 食品安全

food security 粮食安全

food insecurity 粮食不安全问题

food shortage 食物短缺

keep food security 维护粮食安全

the most important strategic material 最重要的

战略物资

reduce food waste 减少食品浪费

minimize food waste 尽量减少食物浪费

make fewer impulse purchases 减少冲动购物