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OK. We don't want to repeat stuff.
好。我們可不想重復相同的內容。
What concerns me above all else is that in a recession governments should be encouraging business to find ways to cut costs. Apparently supermarkets in the USA lose about 11% of their fruit to waste. That's throwing money away.
我最關心的是，在經濟衰退時期，政府應該鼓勵企業想方法降低成本。很明顯，美國的超市中，11%的水果白白損失，變成食品垃圾——這相當于直接把錢丟掉。
All right, we'll focus on that problem. It should get the others' attention, anyway.
好吧，我們就主要關注這個問題。這本就應引起大家注意。
Now, how do you want to begin the presentation? Let's not start with statistics though, because that's what everybody does.
你想怎樣開始展示？但別以展示數據開始，因為大家都會這么做。
I agree. How about we give the other students a set of questions to answer-about what they suspect they waste every day?
我同意。那不如我們提問其他學生，問問他們，估計自己每天浪費多少食品？
I'm fine with that. Probably a better option than showing pictures of landfill sites. It'll be more personalised, that way.
我對此沒有意見。這比展示垃圾堆填區的照片要好。提問更加個性化。
All right, now let's start!
好，現在開始工作吧！
Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
現在聽取錄音，回答第二十六題至第三十題。
OK, shall we now have a look at the projects that different researchers and organisations are working on?
好了，不如我們現在看一看不同的研究人員和機構在做的項目？
For me, the project I really liked was the one at Tufts University, you know, where they've invented tiny edible patches to stick on fresh foods that show you what level of bacteria is present, and so whether you can still eat it.
我個人很欣賞的一個項目是塔夫斯大學的項目，他們發明了小型可食用的貼紙，貼在新鮮食物上，就可顯示出當前所含細菌水平，以及是否仍可食用。
It's a great idea, as it tells you if you need to hurry up and eat the food before it goes off.
這個主意棒極了，貼紙能告訴人們是否需要趕緊在食物變質前把它吃掉。
The other good thing about the patches is that apparently they'll be cheap to manufacture.
貼紙還有一個優點——很明顯，它們的生產成本很低。
Good. Then the other thing I thought was great was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project. I hadn't seen that.
好。我還認為麻省理工學院的項目也很棒。我還沒了解過。
Well, they've developed these sensors that can detect tiny amounts of ethylene. Ethylene is the natural plant hormone in fruit that makes them turn ripe, apparently.
他們開發出某種感應器，能檢測出微量乙烯。乙烯是一種水果中的天然植物激素，能使水果成熟。
The researchers think that they can attach the sensors to cardboard boxes and then supermarkets can scan the sensors with a portable device to see how ripe the fruit inside is.
研究人員認為，可將感應器裝在紙皮箱上，超市就能用便攜裝置掃描感應器，以查看里面水果的成熟程度。
That's got to be a quicker way to check for ripeness than taking each box off the shelf and opening it.
這可比把貨架上的紙箱一個個拿下來再打開檢查（水果熟度）快多了。
Definitely. And I thought that Lean Path was worth mentioning, too.
那當然，而且我還認為Lean Path也值得一提。
Their waste tracking technology means that caterers can see how much food is being wasted and why.
他們的廢品追蹤技術意味著，餐飲服務業者能了解到浪費了多少食物，以及其原因。
That'll increase profits for them eventually.
最終這能增加他們的利潤。
Yes. And did you read about Zero Percent? They've produced this smartphone application that allows restaurants to send donation alerts to food charities.
對。你有看過“百分之零”的項目嗎？他們開發了一個智能手機應用軟件，能讓餐廳給慈善機構發送食品捐獻提醒。
The charities can then pick up the unwanted food and distribute it to people in need.
慈善機構就能去收集多余的食物，分給有需要的人了。
In the long run, that'll definitely benefit poorer families in the neighbourhood. No kid should go to school hungry.
長遠來看，社區里的較貧困家庭會受益良多。沒有孩子應該餓著上學。
I agree. And I read that quite a few local governments in the USA are thinking about introducing compulsory composting in their states so you can't put any food waste into your rubbish bins, just the compost bin.
我同意。我還看到，有好些美國州政府正在考慮引入強制性堆肥，那人們就不能把食品廢物扔到垃圾桶里了，只能放在堆肥箱。
Well, I guess that means a bit more work for people.
我猜這意味著人們得多花些工夫了。
I mean, they have to separate the organic and inorganic waste themselves before they take it out to the compost bin, and you know how lazy some people are!
我是說，他們得將有機廢物和無機廢物分開，再放到堆肥箱里。你也知道有些人是多么懶惰！
But I guess if we all start composting, we'd be doing something positive about the problem of food waste ourselves, rather than relying on the government to sort it out.
但我想，假如我們都開始實施堆肥，我們自身就在做一些積極措施應對食品浪費問題，而不是僅僅依靠政府來解決問題。
Having said that, not everyone has a garden so...
說到這，不是每個人都有花園…
That is the end of section 3, you now have half a minute to check your answers.
第三部分結束，你現在有半分鐘時間檢查答案。
