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OK. We don't want to repeat stuff.
好。我们可不想重复相同的内容。
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.
我最关心的是，在经济衰退时期，政府应该鼓励企业想方法降低成本。很明显，美国的超市中，11%的水果白白损失，变成食品垃圾——这相当于直接把钱丢掉。
All right, we'll focus on that problem. It should get the others' attention, anyway.
好吧，我们就主要关注这个问题。这本就应引起大家注意。
Now, how do you want to begin the presentation? Let's not start with statistics though, because that's what everybody does.
你想怎样开始展示？但别以展示数据开始，因为大家都会这么做。
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。那不如我们提问其他学生，问问他们，估计自己每天浪费多少食品？
I'm fine with that. Probably a better option than showing pictures of landfill sites. It'll be more personalised, that way.
我对此没有意见。这比展示垃圾堆填区的照片要好。提问更加个性化。
All right, now let's start!
好，现在开始工作吧！
Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
现在听取录音，回答第二十六题至第三十题。
OK, shall we now have a look at the projects that different researchers and organisations are working on?
好了，不如我们现在看一看不同的研究人员和机构在做的项目？
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.
我个人很欣赏的一个项目是塔夫斯大学的项目，他们发明了小型可食用的贴纸，贴在新鲜食物上，就可显示出当前所含细菌水平，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.
这个主意棒极了，贴纸能告诉人们是否需要赶紧在食物变质前把它吃掉。
The other good thing about the patches is that apparently they'll be cheap to manufacture.
贴纸还有一个优点——很明显，它们的生产成本很低。
Good. Then the other thing I thought was great was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project. I hadn't seen that.
好。我还认为麻省理工学院的项目也很棒。我还没了解过。
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.
他们开发出某种感应器，能检测出微量乙烯。乙烯是一种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.
研究人员认为，可将感应器装在纸皮箱上，超市就能用便携装置扫描感应器，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.
这可比把货架上的纸箱一个个拿下来再打开检查（水果熟度）快多了。
Definitely. And I thought that Lean Path was worth mentioning, too.
那当然，而且我还认为Lean Path也值得一提。
Their waste tracking technology means that caterers can see how much food is being wasted and why.
他们的废品追踪技术意味着，餐饮服务业者能了解到浪费了多少食物，以及其原因。
That'll increase profits for them eventually.
最终这能增加他们的利润。
Yes. And did you read about Zero Percent? They've produced this smartphone application that allows restaurants to send donation alerts to food charities.
对。你有看过“百分之零”的项目吗？他们开发了一个智能手机应用软件，能让餐厅给慈善机构发送食品捐献提醒。
The charities can then pick up the unwanted food and distribute it to people in need.
慈善机构就能去收集多余的食物，分给有需要的人了。
In the long run, that'll definitely benefit poorer families in the neighbourhood. No kid should go to school hungry.
长远来看，社区里的较贫困家庭会受益良多。没有孩子应该饿着上学。
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。我还看到，有好些美国州政府正在考虑引入强制性堆肥，那人们就不能把食品废物扔到垃圾桶里了，只能放在堆肥箱。
Well, I guess that means a bit more work for people.
我猜这意味着人们得多花些工夫了。
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!
我是说，他们得将有机废物和无机废物分开，再放到堆肥箱里。你也知道有些人是多么懒惰！
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，假如我们都开始实施堆肥，我们自身就在做一些积极措施应对食品浪费问题，而不是仅仅依靠政府来解决问题。
Having said that, not everyone has a garden so...
说到这，不是每个人都有花园…
That is the end of section 3, you now have half a minute to check your answers.
第三部分结束，你现在有半分钟时间检查答案。
