South Korea Doesn't Waste Food
South Korea Doesn't Waste Food 2024.10.17
Oh no! The kids didn't eat all their lunch! Did you know that food that is
not eaten is called "food waste"?
糟了，這些孩子們沒有把午餐吃完，你知道剩下的食物就會變成廚餘了嗎!
We make a lot of food waste! All the world's food waste in one day can make
one billion meals! Wow!
我們每天製造很多廚餘，全世界一天的廚餘量相當於一億份餐點!
We throw away a lot of food. When it goes to landfills, it makes gases that
make the Earth hotter.
廚餘被丟到垃圾掩埋場，會產生溫室氣體，讓地球的溫度升高。
But in South Korea, people don't throw away food waste. The country recycles
98 percent of it. That's five million tons of food recycled every year!
但是在南韓，人們不會把食物丟掉，這個國家回收百分之 98 的廚餘，一年回收 500
萬噸的食物!
Families pay to recycle their food waste. They pay about 200 Taiwan dollars a
month. They put the food in food waste bags or cans. If they don't, they may
have to pay up to twenty-five thousand Taiwan dollars!
南韓的家庭一個月會付相當於台幣 200
元的費用，回收廚餘，他們把廚餘放到專用的袋子或桶子裡，如果不這麼做，最高可能會被罰相當於兩萬五千台幣的罰款!
What happens to this waste? Some feeds animals. Some becomes fertilizer. It
helps vegetables grow better. A lot makes biogas. Biogas helps make
electricity.
這些廚餘有什麼用處呢?
有一些用來當作動物飼料，有一些變成種蔬菜的肥料，還有一些用來製造沼氣，沼氣可以發電。
South Korea is making good things with its food waste! That makes less bad
gases for the Earth. Can Taiwan do this too?
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Vocabulary
在南韓，吃剩的東西不會進垃圾桶，必須回收。
1) throw away 扔掉。
Every time I cook, I throw away a lot of stuff. 我每次做菜都扔掉好多東西。
So do I. Things like vegetable leaves and eggshells.
我也是，比如說菜葉子跟雞蛋殼。
2) eaten 被吃掉。
Yeah, they can't be eaten, but I still feel bad about it.
那些不能吃，不過我還是不開心。
For producing too much food waste? 因為製造太多食物垃圾嗎?
Yeah.對啊。
3) month 月份。
Maybe we shouldn't cook that much. 也許我們不應該太常做菜。
Oh, I only do it once a month.我每個月只做一次。
Once a month?!一個月一次?
4) percent 百分比。
Then don't worry. 那你不用擔心。
The waste you produce is less than 1 percent of mine.
你製造的垃圾不到我的百分之一。
來一起來讀單字。
throw away扔掉 eaten被吃掉 month月份 percent百分比
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Quiz
a. Food trash
b. Food garbage
c. Food waste
2. How much do South Koreans pay a month to recycle food?
a. $25 Taiwan dollars
b. $98 Taiwan dollars
c. $200 Taiwan dollars
3. What does South Korea recycle food into?
a. Biogas
b. Bad gases
c. Landfills
I am surprised that we make such a lot of food waste every day.
回覆刪除Maybe we should try to reduce and recycle our food waste right now. Learn South Korea how to do about food waste can make us not throw away a lot of food again. South Korea is making good things with its food waste! Can Taiwan do this, too? I think Taiwan can do this ,too.