跟讀練習: What's safe to eat now? - 通過影片學習英語口語

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What we eat and where it comes from is a critical part of human health.

In fact, 59% of Americans think it's a top factor to know where their food comes from,

and 54% prioritize food that is consistently available locally.

And one of the best places to get that locally sourced food?

Small family farms and farmers markets.

I love a good farmers market, and I'm not alone.

There are over 8,700 farmers markets in the U.S., where roughly 40,000 farmers sell their products.

And they seem to be getting a bit more attention thanks to a certain lettuce-related issue.

Americans are growing weary of the rising number of recalls related to those stomach-churning cyclospora and salmonella outbreaks.

With only 55% of Americans feeling very or somewhat confident in the safety of the food supply, buying direct from your local farm could be the answer.

But how does a small family farm business compete with major grocery stores for customers?

And what's behind their sales pitch for safer and fresher food?

I came out here to Camarillo, California to check out McGrath Family Farms.

This farm has a pretty unique model.

It's a collective of a few smaller farmers working land that's been a Southern California staple for generations.

Phil McGrath, who's my mentor, he's the fourth generation McGrath on this same land.

And him and his siblings, they started some of the first farmers markets in our area.

A group of us that were apprentices here were carrying on that legacy.

We are 35 acres of certified organic land.

We grow a lot of different crops, over 20 different varieties of produce and vegetables, as well as over 20 different varieties of flowers.

McGrath Family Farms practices regenerative and organic farming, which means fewer chemicals and machinery.

But this more natural approach also means they're frequently adjusting to mother nature.

I always say farmers, especially smaller farmers or mid-sized farmers, were some of the best problem solvers around because we're dealing with problems constantly.

You plant those seeds, you're investing all your upfront capital, right, in all this, and you're hoping those seeds come up, that the conditions are right for those seeds to germinate.

My whole family does work here, so my mom, my dad, my grandpa, my uncles, and then my siblings and I,

another 10 to 15 workers here at the farm that do an assortment of things,

whether it's packing, weeding, harvesting, washing the produce.

Growing crops organically, there's going to naturally be challenges.

Weeding is one of the biggest costs of organic farming.

We spend all our time weeding.

Then you have pest pressure that comes in.

You might have some kind of soil pathogen you got to figure out.

And the second you harvest that crop, it needs to get to our end customer immediately, as quickly as possible to have all that viability, to have all that nutrient density.

So how do only a couple dozen people maintain food freshness and availability while keeping the business afloat?

Everything is harvested for the markets the day before.

Then everybody packs up the produce and fans out to several farmers markets in Southern California each week, all of them about 50 miles or less from the farm.

Our whole family, especially on Sunday, when we have two farmers markets everyone's away at a market that's a lot of ground to cover

and the cycle restarts again every week

if there's any disruption it can be costly we can't miss the market

because we're expecting the money that's made throughout the week to be able to reinvest it into our seeds

and our employees i think for the most part our pricing

has been the same for the last like 10 years people will always notice

when the price goes up but they tend to not notice when the price goes down.

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Farmers markets are a main driver of this farm's business, but not just because that's where they see the most sales.

It's also where they form direct relationships with customers,

which means that farmers like Mike and Tony also have a pulse on their customers anxieties when food safety issues happen.

When anything happens like this on the news, automatically customers are concerned.

You're rightfully so.

They want to now know where does the food come from?

People start to come more to the markets and buy stuff directly from the farm

to prevent being affected by any sort of outbreak that's through the supply chain.

We don't want the food to travel far.

It's alive.

It needs to get enjoyed immediately.

It'll be harvested today, washed and packed, and then you go to market.

These hands grew it, these hands washed it, and these hands brought it here.

An operation like Taylor Farms, the lettuce distributor linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak, is massive by comparison.

It has over 25,000 employees,

30 processing facilities, and produces over 265 million servings of produce weekly that makes its way into chain restaurants,

major grocery retailers and big box stores.

And generally speaking, buying food from grocery stores is highly regulated and safe.

But its supply chain does have more potential contamination points.

Some produce travels hundreds or thousands of miles from where it's grown to where it's sold, passing through processing, storage and distribution facilities.

People come to the farmers markets and sometimes be like, The produce at the stores is a lot cheaper, but one thing that I tried to explain to them,

the produce in the grocery stores most of the time is coming from another country.

And also the produce that we're providing to them is most of the time just a day old.

The ultimate advantage of a small local farm is how direct

the journey of their produce from the fields to their customers is.

You're getting a more nutrient dense and flavor dense produce.

And more than anything, it's going to last longer

and be safer for you because it's being transferred from less hands and stuff.

We grow the food in the greater Los Angeles area here, and we bring it into the city in our local area as well here.

So that direct feedback informs our growing decision.

We'll have people that ask us to grow beets, or they'll ask us to grow a specific variety of tomato.

And we're always willing to try new things too.

It's a small community that supports each other.

The farmers and our customers at the farmers market, we all come together to make this possible.

Even with thousands of farmers markets and farms across the country, There are still areas known as food deserts, places with limited access to affordable,

nutritious food because of geography or economics.

The farmers I met with had some advice for people who live there, too.

A national and a global food system.

It's a miracle that humans created this.

We were able to figure out how to grow food and ship it all over the world.

Do your due diligence when you get your produce home.

You make sure you wash it, you store it safely.

We never take anything for granted.

And these small farmers are always looking for creative ways to reach more people with healthy, safe food.

When we have a surplus of produce, especially after the farmers markets, we donate it to Food Forward and then give it to food banks.

Where I spend a lot of my time today is in farm to school.

Today, we're in six school districts reaching around 60,000 students in just Ventura County.

So if you have a local farmers market and it's within your budget, consider buying a few fruits or veggies.

Your local farmer and your taste buds will thank you.

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語境中的語法與表達

“What we eat and where it comes from is...”：主語從句的用法，將兩個名詞性從句合併作主語，適合表達複雜觀點。在口語中使用能讓句子更有深度，比如雅思口語描述“健康生活方式”時可以說“What we do daily and how we manage time is key to well-being”。
“I'm not alone”：簡潔表達“並非個例”，比“Many people think so too”更自然。在對話中用來引出資料或例子，比如“我喜歡有機食品，I'm not alone——身邊很多朋友都開始關注食材來源”。
“which means fewer chemicals and machinery”：非限制性定語從句，補充說明前文內容。口語中使用能讓邏輯更連貫，比如描述農場特點時說“This farm uses regenerative farming, which means it's more friendly to the environment”。

常見發音陷阱

提高英語發音，得注意影片裡的 tricky 單詞。比如“cyclospora”（環孢子蟲）和“salmonella”（沙門氏菌），這兩個專業名詞的重音分別在第二和第三音節，容易讀錯；“regenerative”（再生的）中間的“ne”發音較輕，別讀成“re-gen-er-a-tive”。另外，說話者有輕微美式口音，“farmers”中的“er”髮捲舌音，“markets”的“ts”要輕咬舌尖。練習時可以用英語影子跟讀，逐句模仿，慢慢就能掌握這些細節啦！

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	is harvested · is presented · being affected
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	that's been · has been
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	farming, which means · people who live

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為什麼用這個影片練習口語？

語境中的語法與表達

常見發音陷阱

影片中的語法

什麼是跟讀法？