跟读练习: The future of food ⏲️ 6 Minute English - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Pippa.
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Many of us don't think twice about where the food in our kitchen comes from.
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One trip to the supermarket and we can buy anything we want, whether that's fruit grown in South America, tomatoes from Spain or rice flown in from Asia.
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Do you know where the food you buy comes from, Neil?
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I try to pay attention and buy stuff that's locally produced but actually sometimes I don't really look.
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How about you?
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I actually have a calendar on my kitchen wall which tells me which fruits and vegetables are grown at what times of year.
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The reality is that the supply of fresh food to the UK is fragile.
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The UK imports around 40% of its food and this supply chain can easily be disrupted by wars, shortages and, increasingly, by climate change.
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In fact, the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently reported on the importance of food security, the term for having a reliable enough supply of affordable, healthy food to feed everyone.
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In this episode, we'll be investigating the issues affecting food production in the UK.
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As usual, we'll learn some useful new vocabulary and remember there's a quiz, worksheet and transcript of this episode on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
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But first, of course, Pippa, I have a quiz question for you.
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I mentioned that Britain imports 40% of its food from other producers, mostly in Europe.
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But which European country does the UK import the most food from?
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Is it A.
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France, B.
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The Netherlands or C.
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Ireland?
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I've seen the Netherlands on a lot of food packaging in the UK, so I'm going to say B.
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The Netherlands.
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OK, well, we'll find out if you're right later in the programme.
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According to the UK government's recent report, there are many issues affecting Britain's food supply – geopolitical conflicts like those in Ukraine and Iran, droughts and water shortages, loss of biodiversity caused by climate change – the list goes on and on.
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Here, climate reporter Mark Poynting discusses the report's conclusions with BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme.
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And it really draws on scientific research to come up with what it calls as a reasonable worst-case scenario for how biodiversity loss could affect UK security.
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And its conclusions are really quite stark.
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The first line of the report says global ecosystem degradation and collapse threatens the UK's national security.
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The report describes a worst-case scenario where Britain runs out of food.
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A worst-case scenario is the worst possible thing that could happen in a particular situation.
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Mark says the report's conclusions are stark, an adjective which in this case means obvious or severe.
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Another problem with food security relates to climate change.
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Carbon emissions from food production make up around a third of all greenhouse gases, from the diesel used to drive tractors, to fertilisers, to cows and sheep producing methane.
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Emma Pinchbeck is the Chief Executive of the UK's Climate Change Committee.
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She spoke about this problem with BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme.
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The biggest chunk of emissions from agriculture comes from simply having livestock on the land.
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That's the bit of the puzzle that we need to think about going forward.
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And in the way that we've thought about it, for every cow or sheep we take off the land, we put on something else.
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And what that does overall is it makes farmers and landowners part of the solution to climate change, not the problem.
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Livestock – that's farm animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs – contribute most of the carbon emissions from agriculture.
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Moving towards a sustainable food supply involves reducing the amount of meat and dairy we eat in favour of non-animal protein, such as beans and lentils.
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Encouraging farmers and consumers to move away from meat is a piece of the puzzle, according to Emma.
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A piece of the puzzle means a part of the solution to a problem, In this case, the twin problems of food security and climate change.
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Emma says it's important to think again about how farmland is used.
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For every cow or sheep taken off the land, something else, such as a fruit tree or vegetable crop, is put in its place.
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That way farmers become part of the solution, not the problem.
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An idiom meaning that if you are not actively trying to fix a problem, you are helping it continue.
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Lots of ideas to chew over there, Neil.
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But now, isn't it time you revealed the answer to your question?
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My question was, which European country does the UK import the most food from?
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And you said B, the Netherlands.
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And you were absolutely correct, Pippa.
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It is the Netherlands.
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The UK imports 7.6 billion pounds worth of imports, especially vegetables and dairy.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, starting with food security.
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The situation where a country has a reliable enough supply of food to feed its population.
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The worst case scenario is the worst possible thing that could happen in a particular situation.
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The adjective stark has several meanings, including obvious and severe.
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Livestock are animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep or chickens.
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The phrase a piece of the puzzle means a part of the solution to a problem.
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And finally, the idiom be part of the solution, not the problem, means that if you are not actively trying to fix a problem, you are helping it continue.
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Once again, our six minutes are up, but if this topic has made you hungry for more, why not check out our food topic page on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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Bye for now.
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Goodbye.
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本课介绍
在这一课中，你将通过“未来的食物”这一主题来提高你的英语口语能力。我们将探讨食物的来源、气候变化对食品安全的影响、以及农业生产中的挑战。你将学习如何用英语描述这些复杂的议题，同时提升你的口音和流利度。这是一个绝佳的机会，通过实践和重复来强化你的语言技能，从而在实际对话中更加自信。
关键词汇与短语
- 食品安全 - food security
- 气候变化 - climate change
- 农业 - agriculture
- 牲畜 - livestock
- 生态系统退化 - ecosystem degradation
- 碳排放 - carbon emissions
- 最佳案例 - worst-case scenario
- 可持续 - sustainable
练习建议
为了更好地提高你的英语发音并理解这些内容，建议你使用shadow speech（影子发音）练习。你可以通过观看视频或收听相应的音频内容，并在跟读的同时模仿说话者的语调和语速。在本视频中，Neil和Pippa的语速适中，语调自然，非常适合用来进行shadowing练习。
你可以选择短的片段进行重复，尝试与他们的语速同步，尤其是在讲述食品来源和气候变化对农业影响的部分。这样的反复练习不仅能帮助你提高流利度，还有助于增强你的听力理解能力。
此外，关注他们使用的专有名词和短语，例如“生态系统退化”和“可持续性”等，这些都是在谈论现代食品问题时常用的表达。通过这样的练习，你将在与他人的对话中更加自信且富有表现力，提高在日常交流中的创新能力。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。