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Have you noticed that the price of your groceries has gone up?

Bread, milk, cheese, eggs are all more expensive, and it's something we're seeing throughout most of the globe.

So what is behind the price increase?

The United Nations Food Price Index tracks the monthly change in the price of a basket of food items.

The five commodities making up this basket are cereals, vegetable oils, sugar, meats and dairy products.

In March of 2022, the index recorded the highest price levels in its three -decade history.

It has since come off that high slightly, but is still well above levels seen in previous years.

The UN body's chief economist warned prices won't be going back to normal anytime soon.

They will continue increasing because we will not have the regular planting season for these two countries

and that could have a significant effect in the world.

The two countries he's referring to here are, unsurprisingly, Russia and Ukraine.

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and rising energy prices are the two main reasons why food is getting more costly.

But why is food price inflation so widespread?

Let's take a closer look.

Prices are really complicated.

They're shaped by all sorts of things.

We've had the Ukraine crisis, which has really thrown the world's food system into disarray in some respects.

Ukraine is one of the bread baskets of Europe.

It's where we produce lots of our crops.

Many of those crops have been unable to leave the country.

And farmers right now in Ukraine are meant to be planting the next season's crops, and they haven't been able to.

So we can expect these issues to continue as well.

Ukraine is known for its fertile soils.

It is a top exporter of sunflower oil, corn and grains.

Ukraine and Russia combined produce more than a quarter of the global wheat supply.

So you can understand how disruptions in these markets can cause massive shocks to our global food supply.

For sure it is becoming a global problem.

We are talking of around 50 countries

that have more than 30 % of their imports dependent from Russian Federation

and Ukraine and of those 20 countries have 50 % of their exports depending on Ukraine.

For instance, look at some of the countries that are highly dependent on Russia and Ukraine for wheat imports.

Eritrea, Armenia, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Somalia get more than 90 % of their wheat imports from the two countries alone.

Distressingly, there's a growing number of analysts, academics and policy makers saying that

Russia is intentionally weaponizing food supplies as a part of Vladimir Putin's war strategy.

The fear is that much of the developing world will starve as a result.

As if that weren't enough to contend with, energy prices were already high before the war.

The conflict has only made things worse.

And that has trickled down to your food bill.

We've seen rising gas prices, and that's increased the cost of fertilizers.

And many farmers are reliant on these fertilizers, these industrially produced fertilizers, which rely on natural gas for their manufacture.

So that's edged food prices up.

Natural gas, which is used as a raw material and fuel for making nitrogen fertilizers, accounts for about 80 % of the production cost.

With natural gas prices in Europe soaring almost 300 % over the last 12 months, the cost of fertilizers has naturally gone up too.

Major producers such as China and Russia have also put export bans in place to protect their domestic markets.

This is adding to the upheaval, affecting the type of crops being planted and the planting season.

Some crops like wheat, rice and corn, for example, are highly reliant on fertilizers.

In addition, the demand for alternatives to fossil fuels has led to the growth of biofuels, such as vegetable oils like palm and rapeseed oil.

As more farmers grow these cash crops, this drives up the prices for other crops competing for a limited amount of land.

And with inflation going through the roof, some governments have started to impose restrictions on the exports of their energy crops too.

Towards the end of April, Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of vegetable oil, imposed a three -week ban on the international sales of its palm oil.

Meanwhile, India also decided to ban exports of wheat, which, you may remember, is a fertilizer -intensive crop.

Europe's trade chief says these decisions only make the situation worse.

Countries are starting to take export restrictive measures and we think

that this is a tendency which can actually only aggravate the problem.

Financial services company Nomura warned that several major economies will fall into a recession next year.

You could see recessions in certain countries more likely than others.

For example, Europe.

Europe spends a lot more money on food and fuel relative to GDP than for example the US or the UK.

So it could be that that has a more direct and larger impact on people's ability to spend.

Expand a little bit on that point.

Let's step back and explain why this increase in food prices is a problem.

So it's a problem because it limits the amount of disposable income that people have to spend on other items.

And if you think about the people who are affected the most,

it tends to be the poor because they have a much greater spend on those items relative to their total spending.

So it could be really constraining for those households in particular, but for the economy as a whole.

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这节口语课以视频“Why food is getting more expensive for everyone”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：price, Ukraine, crop, countries, fertilizer。这段视频共有 49 个句子、922 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 5:52。说话人语速自然，每分钟约 157 个词，接近日常对话。只有 80% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇难度较高。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
crop 名词	/kɹɑp/	作物
export 名词	/ˈɛks.pɔɹt/	出口, 輸出 /输出
wheat 名词	/ˈwiːt/	麥 /麦, 小麥 /小麦
farmer 名词	/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/	農夫 /农夫, 農民 /农民
import 名词	/ˈɪm.pɔɹt/	進口貨 /进口货, 舶來品 /舶来品
basket 名词	/ˈbæskɪt/	籃子 /篮子
vegetable 名词	/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/	蔬菜, 青菜
relative 名词	/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/	親戚 /亲戚
dependent 形容词	/dɪˈpɛndənt/	依靠, 倚賴 /倚赖
palm 名词	/pɑm/	手掌
inflation 名词	/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/	通貨膨脹 /通货膨胀, 通脹 /通胀
warn 动词	/woɹn/	警告, 提醒
recession 名词	/ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/	衰退, 退去
meanwhile 副词	/ˈmiːnwaɪl/	同時 /同时
complicated 形容词	/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/	複雜 /复杂

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	发音	释义
go up 动词		上昇 /上升, 上去
make up 动词	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	組成 /组成

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：

结构	视频中的用法
现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事	Have you noticed · We've had · have been
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的	are meant · is known · being planted
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物	crisis, which has · gas, which is · tendency which can

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 7 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 we've, haven't, they're。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/, recession /ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/, shock /ʃɔk/, invasion /ɪnˈveɪʒən/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/
长单词——注意重音位置: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, commodity /kəˈmɑdəti/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, invasion /ɪnˈveɪʒən/, intensive /ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/, restrictive /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: crop /kɹɑp/, export /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/, wheat /ˈwiːt/, import /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/, basket /ˈbæskɪt/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, rely /ɹɪˈlaɪ/, cereal /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/, industrially /ɪnˈdʌs.tɹɪ.ə.li/

如何用这段视频练习

先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 crop, export, wheat 这类单词。

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