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(2025·镇江中考改编)Food waste is not just a problem at the dinner table,but a big problem all over the world. Serious losses of food happen from farmers' fields to customers' fridges. What's worse,pollution and natural disasters may cause food shortage.
In developing countries,forty per cent of food waste happens during harvesting and processing(加工). Because of this,farmers making little money are trapped in a cycle of poverty(贫困). They are also short of rapid transportation and refrigeration(冷藏),so a large number of crops may go bad before they reach the market. Few farmers can afford industrial-sized fridges to keep their products in good conditions.
Food waste is also discovered in developed countries. More than forty per cent of food waste happens during the process of selling and buying. Shockingly,this amount reaches near the yearly food production in some parts of Africa. In many cases,the vegetables and fruit are thrown away because they look "ugly",falling short of industry standards.
Polluting and destroying the environment does harm to producing food. A few countries are reducing natural areas for growing food crops and raising livestock(牲畜). Most surprisingly,in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest,800 million trees in the past six years have been cut down to make beef cattle farms. Also,fish farms still create a great deal of pollution as well as diseases. At present,it seems that food production doesn't reduce,but it may influence all the living things on earth in the future.
Natural disasters like droughts and storms can destroy a whole year's crop for an unlucky farmer. Climate change will make such events that were previously thought of as "once in a hundred years" happen more and more often. This means that we'll need more resources to produce the same amount of food.
Food waste is harmful to humans,as well as other life on earth. It's not only a problem on customers' dinner tables,but also an international problem that must be dealt with by the governments.
| Food problems | • Food is lost 1.
seriously
from fields to fridges.
• Food shortage is caused by pollution and natural disasters. |
| ---- | ---- |
| 2.
Discoveries/Situations/Facts
of food waste in different countries | • In developing countries
Some farmers are 3.
poor
all the time because of the food waste. Crops may go bad because they can't be transported 4.
rapidly/quickly/fast
. Products can't be kept in good conditions because of the limited refrigeration.
• In developed countries
In the process of selling and buying,5.
over
40% of food waste happens. The amount is almost the food production in some parts of Africa in a year. People throw the vegetables and fruit away 6.
unless
they look nice and meet standards. |
| Bad 7.
influences
on producing food | • Destroying environment
Some natural areas are 8.
reduced
to grow food crops on and raise livestock. Pollution,as well as diseases,is created by fish farms.
• Natural disasters
A whole year's crop can be destroyed by natural disasters. Natural disasters happen more often,not " once in a 9.
century
" in the past. More resources are needed to produce the same amount of food. |
| Conclusion | Food waste is a problem which should be solved by 10.
both
customers and the governments. |