Sharing waste food and steepest street 剩餘食材再利用、最陡的街道

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Charity offers surplus food to homeless 英慈善機構利用多餘食材為流浪者提供飯菜

Steepest street turns into tourist attraction “世界上最陡的街道”成為遊覽勝地

文字稿

A large spread of ingredients destined for the trash. This was all rescued by volunteers in London. Because of food handling laws, there’s no meat. Nevertheless, it’s transformed into free healthy meals and served to many living in social isolation and poverty. FoodCycle is a charity with close to thirty hubs across the UK. The UN estimates that roughly a third of all food produced for humans goes uneaten.

這一桌桌數量龐大的食材終究難逃被扔進垃圾箱的命運。然而，倫敦的志願者們將其全部回收利用瞭起來。由於食品操作法的相關條例，他們發放的食物中不包括肉類。盡管如此，志願者們把這些原本會被浪費掉的食物做成瞭免費健康的飯菜，送到很多與社會隔離的人和貧困的人們手中。發起這次活動的是在全英擁有近三十傢分站的慈善機構 FoodCycle “食物循環”。據聯合國估算，約有三分之一為人類生產的食物會淪為剩飯。

This New Zealand street is officially the world’s steepest residential road. Baldwin Street in the city of Dunedin has an inclination of 35 degrees and has been attracting many visitors. It’s irresistible for daredevils on bikes. It’s also the stage for an annual charity event in which 30,000 chocolate balls are rolled down the road.

新西蘭的這條路被正式列為“世界上最陡的居民區街道”。位於新西蘭達尼丁市的鮑德溫街的路面傾斜度高達35度，一直以來吸引瞭許多遊客來此一遊。熱愛自行車的勇莽人士們無法拒絕在這裡騎行的挑戰。鮑德溫街還是一項年度慈善活動的場地，在活動中，人們會把近三萬顆巧克力球順著這條街滑下去。

詞匯

social isolation
社會隔絕

daredevils
蠻勇的人

練習

請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。註意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。

social isolation / daredevil

1. “Evel” Knievel was an American __________ famous for riding through fire walls, jumping over rattlesnakes and flying over Greyhound buses on his motorcycle.

2. __________ is associated with a higher risk of death in older people.

答案

1. “Evel” Knievel was an American daredevil famous for riding through fire walls, jumping over rattlesnakes and flying over Greyhound buses on his motorcycle.

2. Social isolation is associated with a higher risk of death in older people.