2020-2021学年度第13期总第731期
Dealing with food wastage (P4-5)
吉林毓文中学  王荟娟
Lead-in 
How do you feel after looking at these pictures?

Reading for main idea
Read the text and answer the question.
What’s the main idea of the passage?
We are taking actions to deal with food wastage.

Read for structure
 

Detail reading (para 1-3) 
1. What does Li Yanrong do to deal with kitchen waste? 
Li Yanrong raises cockroaches to consume kitchen waste. 

Detail reading (para 4-5) 
2. Why do we say that food waste is a pressing problem?  
Because an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food, or one-third of the total produced for human consumption, is wasted globally each year. 

Detail reading (para 6) 
3. What evidence supports the seriousness of world hunger? 
 
Detail reading (para 7-10) 
4. What efforts have we made to deal with food waste?  
 
5. Why shouldn't China adopt a careless attitude to food security?  
China has limited cultivable farmland, power and water resources. 

Understanding-sentences
1. Hearing this, Bai Yinzhong, 70, who experienced a period of severe food shortages in the early 1960s, feels a sense of pain.
本句中Hearing this为_____________ , 表示_________，本句中 who experienced a period of severe food shortages in the early 1960s 为_________,修饰先行词__________。
本句的主干为：
Key: 现在分词作状语；主动和进行；定语从句；Bai Yinzhong；Bai Yingzhong feels a sense of pain

2. I would have starved to death if no one had helped me out. 
本句使用了________语气,表达对_________的虚拟。从句使用_ __________时态, 主句使用_________________________.
例如：If I had listened to your advice, I would have passed the exam. 
If he had had money, he would have bought a car.
Key: 虚拟；过去情况；过去完成；would/should/could/might have done

3. Using cockroaches to deal with kitchen waste is good for our country, as some social problems are created by food waste, Li said. 
本句中 Using cockroaches to deal with kitchen waste, 为________________。as译为_____，引导___________。
相似句式：eg. Reading is really good for people, as we can learn a lot and broaden our horizons.  
Key: 动名词短语作主语；因为；原因状语从句

Translate the following into Chinese
1. disgust         厌恶，嫌恶
2. entrepreneur    创业者
3. chew           咀嚼
4. nutrition         营养
5. COVID-19       2019冠状病毒
6. initiative         新方案，倡议
7. launch          发射，发行
8. promote        促进，提升，发扬
9. cultivable       可耕种的
10. portion        一份

Word Study
1. reaction(n.)--____(v.)
2. innovative(adj.)--______(n.)
3. pressing(adj.)--______(v.)
4. consumption(n.)--_____(v.)
5. globally(adv.)--______(n.)
6. shortage(n.)--____(adj.)
7. hunger(n.)--______(adj.)
8. agricultural(v.)--_______(n.)
Key: 1. react；2. innovation；3. press；4. consume；5. globe；6. short；7. hungry；8. agriculture

Phrase Study
1. cope with  处理，对付
2. in the same breath 同时，相提并论
3. starve to death 饿死
4. help out   帮助...摆脱困难
5. spare no effort  不遗余力做某事
6. call for  号召

Homework
Can you think of other innovative methods to cope with food waste? Share your ideas with your classmates.