首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy
[originaltext] An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy
游客
2024-05-12
33
管理
问题
An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sale of bottled water from Japan. The water, angrily argued in public, has traveled 10,000 "food miles" before it reaches Western customers. "Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK." It is also worried that we are wasting our fuel by buying prams from Indonesia (7,000 food miles) and carrots from South Africa (5,900 food miles).
Counting the number of miles traveled by a product is a strange way of trying to tell the true situation of the environmental damage done by an industry. Most food is transported around the world on container ships that are extremely energy efficient. It should be noted that a ton of butter transported 25 miles in a truck to a farmers’ market does not necessarily use less fuel on its journey than a similar product transported hundreds of miles by sea. Besides, the idea of "miles" ignores the amount of fuel used in the production. It is possible to cut down your food miles by buying tomatoes grown in Britain rather than those grown in Ghana; the difference is that the British ones will have been raised in heated greenhouses and the Ghanaian ones in the open sun.
What the idea of "food miles" does provide, however, is the chance to cut out Third World Countries from First World food markets. The number of miles traveled by our food should, as I see it, be regarded as a sign of the success of the global trade system, not a sign of damage to the environment.
26.Why is the Food Commission angry?
27.What does the phrase "food miles" mean according to the passage?
28.What does the speaker try to explain by comparing tomatoes raised in Britain and in Ghana?
29.Who is most probably giving this talk?
选项
A、It finds some imported goods cause environmental damage.
B、UK wastes a lot of money importing food products.
C、It thinks people waste energy buying food from other countries.
D、Growing certain vegetables causes environmental damage.
答案
C
解析
短文开头部分对食品委员会生气做出了解释:Food Commission认为进口食品在途中要消耗能源,属于浪费行为,故答案为[C]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3594507.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:Areyougoingtothedemonstrationtohelpstopthespreadof
[originaltext]AnenvironmentalgroupcalledtheFoodCommissionisunhappy
[originaltext]AnenvironmentalgroupcalledtheFoodCommissionisunhappy
[originaltext]AnenvironmentalgroupcalledtheFoodCommissionisunhappy
[originaltext]PatO’BurkewasapoorIrishmanwithalargefamilytosuppo
[originaltext]ThegoldengatebridgejoinsthebeautifulcityofSanFrancis
[originaltext]ThegoldengatebridgejoinsthebeautifulcityofSanFrancis
[originaltext]ThegoldengatebridgejoinsthebeautifulcityofSanFrancis
[originaltext]W:Ienjoygoingthroughsecond-handbookstores,don’tyou?It’s
[originaltext]W:Ienjoygoingthroughsecond-handbookstores,don’tyou?It’s
随机试题
[originaltext]W:Goodafternoon,sir.MayIhelpyou?M:Goodafternoon.We’ve
A—domestictradeB—internationaltradeC—terms
铜鼓(bronzedrum)文化是远古时代在包括长江以南到东南亚的广阔地区流行的一种典型文化代表。在古代,铜鼓多用于祭神、征战和喜庆活动。在祭神时,它
HowtoStartaBusinessAstheworstglobaldownturnsin
某儿童在游乐园坐旋转椅游玩时,突然出现恶心、呕吐、眩晕、皮肤苍白等现象,分析最可
基金管理人应当自收到准予注册文件之日起()内进行基金募集。A.2个月 B.3
电梯安装试运行合格后,由()负责进行校验和调试。A、安装单位 B、检测单位
下列制度中,属于我国《城市房地产管理法》规定的房地产基本制度的有()。(20
有关坏疽,下列哪项是错误的A.坏疽是一种坏死 B.坏疽易见于肝 C.坏疽分为
企业进行基本建设时,在技术文件中所写明的生产能力是()。A.设计生产能力
最新回复
(
0
)