What will you do if you can't eat everything bought in the canteen(食堂)? According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people.
Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the west, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it's good to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil (辛劳) others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.
There are 925 million hungry people in the world. They don't have enough food to eat. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops. It's also important that everyone thinks about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste. Recently a campaign against food waste launched on line in China might make you think twice about being so wasteful.
A. Students waste is extremely serious. B. So we shouldn't waste our food. C. Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food. D. Students can never realize the serious food waste situation. E. But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg. F. China, in turn, features its own eating culture. G. To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. |
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