The Beauty of Food|重视内在美，英国成立『丑食物』公司

by Rebecca A. Fratzke

Some people today are just as obsessed with the way their food looks as the way they look.

At any market, it's common to see vendors carefully choosing produce that is good enough to sell. Everyone wants the best of what is _(1)_. However, when does worrying about the appearance of food go too far? For one woman in the UK, the answer is clearhen it makes us wasteful. Laura Sandys has a big idea that could change the way we look at food and ourselves. She wants to start selling food that would _(2)_ be considered too ugly to be sold in stores. An example would be an apple that is not uniformly red. Sandys criticizes the current produce rules _(3)_ by the European Union for encouraging wastefulness. A two-tone apple and a one-tone apple taste exactly the same. Therefore, why should one be suitable for purchase in the marketplace and _(4)_ only for juice?

Sandys believes that by selling the ugly items, the general price of food in the UK will be kept down. It will also help the country lower its need to _(5)_ produce. Ideally, Sandys would like to include other food groups in her ugly mission. Fish like pollack are less popular, and _(6)_ are certain cuts of meat and organs like kidneys. Sandys _(7)_ that these types are just as valuable and delicious. The problem is that the method of cooking them has been lost. All in all, what Sandys really wants the UK and the world to understand is that we must start valuing all of our resources, or we'll suffer the consequences.

1.  (A) capable (B) flexible    (C) invisible   (D) available

2.  (A) likewise    (B) otherwise   (C) clockwise   (D) edgewise

3.  (A) to be set   (B) have set    (C) setting (D) set

4.  (A) another (B) others  (C) the other   (D) one another

5.  (A) import  (B) consume (C) retail  (D) supply

6.  (A) alike   (B) so  (C) nor (D) just

7.  (A) points out  (B) turns out   (C) gives out   (D) watches out

重视内在美，英国成立『丑食物』公司

今日，有些人很执着他们的食物要跟自己的外表一样，看起来光鲜亮丽。

在任何一个市场里，我们常看见小贩精挑细选卖相好的农产品贩卖。而每个人在选购时，都想买到最好的产品。但是，讲求食物的卖相到哪种地步算太过火？对 1 位英国女性而言，答案很简单，那就是造成浪费食物的时候。劳拉‧山迪斯有个可以改变我们看待食物和自己的远大计划。她想开始贩卖原先被认为卖相不佳而遭商店拒卖的食物，像是表皮红得不够均匀的苹果。山迪斯批评，目前由欧盟订定的农产品法规变相鼓励浪费。色泽不均匀的苹果跟色泽均匀的苹果尝起来并无二致。所以，为什么一颗能在市场上供人选购，而另一颗却只能拿去榨果汁？

山迪斯认为藉由贩卖丑食物，可普遍降低英国食物的价格，对降低该国进口农产品的需求也有帮助。山迪斯的理想是将她丑食物计划扩大到其他种类的食物。绿鳕是较不受欢迎的鱼类，某些肉块和腰子等内脏也是。山迪斯指出，这些食物种类也同样珍贵与美味。问题在于它们的烹煮方式已经失传。总而言之，山迪斯女士想让英国和全世界了解，我们必须开始珍惜所有资源，否则就得自食恶果。

答案：1. (D)2. (B)3. (D)4. (C)5. (A)

6. (B)7. (A)

英国保守党女议员劳拉‧山迪斯指出，由于欧盟对农产品的规定，使得英国有百分之二十的农产品因外形不完美而被抛弃，估计至少让胡萝卜等蔬果的价格增加百分之四十。她还发现，许多时候只是因为苹果表皮不够红或颜色不均匀，就不能摆上货架。这些苹果虽然也可用来榨果汁，但价钱已大为下降。

山迪斯说，农产品因为不漂亮就被抛弃，实在是暴殄天物，而农家为了确保蔬果外形的完美，必须花更多时间和精力来照顾，这又形成另一种浪费，所以她计划成立非营利的食物公司，专门收购不合超市『选美』标准的农产品，建立『丑食物』品牌，打出『中吃不中看』的口号来吸引消费者。（数据源：联合新闻网）