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Description
Do you like soy milk?
I do!
I drink soy milk almost every morning!
我喜歡豆漿，幾乎每天早上都會喝。
But, there are now lots of other kinds of milk, too!
There is oat milk… and almond milk… but here's a new one: potato milk!
現在有燕麥奶、杏仁奶，甚至還有馬鈴薯奶！
Really?? Potato milk?
Sounds weird, right?
But people who have tried it say it is delicious!
Potato milk doesn't have as much protein as soy milk or almond mil … but potatoes are very easy to grow and don't need much water or land.
雖然馬鈴薯奶沒有很多蛋白質，但是種馬鈴薯很容易，不需要太多水和農地。
It's what we call a "sustainable" product… it means you don't need to use so much energy or water or land to get it.
這種農產品叫做「永續產品」，表示它消耗的能源、水跟土地都比較少。
Oat milk or soy milk is not as sustainable as potato milk… and these days, people are looking for sustainable food ideas.
There are now almost 8 billion people living on this earth!
8 billion!
That's a lot of people!
It's already hard to grow enough food to feed all the world's people… so sustainable ideas for growing food are becoming very important.
地球現在有八十億人，要種這麼多食物給全世界的人吃很困難，所以糧食永續的概念越來越重要。
Hmm… potato milk… what do you think?
Does it sound yummy?
Yeah. I think I'd like to try some!
Vocabulary
馬鈴薯奶聽起來不好喝，但是它對環境比較友善。
Potato 馬鈴薯。
I'm growing potatoes. 我在種馬鈴薯。
So that you can make French fries? 好來做薯條嗎？
No, I'm trying to make potato milk. 不，我要試做馬鈴薯奶。A lot of 很多。
That doesn't sound delicious. 聽起來不好喝。
I know. But I heard that a lot of people like potato milk. 我知道，但我聽說很多人喜歡馬鈴薯奶。People 人們。
Those people may be allergic to cow's milk. 那些人可能對牛奶過敏。
Or some people just want to try something new. 也有人只想試試新東西。Look for 尋找。
I'm often looking for new places for my dinner. 我經常找新的地方吃晚飯。
What have you found? 你找到了什麼呢？
A noodle shop nearby. 附近一家麵館。
We use these words all the time.
potato 馬鈴薯
a lot of 很多
people 人們
look for 尋找
Quiz
What is this story about?
A: Things cows like to eat
B: A new kind of milk
C: Ice cream made from flowersWhat does 'sustainable' food mean?
A: It doesn't need too much water or land to grow
B: It comes from a cow or a horse
C: It's a kind of food for tigersHow many people are there on earth today?
A: Almost 8 billion!
B: Almost 80 million!
C: 5
Answers
- B
- A
- A