Brazilian Supermarkets Ban Amazon Beef 巴西超市拒卖牛肉护亚马逊雨林
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In a major eco-friendly move, 2,800 supermarkets in the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets created a deal with the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office to ban beef linked to the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
基于对生态环境保护的一项重大措施下，巴西超市联盟中的2,800家超级市场与联邦公共检察署签约，禁止贩卖与亚马逊雨林砍伐有关联的牛肉。
The ban is a sign of progress to environmentalists. According to the environmental group Greenpeace, expansion of the cattle industry in the Amazon is the single biggest cause of deforestation in the region. Currently, about 62 percent of the area destroyed each year in the rainforest becomes cattle pastures.
此禁令对环保人士来说是一项进步的征兆。根据环保团体「绿色和平」统计，养牛业在亚马逊的扩张是造成该地区森林砍伐的一大主因。目前，每年在亚马逊雨林内被毁坏的区域中，约有62%成为牛只的放牧场。
Public Prosecutor Daniel Cesar Azeredo Avelino stated consumers would agree with the deal because it helps preserve the rainforest. “The agreement foresees a series of specific actions to inform the consumer about the origin of the meat both through the Internet and at the supermarkets,” he said. Mr. Avelino expressed that a more transparent labeling system would also make it easier for consumers to avoid buying meat from the Amazon, and make it harder for shops to sell items from producers who flouted the law.
公共检察官丹尼尔．西萨．阿萨瑞多．阿维里诺表示消费者会赞同此合约，因为它有助于保护亚马逊雨林。他说：「这项协议可预见一连串的具体行动，将透过网络以及在超市告知消费者肉品的来源。」阿维里诺亦表示更加透明的标示系统，亦将会让消费者较易避免买到来自亚马逊的肉品，并使得店家难以贩卖来自那些藐视法律的业者所制造的商品。
－by Bryan Shettig
Vocabulary
eco-friendly [ˋiko͵frɛndlɪ] adj. 不损坏生态环境的; 对生态友善的
deforestation [͵difɔrəsˋteʃən] n. 砍伐森林
rainforest [ˋren͵fɑrɪst] n.（热带）雨林
environmentalist [ɪn͵vaɪərənˋmɛnt!ɪst] n. 环保人士
cattle [ˋkæt!] n. 牛
pasture [ˋpæstʃɚ] n. 牧草地，放牧场
foresee [forˋsi] v. 预见；预知
transparent [trænsˋpɛrənt] adj. 透明的
flout [flaʊt] v. 藐视
Reading Comprehension
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
(A) Why 62 percent of the world's cows live in Brazil.
(B) How stores in Brazil are trying to save the Amazon.
(C) Why beef is not popular in the Amazon rainforest.
(D) Where to but Amazon beef now in supermarkets.
2. How will beef sold in stores show people where it's from?
(A) By giving links to the Internet.
(B) With warnings by store owners.
(C) With stickers on the packaging.
(D) By being sold as a different brand.
3. Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage?
(A) How much of the Amazon has been lost.
(B) Why cutting down the rainforest is a bad thing.
(C) Which country's stores will ban Amazon beef.
(D) Why the stores have banned Amazon beef.
Answer
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1. ( B ) |
2. ( C ) |
3. ( A ) |
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