你上周扔了食物吗？

Discussion Questions

1.你上周扔了食物吗？
Have you thrown away food in the last week?
2.你会注意保质期吗？
Do you stick to the best-before date?
3.食物浪费是否过多？
Is there too much food waste?
4.你有没有做过‘垃圾箱潜水’？你愿意尝试吗？还是觉得那只是嬉皮士的事？
Have you ever done "dumpster diving"? Would you do it? Would you do it? Or is that just for hippies?
5.在你的祖国情况如何？
How is it in your home country?
6.你如何减少扔掉的食物量？
How can you reduce the amount of food thrown away?
7.你会吃剩菜吗？
Do you eat leftovers?
8.超市应该被要求捐赠未售出的食物，而不是扔掉吗？
Should supermarkets be required to donate unsold food instead of throwing it away?
9.有些超市的食物不使用任何包装——你必须带自己的罐子等。这个想法会流行吗？
There are supermarkets where nothing is sold in packaging - you have to bring your own jars, etc. Will this idea catch on?
10.政府应该通过法律来减少食物浪费吗？
Should the government pass a law to reduce food waste?

食物浪费 (shíwù làngfèi) - food waste

扔掉 (rēngdiào) - to throw away

过期 (guòqī) - expired

保质期 (bǎozhìqī) - expiry date

大约 (dàyuē) - roughly

一次性包装 (yīcìxìng bāozhuāng) - single-use packaging

剩菜 (shèngcài) - leftovers (left over food)

上周我扔掉了一些食物，因为它坏了。

Last week, I threw away some food because it had gone bad.

我注意保质期，但有时这很困难。

I pay attention to the best-before date, but sometimes it’s difficult.

是的，我认为我们社会中有太多食物浪费。

Yes, I believe there is too much food waste in our society.

我从未做过垃圾箱潜水，但我觉得这个主意很有趣。

I have never done dumpster diving, but I find the idea interesting.

在我的祖国，有很多减少食物浪费的倡议。

In my home country, there are many initiatives to reduce food waste.