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@ 31448 Organic Food
A: 辛苦了，做了這麼多菜！
x¯ınkuˇ
le, zuo`
le zhe`me duo¯
ca`i!
You worked so hard! You made so much food!
B: 不辛苦，快吃吧！樂樂，這些菜是用有機蔬菜做
的，你要多吃點兒。
bu`
x¯ınkuˇ, kua`i ch¯ı ba! Le`le, zhe`xie¯
ca`i sh`ı yo`ng yoˇuj¯ı shu¯ ca`i
zuo`
de, nˇı ya`o duo¯
ch¯ı diaˇnr.
It was nothing. Hurry up and eat! Lele, these dishes were made using organic vegetables. You should eat a lot.
C: 阿姨，什麼是有機蔬菜？
a¯ y´ı, she´nme sh`ı yoˇuj¯ı shu¯ ca`i?
Auntie, what are organic vegetables?
B: 就是不用農藥，不用化肥，沒有汙染的蔬菜。
jiu`sh`ı bu`yo`ng no´ngya`o, bu`yo`ng hua`fe´i, me´iyoˇu wu¯ raˇn de shu¯ ca`i.
They’re vegetables that are grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers; they aren’t polluted.
A: 有機蔬菜好像挺貴的。一點點就要幾十塊。
yoˇuj¯ı shu¯ ca`i haˇoxia`ng tˇıng gu`ı de. y¯ıdiaˇndiaˇn jiu` kua`i.
ya`o jˇısh´ı
It seems like organic vegetables are pretty expensive. Just a few costs a lot of money.
B: 貴是貴了點兒，但我總覺得安全一些。
gu`ı sh`ı gu`ı le diaˇnr, da`n woˇ zoˇng jue´de a¯ nqua´n y¯ıxie¯ .
It’s true, they are a little expensive, but I’ve always felt they were a bit safer.
A: 那你平時都吃有機食品嗎？
na` nˇı p´ıngsh´ı do¯ u ch¯ı yoˇuj¯ı sh´ıpˇın ma?
Then do you always eat organic food products?
B: 都吃可吃不起，就是買點兒有機大米，有機蔬菜
和水果。
do¯ u ch¯ı keˇ ch¯ıbuqˇı, jiu`sh`ı maˇi diaˇnr yoˇuj¯ı da`mˇı, yoˇuj¯ı shu¯ ca`i
he´ shuˇıguoˇ.
If that’s all we ate, we couldn’t afford it. I just buy some organic rice, and a few organic fruits and vegetables.
A: 好，我嚐嚐門感怎麼樣。
haˇo, woˇ cha´ng chang koˇugaˇn zeˇnmeya`ng.
OK, I’ll see how they taste.
B: 門感跟普通蔬菜也差不多，不過據說營養價值比
較高。
koˇugaˇn ge¯ n puˇto¯ ng shu¯ ca`i yeˇ y´ıngyaˇng jia`zh´ı bˇıjia`o ga¯ o.
cha`buduo¯ , bu`guo`
ju`shuo¯
They taste pretty much just like ordinary vegetables, but it’s said that they’re quite high in nutritional value.
A: 你呀，吃得真健康！
nˇı ya, ch¯ı de zhe¯ n jia`nka¯ ng!
You really eat healthy!
---Key Vocabulary---
辛苦 x¯ınkuˇ to work hard
有機 yoˇuj¯ı organic
蔬菜 shu¯ ca`i vegetables
農藥 no´ngya`o insecticides, pesti- cides
化肥 hua`fe´i chemical fertilizer
汙染 wu¯ raˇn pollution
是 sh`ı to be
安全 a¯ nqua´n safe
平時 p´ıngsh´ı ordinarily
食品 sh´ıpˇın foodstuff
吃不起 ch¯ıbuqˇı can’t afford to eat
大米 da`mˇı rice
嘗 cha´ng to taste
門感 koˇugaˇn taste
據說 ju`shuo¯ it is said
營養 y´ıngyaˇng nutrition
價值 jia`zh´ı value
健康 jia`nka¯ ng healthy
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
藥 ya`o medicine
十幾塊錢 sh´ı jˇı kua`i qia´n between 10 and 20
kuai
買不起 maˇibuqˇı can’t afford to buy
米飯 mˇıfa`n cooked rice
聽說 t¯ıngshuo¯
to have heard
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