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VOA新闻杂志2022--秘鲁的施食处正在与通货膨胀作斗争

时间:2022-04-19 03:27来源:互联网 提供网友:nan   字体: [ ]
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Peru's Soup Kitchens Struggle with Inflation1

In the hilly slums2 of Peruvian capital Lima, soup kitchens provide free food to some of the nation's poorest people. Recently, however, they have had to cut proteins like meat substantially as the cost of food climbs.

Now, workers at the soup kitchens are telling those they serve not to look for chicken in the chicken soup.

"For us as soup kitchens, chicken has ceased to exist, " said Jenifer Mondalgo, president of a soup kitchen group in the Pamplona Alta area. "The rise in prices is huge."

Soup kitchens serve meals to the needy3. The food is either free or provided at a very low price. But the war in Ukraine has disrupted5 fertilizer and food supplies, causing inflation.

For years, Lima soup kitchens have offered lunch at 1 sol, about 27 cents. But now community leaders have been forced to raise the price to 1.5 soles.

Mondalgo said they have sought free bones, skins or other parts at the market so that they can serve at least a little animal protein.

In the poor neighborhood of Pamplona Alta, people even look for food in the trash.

Peru's inflation is at its highest in 25 years, affecting food prices more than other goods. The high prices have already brought nationwide protests that have left the government trying to find ways to cut costs.

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo wants to drop sales tax on some foods to help lower costs. But he is still debating the issue with the country's Congress.

Peru has also raised the minimum wage by 10 percent and offered to help with the cost of cooking gas for the poor.

"Things like vegetables and potatoes used to be cheap. Now they are super expensive," said Elena Rodriguez who lives in Pamplona Alta. "I don't know what to do anymore."

Recently, a soup kitchen in Pamplona Alta served rice and vegetables with an increasingly rare treat: chicken soup. The chicken bones came from a donation at the market earlier in the day.

The Peruvian government says vegetable oil has increased 50 percent in the past year. That has forced poor Peruvians to find other sources for cooking oil. Some reuse animal fats left from earlier meals.

"If soup kitchens ceased to exist, our lives would be terrible," said Maria Sanchez. She spends almost 200 soles a month at her local soup kitchen to feed lunch to her family of six.

"We wouldn't know what to buy because everything is so expensive at the market."

Words in This Story

disrupt4 - v. to interrupt the normal or activity

trash - n. something that is thrown away

minimum - adj. lowest possible amount

cheap - adj. not costing a lot

expensive - adj. cost a lot of money


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1 inflation 4bqz8     
n.胀大,夸张,通货膨胀
参考例句:
  • Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
  • The inflation of the airbed took several minutes.给空气床垫充气花了几分钟时间。
2 slums 7a1209bb38ad736618b24dce42cde941     
n.贫民窟,贫民区( slum的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s. 这些贫民窟是20世纪60年代住房政策的遗迹。
  • the poverty and squalor of the slums 贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏
3 needy wG7xh     
adj.贫穷的,贫困的,生活艰苦的
参考例句:
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
4 disrupt rl7zR     
adj.分裂的,分散的;vt.使分裂,使瓦解
参考例句:
  • The war seemed likely to disrupt the state.战争可能使这个国家分裂。
  • The conflict seemed likely to disrupt the government.这场冲突可能使政府垮台。
5 disrupted 216a1e94ac824979b1ce1545d406f4d7     
使混乱,扰乱( disrupt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • An accident has disrupted railway services into and out of the city. 一场事故使得进出该城市的铁路交通陷入混乱。
  • A crowd of protesters disrupted the meeting. 一群抗议者扰乱了会议。
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