World Environment Day Urges to Reduce Food Waste

　　Today marks the World Environment Day, an occasion promoted by the United Nations Environment Program or UNEP to increase awareness¹ of the environmental problems affecting people's lives.

 

　　The theme of this year's event is "Eat. Think. Save", a campaign promoting the reduction of food waste.

 

　　The UNEP estimates that roughly a-third of the food produced in the world is lost or wasted.

 

　　The problem is especially said to be acute in rich countries, where around 222 million tones of food is wasted every year.

 

　　For more on this issue, our Nathan Wakelin-King earlier spoke² to the UNEP spokesperson Nick Nuttal.

1 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。