VOA慢速英语2016 俄罗斯人自己种植食材

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With high inflation and food shortages across Russia, some Russians are growing their own vegetables.

由于俄罗斯出现高通货膨胀以及食物短缺的现象，一些俄罗斯人开始种植自己的蔬菜。

The country’s struggling economy has kept food prices rising and put millions of people in poverty.

俄罗斯经济不景气，导致食品物价上涨，数百万人民不聊生。

In the former Soviet¹ Union, Russians who lived in traditional country homes – called dachas – often grew their own food.

前苏联时期，一些住在乡间邸宅达恰的俄罗斯人通常都自己种植食材。

Today, many Russian families – including some in cities - are again growing food to deal with the hard economic times. Irina Bulozhenko lives and works in Moscow.

现在，很多俄罗斯人家，包括一些城里人，再次开始种植食材来应对困难的经济时期。 Irina Bulozhenko在莫斯科生活工作。

“Our grandma has a dacha where she grows lots of things like cabbage and beets². I am cooking borscht right now and I am using our beets and carrots. The onions are ours. So we are saving on what we have grown in the summer. So that’s why we don’t feel it so badly.”

“我奶奶有个乡间邸宅，她在那里种植了很多蔬菜，像是卷心菜和甜菜。我现在正在煮罗宋汤，所用的食材就是我们自己种的甜菜和胡萝卜。洋葱也是我们自己种的。因此，通过食用今年夏天耕种的食材，以此达成了节约的目的。因此我们并没有觉得有什么不好的。”

But for some families, growing their own food is still not enough. To help them, Russian volunteers have set up food-sharing programs. The food is donated by restaurants or individuals, and given to those in need.

但对很多家庭来说，自己种植食材还远远不够。为了帮助这些家庭，俄罗斯志愿者成立了食物共享项目。这些食物由餐馆或者个人捐赠，给予那些需要帮助的人。

Tatyana Golubyeva told VOA that receiving food through the program has become important to her family.

Tatyana Golubyeva接受VOA采访时表示，通过这个项目接收食物对她们一家来说非常重要。

“We spend now a lot less on food than before, when we did not know about food-sharing and did not use it. Now we hope that we’ll get not only bread, but some other food, as well...”

“与之前不知道这个项目也没有使用这个项目时相比，现在我们在食物上的花费少了。现在，我们希望不仅仅能获得面包，还能获得其他类的食物。”

She noted³ that the donations have cut the amount her family spends on food in half.

她表示这些捐赠的食物让她家人在食物方面的花费节省了一半。

Food-sharing volunteer Svetlana Kalmykova said the program is just getting started. But she believes it can go a long way to help needy⁴ people.

食物共享项目的志愿者Svetlana Kalmykova表示该项目才刚刚启动。但她相信这个项目能持续下去帮助那些需要的人们。

“I think that food-sharing has a big future and big prospects⁶ in Russia. The main thing is to inform the public about it, so that people learn what it is and what is needed to be done. I think that many will join.”

“我觉得食物共享项目在俄罗斯的前景非常广阔。主要的问题是让公众知道这个事，让观众了解这个项目是什么，需要做些什么。我觉得很多人都会加入。”

Russians are hoping the country’s economy will recover soon, so more food will be available and prices will go down.

俄罗斯人希望本国的经济能够快速恢复，以便能够有更多的食物，物价也会降低。

Words in This Story

borscht – n. a soup made mainly from beets

prospect⁵ – n. the possibility that something good can happen

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 beets   

甜菜( beet的名词复数 )； 甜菜根； （因愤怒、难堪或觉得热而）脸红

参考例句：

• Beets are Hank's favorite vegetable. 甜菜根是汉克最爱吃的蔬菜。
• In this enlargement, barley, alfalfa, and sugar beets can be differentiated. 在这张放大的照片上，大麦，苜蓿和甜菜都能被区分开。

3 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

4 needy   

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。

5 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

6 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。