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What's wrong with our food system.

 皆さん、あけましておめでとうございます。
 今回のプレゼンテーションの話題は大規模食料生産です。なんと今回のプレゼンターは11歳の少年ですが、11歳とは思えぬほど堂々と遺伝子組み替え食品や農薬等の食料生産に関する問題点を指摘しています。
 近頃巷で話題になっているTPP(Trans-Pacific Partnership)にも関連し、今や食料需給問題は我々日本人にとっても...
 皆さん、あけましておめでとうございます。
 今回のプレゼンテーションの話題は大規模食料生産です。なんと今回のプレゼンターは11歳の少年ですが、11歳とは思えぬほど堂々と遺伝子組み替え食品や農薬等の食料生産に関する問題点を指摘しています。
 近頃巷で話題になっているTPP(Trans-Pacific Partnership)にも関連し、今や食料需給問題は我々日本人にとっても重要な問題となっています。
 11歳の少年の口から一体どんなことが語られるのか、聞いてみましょう!




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問題

問1. 次の(1)〜(3)の問いに対してそれぞれ正しい答えを一つ選び、その記号を記せ。
(1) According to the speaker, what amazed him most?
ア Corporations use colorful packaging to attract kids.
イ Kids are easily misleaded by corporation's advertisement.
ウ There're many genetically engineered foods around him.
エ Foods did not come from little, happy farms as he had imagined.

(2) According to the speaker, which of the following is NOT true?
ア It's clear that genetically engineered foods cause some problems in lab animals.
イ Conventional farmers don't use chemical fertilizers made from fossil fuels.
ウ Water can be contaminated by chemicals used in agriculture.
エ Almost all the corn we eat are genetically engineered.

(3) How can we make a difference in this agriculturally risky situation?
ア We should pay the hospital in advance in case we get sick.
イ We should ban genetic engineering and use of chemical fertilizer.
ウ We should volunteer to organic famers, like Bill, to learn safe agriculture.
エ We should buy foods from local farmers.


問2. 以下の文章が英文と一致するように空所 (1)~(3)を埋めよ。

I want you to know that I believe kids will eat fresh vegetables and good food if they know more about it and ( 1 ). I want you to know that there are farmers' markets in every community popping up. I want you to know that me, my brother and sister actually like eating baked kale chips. I try to ( 2 ).
Not too long ago, my uncle said that he offered my six-year-old cousin cereal. He ( 3 ) organic Toasted O's or the sugarcoated flakes -- you know, the one with the big striped cartoon character on the front. My little cousin told his dad that he would rather have the organic Toasted O's cereal because Birke said he shouldn't eat sparkly cereal. And that, my friends, is how we can make a difference one kid at a time.



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