19-11-6【地道美语121】The price of pork goes up 猪肉涨价了…了解一下?
最近人们热议着猪肉涨价了…去年4月以来,受“猪周期”下行、非洲猪瘟疫情冲击,中国生猪产能持续下滑,导致今年猪肉供应相对偏紧,价格上涨较快。不过在市场机制和国家迅速应对的利好政策支持下,猪肉养殖已密集展开,中国老百姓依然能吃上肉吃好肉。【地道美语】生活篇 The price of pork了解关心肉价上涨
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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Hey Mark, what's that you're--------?
Mark: It's a kind of--------------.
Jingjing: Yeah, but as you came in, I saw you take it out of ------. Is it -----------?
Mark: No, it was baked almost ---------. Yeah, here's the date--------------: December, 2018.
Jingjing: It looks---------. Does it have-----------init?
Mark: Nope. Just a little---------. I have to eat it ---------------------after opening the pack.
Jingjing: Hmm. Cool idea.
Mark: Yeah, I've --------- this bread, andwill probably have --------, with----------- discounts.
Jingjing: Let me------- a piece. I might ----------. I'mnot a big---------------- though.
Mark: Here. Take this piece. I haven't-------------------------yet.
Jingjing: Uh, it tastes alright. But I'm --------- Thanks for letting me try it, though. Hey, speaking of ---------------,-----------------------
Mark: You mean like --------------------now?
Jingjing: Exactly. African swine-------------------last year,and lots of countries --------------------
Mark: I know a little about that.
Jingjing: Well, the Commerce Ministry has now----------on themarket, to keep prices from going ---------------. So, China isn't havingtoo much ------------------
Mark: Big countries like China need to hav-------------
Jingjing: Yeah, Pork always gets------------ when I try to dothat. So it's pretty impressive, what the Commerce Ministry has done.
Mark: You said it, Jingjing.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, would you like to hear more about the-------------?
Mark: Sure. I don't know much about it.
Jingjing: Do you know how long it takes--------- to mature?
Mark: Let me guess: 2 years?
Jingjing: No. ------------------. But that still means the ----------------
Mark: I understand a lot of---------------- So, you're sayingit might still take years for -------------, right?
Jingjing: That's right. With depleted breeding stock, -------------aslong as demand remains the -------------.
Mark: Well, that's basi---------------. What's yourguess—three years or so of-----------?
Jingjing: That's ----------guess. It's going to be ----------. And there are many ----------.
Mark: I heard a lot of----------------, while big ones have ------------------.
Jingjing: That's been the---------------now. This-----just made it more ------------------------
Mark: Well, that sounds interesting. It also sounds likecompanies are -------------------
Jingjing: It's just---------to operate a few-------------------
Mark: Yeah, I guess so. And a big company could ------------indifferent regions. That way, they'd be----------------------
Jingjing: Let's hope so. Anyway, there's always------ smallfarms, even when it comes to pork --------------
Mark: Yeah, -------------
Jingjing: Well, it might grow,---------
Mark: ----------------
new words and phrases
from dialogue 1
munch on (something) – to eat
preservatives – chemicals addedto food, to prevent it from rotting or spoiling
stockpile - to keep a very large amount of something, for future use
price hike – a sudden increase in prices
freezer burn – when items in the freezer become dry from being in there too long
from dialogue 2
decline – when something goes down (decreases), typically over a long period oftime
sow – a female pig
livestock – farm animals
deplete – to cause something to run out (decrease in number)
breeding stock – animals kept onfarms for reproduction
industry trend – a changehappening over time, in a type of business
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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Hey Mark, what's that you're--------?
Mark: It's a kind of--------------.
Jingjing: Yeah, but as you came in, I saw you take it out of ------. Is it -----------?
Mark: No, it was baked almost ---------. Yeah, here's the date--------------: December, 2018.
Jingjing: It looks---------. Does it have-----------init?
Mark: Nope. Just a little---------. I have to eat it ---------------------after opening the pack.
Jingjing: Hmm. Cool idea.
Mark: Yeah, I've --------- this bread, andwill probably have --------, with----------- discounts.
Jingjing: Let me------- a piece. I might ----------. I'mnot a big---------------- though.
Mark: Here. Take this piece. I haven't-------------------------yet.
Jingjing: Uh, it tastes alright. But I'm --------- Thanks for letting me try it, though. Hey, speaking of ---------------,-----------------------
Mark: You mean like --------------------now?
Jingjing: Exactly. African swine-------------------last year,and lots of countries --------------------
Mark: I know a little about that.
Jingjing: Well, the Commerce Ministry has now----------on themarket, to keep prices from going ---------------. So, China isn't havingtoo much ------------------
Mark: Big countries like China need to hav-------------
Jingjing: Yeah, Pork always gets------------ when I try to dothat. So it's pretty impressive, what the Commerce Ministry has done.
Mark: You said it, Jingjing.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, would you like to hear more about the-------------?
Mark: Sure. I don't know much about it.
Jingjing: Do you know how long it takes--------- to mature?
Mark: Let me guess: 2 years?
Jingjing: No. ------------------. But that still means the ----------------
Mark: I understand a lot of---------------- So, you're sayingit might still take years for -------------, right?
Jingjing: That's right. With depleted breeding stock, -------------aslong as demand remains the -------------.
Mark: Well, that's basi---------------. What's yourguess—three years or so of-----------?
Jingjing: That's ----------guess. It's going to be ----------. And there are many ----------.
Mark: I heard a lot of----------------, while big ones have ------------------.
Jingjing: That's been the---------------now. This-----just made it more ------------------------
Mark: Well, that sounds interesting. It also sounds likecompanies are -------------------
Jingjing: It's just---------to operate a few-------------------
Mark: Yeah, I guess so. And a big company could ------------indifferent regions. That way, they'd be----------------------
Jingjing: Let's hope so. Anyway, there's always------ smallfarms, even when it comes to pork --------------
Mark: Yeah, -------------
Jingjing: Well, it might grow,---------
Mark: ----------------
new words and phrases
from dialogue 1
munch on (something) – to eat
preservatives – chemicals addedto food, to prevent it from rotting or spoiling
stockpile - to keep a very large amount of something, for future use
price hike – a sudden increase in prices
freezer burn – when items in the freezer become dry from being in there too long
from dialogue 2
decline – when something goes down (decreases), typically over a long period oftime
sow – a female pig
livestock – farm animals
deplete – to cause something to run out (decrease in number)
breeding stock – animals kept onfarms for reproduction
industry trend – a changehappening over time, in a type of business