Nowadaysthefoodthatyoubuycomesfrommanydifferentcountries.Havealookinyourfridgecupboardandfruitbowlandchecktheorigins(来源)ofthefood.PerhapsthereareapplesfromCalifornialambfromNewZealandorpotatoesfromEgypt.Youwillprobablybesurprisedhowfarfoodtravelstogettoyourplate.Thisjourneyfrom"fieldtoplate1”iscalled"foodmilesM Afoodmileisthedistancethatfoodtravelsfromthefarmer'sfieldtothepersonwhobuysthefood.Nowadaysfoodoftentravelsthousandsofmilestogettotheconsumer(消费者).Whyisthisandwhataretheeffects(影响)oftheselongdistances?

  Traditionallyfarmerssoldtheirfoodinthelocalmarketsothefooddidn'thavetotravelveryfar.Theconsumersalsodidnottravelveryfarbecausetheywenttotheirlocalmarkettobuythefood.Thiswasagoodsystemforfarmersandconsumers.Howeverthereweresomedisadvantages.Forexampleconsumerscouldonlybuyfoodthatfarmersproducedlocally.Inadditiontheycouldonlygetfoodthatwasinseason.Nowbecauseofmodemtechnologyfoodcomesfromallovertheworld.Wedonothavetowaitforspringorsummertobuystrawberriesortomatoes.Theyareavailableinwinterifwewant.

  Somecountrieshavetoimport(进口)mostoftheirfood.Thisisbecausetheyhavedifficultclimates.TheUnitedArabEmirates(UAE)forexamplegets85%ofitsfoodfromothercountries.EvenfoodmadeintheUAEoftenusesimportedmaterials.

  What'swrongwith”foodmiles"?Isthisnotagoodwayofincreasinginternationaltrade?Ibelievethesemilesareworryingforanumberofreasons.Firstofallbecausefoodtravelssuchlongdistancesweneedmoreplaneslorriesandshipstomovethefood.Thismeansweusemoreoilorpetrolsothereismorepollutionandmoreglobal(全球的)warming.Inadditionfoodthattravelsalongwayisnotfreshandusuallynotverytasty.Tomatoesforexamplearepickedearlyandstoredfortheirlongjourneys.Forthisreasontheyareusuallytastelesswhentheygettotheconsumer.Localfoodhasabettertasteanditalsoreducestheamountofglobalpollution.Weneedtobuymorelocalfood.

53.Whatiscalled"foodmiles"accordingtothispassage?____

   A.Theoriginsofthefood.

   B.Theeffectsoflongdistances.

   C.Thejourney