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少吃肉騰出土地:make space for

塞倫蓋蒂的捕食者要很多獵物才養得活,而人每選一塊肉,也在悄悄索要一大片土地。when it comes to(一談到)把話頭轉到土地,make space for(騰出地方給)點明目標:讓荒野回來。想聊環保、飲食和取捨,這兩句馬上能用。

發生了什麼

話頭先轉到土地:要大幅縮減耕地,才能把空間還給荒野,而最快也最管用的辦法是改變飲食。開頭用 when it comes to(一談到)引出土地問題,make space for(騰出地方給)說明讓荒野回來的目標,再用 unwittingly(並非有意,卻做了)點出每選一塊肉都在無形中索取土地。後面舉荷蘭的例子:國土不大,卻靠家庭農場和可持續技術把產量提高十倍,成為世界第二大食品出口國。想討論環保、飲食選擇或資源利用,這些說法都能直接套用。

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留意這幾個短語

when it comes tomake space forunwittinglylargely plant-based

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本章短語

make space for

騰出地方給clear room so something can exist

少耕種不是為了少幹活。make space for 把騰出來的地交給要回來的荒野。口氣是非這樣不可,不是商量。

We moved the boxes to make space for a second monitor.我們把箱子挪開,好給第二臺顯示器騰地方。

本章還有

  • when it comes to

    一談到,轉入話題

  • unwittingly

    並非有意,卻做了

  • largely plant-based

    以植物為主,非純素

  • no room for

    沒有空間或餘地

  • getting the most out of

    從有限的一份裡拿到最多

本章全部批註

26 句台詞裡標了 29 處

短語 · B1when it comes to something

一談到,轉入話題

解說先把話頭轉到土地。when it comes to 用來圈住範圍,後面才談少佔地。語氣平穩,像把鏡頭轉過去。

When it comes to the land,
短語 · B2radically reduce something

大幅砍掉,不是修修補補

we must radically reduce the area we use to farm, so that we can make space for returning wilderness.
短語 · B1make space for something

騰出地方給

少耕種不是為了少幹活。make space for 把騰出來的地交給要回來的荒野。口氣是非這樣不可,不是商量。

we must radically reduce the area we use to farm, so that we can make space for returning wilderness.
語法 · B1so that we can

目的狀語:so that 後面才是目的:少佔地,是為了把地方還給荒野。

we must radically reduce the area we use to farm, so that we can make space for returning wilderness.
語法 · B1the area we use to farm

定語從句:area 後省了 that,we use to farm 就是用來耕種的那片地。

we must radically reduce the area we use to farm, so that we can make space for returning wilderness.
發音radically reduce

重音放在radically,reduce放輕跟著走

we must radically reduce the area we use to farm, so that we can make space for returning wilderness.
短語 · B2the quickest and most effective way to do something

又最快、又最管用的辦法

And the quickest and most effective way to do that is for us to change our diet.
短語 · A2it takes a lot of something to do something

要達成,得先耗掉很多

Large carnivores are rare in nature because it takes a lot of prey to support each of them.
發音a lot of

lot與of貼著走,中間的t別停頓

Large carnivores are rare in nature because it takes a lot of prey to support each of them.
短語 · B2a huge expanse of something

鋪開來的一大片,不是一個點

Whenever we choose a piece of meat, we too are unwittingly demanding a huge expanse of space.
發音isn't the space

isn't尾音別落地,馬上接the

There just isn't the space.
短語 · B2largely plant-based

以植物為主,非純素

這是一句假設。largely plant-based 把飯食說成以植物為主,口子仍開著,下一句才說到用地可以減半。不是禁肉令。

If we all had a largely plant-based diet,
語法 · B2If we all had

虛擬條件:If we all had 是假設,飲食尚未改變,結果留給下一句。

If we all had a largely plant-based diet,
短語 · A2at the moment

指目前這一階段,就是眼下

we would need only half the land we use at the moment.
發音at the moment

at和the收短,耳朵只留moment

we would need only half the land we use at the moment.
短語 · B2increase the yield of something

讓同一塊地長出更多

And because we would be then dedicated to raising plants, we could increase the yield of this land substantially.
短語 · B1no room for something

沒有空間或餘地

荷蘭農場小而密。no room for 接 expansion,是地塊無法再向外擴,不是屋裡沒處放。語氣在交代限制。

It's covered with small family-run farms with no room for expansion.
短語 · B2get the most out of something

從有限的一份裡拿到最多

地已經不能再向外擴。getting the most out of 是在誇荷蘭農夫能從每一公頃裡多收糧食,語氣是誇獎,不是責備。

So, Dutch farmers have become expert at getting the most out of every hectare.
短語 · C1raise something tenfold

產量升到原先的十倍

Raising yields tenfold in two generations
短語 · A2at the same time

兩件事疊在同一段時間裡

while at the same time using less water, fewer pesticides,
語法 · B2while at the same time using

伴隨狀語:using 的主語是農夫,不是增產這件事;少用水、少打藥和增產一起發生。

while at the same time using less water, fewer pesticides,
短語 · B2emit less carbon

排放出去的碳比以前少

less fertilizer and emitting less carbon.
短語 · B1the second largest something

名次第二,前面只剩一個

Despite its size, the Netherlands is now the world's second largest exporter of food.
短語 · B2both low-tech and hi-tech

簡單辦法和尖端技術一起上

It's entirely possible for us to apply both low-tech and hi-tech solutions to produce much more food from much less land.
短語 · B1no something at all

根本沒有,一點也沒有

Even in places where there's no land at all.
短語 · B1ever since something

從那個時候起一直到現在

we'll start to reverse the land-grab that we've been pursuing ever since we began to farm,
短語 · B2an urgent need for something

缺著,而且時間上等不及

which is essential because we have an urgent need for all that free land.
短語 · B2free land

騰出來、可以還回去的地 不是不要錢的地,是不再被農耕佔住的地

which is essential because we have an urgent need for all that free land.
語法 · B2which is essential because

從句套從句:which 指前面要回土地這件事,because 再說明為什麼非做不可。

which is essential because we have an urgent need for all that free land.

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發音重點

  • radically reduce — 重音放在radically,reduce放輕跟著走
  • a lot of — lot與of貼著走,中間的t別停頓
  • isn't the space — isn't尾音別落地,馬上接the
  • at the moment — at和the收短,耳朵只留moment
we must radically reduce the area we use to farm, so that we can make space for returning wilderness.

我們必須大幅減少用來耕種的面積,才能騰出地方,讓荒野回來。 少佔地不是口號,so that 把騰出來的地方直接交給荒野。

Whenever we choose a piece of meat, we too are unwittingly demanding a huge expanse of space.

每當我們選一塊肉,我們也在不知情地索要一大片土地。 we too 把吃肉的人和猛獸算進同一本賬;unwittingly 拿掉動機,後果照樣算。

The planet can't support billions of large meat-eaters.

這個星球養不起幾十億大型食肉者。 前面的獵物賬走到這裡被短句蓋住,can't 和 billions 直接對撞。

Despite its size, the Netherlands is now the world's second largest exporter of food.

儘管國土不大,荷蘭現在卻是世界第二大食品出口國。 Despite 先把“小”承認完,出口第二才像翻盤,而不是資料卡片。

It's entirely possible for us to apply both low-tech and hi-tech solutions to produce much more food from much less land.

我們完全可以把低技術和高技術一起用上,用少得多的地產出多得多的食物。 entirely possible 把懷疑按住,both 和 more/less 把兩條路收成一句。

關於這一章的問題

when it comes to 是什麼意思?

意思是「一談到、說到某事」,用來把話題引向某個方面。臺詞開頭用 when it comes to 引出土地,後面接著談耕地和荒野。

「並非有意,卻做了」英語怎麼說?

用 unwittingly。臺詞說我們每選一塊肉,也 unwittingly 在索取大片土地,強調不是存心,卻造成了佔地這個結果。

make space for 後面通常接什麼?

接要讓出位置的物件。臺詞裡是 make space for returning wilderness(給重新回來的荒野騰地方),物件可以是具體事物,也可以是抽象目標。

largely plant-based 是指完全吃素嗎?

不是完全吃素。largely 表示大體上、以植物為主;臺詞說這種飲食只需要現在一半的土地,並沒有說一點動物性食品都不能吃。

「沒有空間或餘地」英語怎麼說?

用 no room for。臺詞裡說小農場 no room for expansion,就是沒有繼續擴大的空間;也可以說沒有空間或餘地做別的事。

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