【20190823】-這是第39篇-97

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Britain could experience shortages of some fresh foods for weeks or even months if the country leaves the European Union without a trade deal.

如果英國在無貿易協議的情況下脫歐，可能會經歷數週甚至長達數月的生鮮食品短缺。

• experience shortages of
• shortage可變名詞不足;缺少;短缺

A British food industry group made the warning Wednesday.

週三，英國一家食品行業組織發出警告。

• food industry group 食品行業組織
• a+group可數名詞集體；群體；團體
• make the warning發出警告=warn

It said, if Britain withdraws from the EU without a trade agreement, fresh food may be left to go bad on trucks at ports.

該組織表示，如果英國在未達成貿易協議的情況下脫離歐盟，生鮮食品可能會在港口的卡車上變質、腐爛。

• withdraws from脫離，退出
• without a trade agreement未達成貿易協議
• fresh food 生鮮食品
• go bad變質、腐爛
• on trucks 卡車上
• at ports港口

Tim Rycroft is the Chief Operating Officer of Britain's Food and Drink Federation.

蒂姆・萊克羅夫特（Tim Rycroft）是英國食品和飲料聯合會的首席運營官。

• the Chief Operating Officer of 首席運營官
• Federation聯合會可數名詞(社團或組織的)同盟，聯盟，聯合會 A federation is a group of societies or other organizations which have joined together, usually because they share a common interest
• league, federation, union, alliance 這些名詞均含“聯盟、同盟、聯合會”之意。
• league → 普通用詞，指為了共同的利益而建立的地區性、全國性或國際性的聯合組織，也指民間或半官方組織的聯盟。a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest.
• federation → 泛指用條款固定下來的一切聯合，尤指聯邦政府。
• union → 普通用詞，指由若干個體結成的一個統一的整體。強調其永久性。When two or more things, for example countries or organizations, have been joined together to form one thing, you can refer to them as a union .
• alliance → 普通用詞，指對雙方均有利的任何聯盟。單數名詞聯盟；聯合體
• 可數名詞（國家或政黨的）聯盟，同盟 An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.

He said, "We're not going to starve, but there will be shortages of fresh food and some specialist ingredients. It's going to be a little bit unpredictable."

他說：“雖然我們不會捱餓，但是生鮮食品和一些特定食材會出現短缺。這一點難以預測。”

• starve捱餓suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death.
• shortages of短缺
• a little bit一點
• specialist ingredients特定食材
• unpredictable難以預測
• predictable
• predictably
• predictability

"Given that food very often is perishable...we expect that there will be some selective shortages of food in the weeks and months following no-deal Brexit," Rycroft said."There will be some shortages and price rises."

萊克羅夫特表示：“鑑於生鮮食品容易腐爛，我們預計，無協議脫歐後的幾周或數月內，會出現有選擇性的食品短缺。食品會出現一些短缺和漲價。”

• Given 鑑於
• perishable（食物)易腐爛的，易變質的
• cherish動詞珍愛;珍惜;疼愛
• selective 選擇性的;有選擇的;選取少量的
• following no-deal Brexit在無協議脫歐後
• price rises漲價

Officials of large food companies warn that leaving the EU, known as Brexit, could cause shortages because they may be unable to fill warehouses before the Christmas holiday.

大型食品公司的官員們警告稱，脫歐可能會導致食品短缺，這是因為他們可能無法在聖誕假期前裝滿倉庫。

• cause 導致
• cost 成本/花費
• court法院
• called稱為
• fill warehouses裝滿倉庫

The British food industry employs 450,000 people. The industry says Brexit may be the country's greatest challenge since World War II.

英國食品行業有45萬僱員。業內人士表示，脫歐可能是自二戰以來該國面臨的最大挑戰。

• employs sb僱傭xx，有……僱員

Britain had planned to formally leave the EU on March 29 of this year.

英國曾計劃於今年3月29日正式脫離歐盟。

• formally 正式
• normally正常地

But the British Parliament failed to approve a deal negotiated with the 27 other member states.

但是英國議會未能批准該國與其它27個成員國談判達成的協議。

• failed to 未能
• approve a deal批准協議動詞批准；認可；通過 If someone in a position of authority approves a plan or idea, they formally agree to it and say that it can happen
• member states成員國
• leaves the European Union without a trade deal.
• withdraws from the EU without a trade agreement
• no-deal Brexit