Disney World's“green”restaurants

减少食物浪费，保护环境，为有需要的人提供帮助,迪士尼餐厅在朝着“绿色”方向努力！

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难词探意

1.buffet/΄bʊfeɪ/n.自助餐

2.optimization/ˌɒptɪmaɪ΄zeɪʃn/n.最优化

3.excess/΄ekses/adj.额外的；过度的

America may be the land of plenty,but that has unfortunately led to plenty of waste,especially when it comes to food.

The Walt Disney World Resort has figured out multiple ways tocombatfood waste.With so many people visiting Disney World's four theme parks and dozens of resort hotels every year,most of whom are buying meals and snacks and the amount of food wasted is actually measured in tons.Disney World has hundreds of places to grab a meal,drink,or ice cream across its 40-square-mile property.The chefs behind each of the restaurants have created a new way to have less food waste.It starts with the planning stages of a menu or recipe and goes all the way through processing food waste,and it's all thanks to a newbuffet optimizationtool that lets the chefs know how much food to make based on volume and guest flow each day for each restaurant.This tool took researchers quite a while to perfect,and nothing has been left untested,even the amount of sauce left in a pan.Disney said that it has reduced buffet waste by“tens of thousands of pounds each year”.

Some food waste just cannot be saved,either to be used at another time or donated.This includes fat,peels,seeds,anything that fell on the floor,or leftovers from a meal.But that doesn't mean that those items go to waste.In 2014,Walt Disney World was one of the first companies to begin using Harvest Power Orlando,an advanced food waste facility.Here,more than 120,000 tons of organic waste gets converted into bio-gases and natural fertilizers every year.The waste also can produce heat and power annually.

In 1991,Disney launched the Disney Harvest program in partnership with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. “More than 30 years ago,we designed a program with Second Harvest that collectsexcessand unserved food from locations throughout Walt Disney World Resort and delivers it to feeding programs that serve children in our community,”says Tajiana Ancora-Brown,Director of External Affairs at Walt Disney World Resort.“At the core of our business,we designed a sustainable way to prevent food waste and bring meaningful solutions to fight food insecurity.On any given week,Disney Harvest could be delivering fresh salads and greens or expertly cooked filet mignon (菲力牛排)to feed more than 1,000 local children per week.”

According to Disney,more than 823,000 pounds of prepared,unserved food is collected and distributed annually.Second Harvest Food Bank serves more than 40 Orlando non-profits.Last year,the organization was able to provide one million meals for people in need.

Reading Check

1.What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 2?

A.Improve.

B.Fight.

C.Combine.

D.Enlarge.

2.What's the function of the new buffet optimization tool?

A.It can cook food for those in need.

B.It can make the food taste better.

C.It can process food waste and benefit the environment.

D.It can let chefs know how much food they should prepare.

3.What can we know about Harvest Power Orlando?

A.It is a restaurant.

B.It is a feeding program.

C.It is a food waste facility.

D.It is a profitable organization.

Language Study

Sentence for writing

This tool took researchers quite a while to perfect,and nothing has been left untested,even the amount of sauce left in a pan.研究人员花了不少时间来完善这个工具，没有什么是没有测试过的，即使是平底锅里剩下的酱汁量。

【信息提取】“...take sb+时间段+to do”意为“某人花了多少时间做某事”。

【句式仿写】我花了一周的时间去完成这项任务。