VOA慢速英語：俄羅斯摧毀被禁止西方食物

The government in Russiais moving forward with efforts to destroy food imports from Western countries. The government banned the imports because of the dispute between Russia and the West over Ukraine.

俄羅斯政府正在努力進(jìn)一步摧毀從西方國家進(jìn)口的食物。由于俄羅斯與西方之間關(guān)于烏克蘭的爭(zhēng)端，政府明令禁止進(jìn)口。

 But a growing number of Russians say they find the banin bad taste.

但越來越多的俄羅斯人表示，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這一禁令是庸俗的。

An employee burns meat at a customs house at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 6.

That is the sound of heavy earth-moving equipment running over Western cheese. Other Russian workers are burning boxes of frozen bacon. And state media reporters are cheering on the process.

這是重型推土設(shè)備碾過西方奶酪時(shí)發(fā)出的聲音，其他俄羅斯工作人員正在燒毀成箱冷凍的培根。并且，這一過程中，官方媒體記者都在歡呼。

All this comes after President Vladimir Putin signed an order to destroy all Western foods that enter Russiain violation of existing sanctions.

所有這些都發(fā)生在總統(tǒng)普京簽署一項(xiàng)法令之后，所有進(jìn)入俄羅斯的西方食物都違反現(xiàn)有的制裁，必須摧毀。

Government officials say 350 tons of banned foods have been destroyed since the program went into effect earlier this month. There are plans to destroy even more. Russia's agriculture ministry has even requested a traveling "food crematoria" to speed up the work. Those machines would turn the food into ashes.

政府官員表示，本月初，自該項(xiàng)法令生效后，350噸被禁止的食物都已被摧毀。他們計(jì)劃甚至摧毀更多。俄羅斯農(nóng)業(yè)部已要求進(jìn)行一次“食品火葬場(chǎng)”行動(dòng)以加快工作。這些機(jī)器將使食物化為灰燼。

Such moves have led some to make fun of the program – and to a fair share of jokes among Russians on social media. But still others are criticizing the government's decision as insensitive. They say several generations of Russians can remember periods of hunger and food shortages.

這些舉動(dòng)使得一些人嘲笑該法令——成為俄羅斯社會(huì)媒體之間共享的笑話。但還有一些人批評(píng)政府的決定是麻木不仁的。他們表示，幾代俄羅斯人都會(huì)銘記這饑餓、食物短缺的時(shí)期。

In St. Petersburg last week, Karina Hestanova joined a group of demonstrators protesting the food destruction law. She and others noted that many older adults in what was then the city of Leningrad starved to death during World War II.

上周，在圣彼得堡，Karina Hestanova 加入到示威群體中，抗議食品摧毀法令。她與其他人提到二戰(zhàn)期間，在列寧格勒城市，許多老人被餓死。

To this day, she says, no one throws away food on thetable. It's offensive what they're doing, she adds.

時(shí)至今日，她說，沒有人會(huì)扔掉飯桌上的食物。他們所做的事情太無禮了。她補(bǔ)充道。

An online campaign calling on government officials to overturn the decision has already gained over 300,000 supporters. When reached by Skype, the organizer – Olga Savelieva - says all she is asking is for banned goods to be donated to those in need.

網(wǎng)上發(fā)起一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，呼吁政府官員推翻該決定，已獲得超過30萬名支持者。當(dāng)上傳到Skype上，其組織者Olga Savelieva表示她所要求的就是將明令禁止的食物捐贈(zèng)給那些需要的人。

"Payments to retired workers are small...and prices have gone up...even on food made here in Russia," she says.

“支付給退休工人的工資很少。。。并且物價(jià)也是水漲船高。。。甚至是俄羅斯生產(chǎn)食品。”她說。

President Putin's spokesman said the government may be open to some compromise. While the food destruction program will continue for now, the government plans to discuss Ms. Savelieva's campaign when it meets this week.

普京總統(tǒng)的發(fā)言人表示，政府可能會(huì)做出一些妥協(xié)。就目前而言，食品摧毀法令仍將繼續(xù)。本周開會(huì)時(shí)，政府預(yù)計(jì)將討論Savelieva女士發(fā)起的活動(dòng)。

Charles Mayne in Moscow reported on this story for VOANews.com. George Grow adapted his report for Learning English. Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor.

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Words in This Story

in bad taste– n. offensive or inappropriate

cheese– n. a food that is made from milk

bacon– n. thin pieces of salted and smoked meat, usually from a pig

sanctions– n. economic or financial restrictions

crematoria – n. places where dead bodies are cremated or destroyed

insensitive – adj. not responding to or caring about problems, changes or needs

table– n. an object that has a flat top and usually four legs