Campaign to tackle food waste on campus

"光盤族"引領校園新風尚

"Guāngpán zú "yǐnlǐng xiàoyuán xīn fēngshàng

New campaign to tackle food waste on campus

在華東理工大學,在校內食堂就餐的學生,只要能吃光食物,在送回餐盤時就能獲得一張優惠劵.學生們可以收集這些優惠券,用來換取像圖書、雜志、手機殼、暖手袋等小禮物."這真令人驚喜,",該校一名學生表示."這一舉措讓我們更有動力參與光盤行動."

At East China University of Science and Technology, students who finish their food in the campus canteen get a coupon when they return their tray. Students can collect coupons and exchange them for small gifts, such as books, magazines, mobile phone covers and hand warmers. "It's been such a surprise," said a student at the university. "It's given us one more motivation to finish our food."

以上舉措只是學生們在全國高校自發組織的一系列"杜絕舌尖上的浪費"活動的一部分.這一校園抵制食物浪費的行動在全國各地迅速展開.上海共青團和上海市學生聯合會率先在當地發起該活動.你也許會問：為什么只在校園內舉行這個活動？原因是：據新華社報道,學生浪費的食物數量是全國平均量的兩倍.

The move is part of a national campaign organized by students to tackle food waste on campuses. The awareness campaign on campus food waste is gaining momentum across the country. Shanghai Youth League Committee and Shanghai Student Association launched the initiative in Shanghai. Why only on campuses, you might ask? Because according to a report by Xinhua News Agency, students waste twice as much food as the national average.

"本次活動不僅旨在鼓勵學生加入'光盤一族',我們也希望藉此鼓勵學生選擇一種更環保、更健康的生活方式,"上海中醫藥大學團委書記陶思亮說.

"The aim of the campaign is not only to encourage students to finish their food. We hope it can also motivate students to choose a more environment-friendly and healthy lifestyle," said Tao Siliang, secretary of the Youth League Committee at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

其他一些高校還注重食物的份量.在南京大學,米飯被盛裝在三種不同大小的碗里,這樣一來學生們就可以依據自己的飯量來選擇."每頓飯我喜歡嘗試一些不同的菜肴.因為份量實在太足了,之前我不得不浪費許多食物.但現在食堂可以打半份.真是太好了,這樣我就可以花半價來品嘗不同菜肴,又不會浪費很多食物了."來自南京大學英語專業的大一新生范鵬說道.

Other universities also pay attention to the quantity of food. At Nanjing University, rice is divided into three different-sized bowls that students can choose from according to their appetite. "I like to try different dishes at each meal. Before I had to throw away a lot of food because the portions were too big. But now the canteen offers half portions. It's great because I can try different dishes at half price and don't waste so much food," said Fan Peng, a freshman majoring in English at Nanjing University.

詞語解釋：

手機殼 （shǒujī ké） mobile phone cover

環保 （huánbǎo） environment-friendly

食堂 （shítáng） canteen

份量 （fènliàng） portion

(Source: myechinese.com)