奥运慈善：世界名厨为巴西贫民烹制佳肴_BEC初级作文

奥运慈善：世界名厨为巴西贫民烹制佳肴

Those benefiting will be disadvantaged people, including the homeless and others in need, he added.

他补充道，此次活动的受益者是包括流浪者和其他需要帮助的弱势群体。

"We want to fight hunger and provide access to good food," Hertz said in a telephone interview from Rio.

赫兹表示：“我们想战胜饥饿，为人们提供美食。”

Between 30 percent and 40 percent of food produced around the world is never eaten because it is spoiled after harvest and during transportation, or thrown away by shops and consumers.

全世界生产的30%至40%的食物都会被浪费掉，因为它们会在收获之后或是运输过程中变质，或者是被商店和消费者扔掉。

Yet almost 800 million people worldwide go to bed hungry every night, according to UN figures.

然而联合国数据显示，世界上有8亿人仍食不果腹，每晚饿着肚子睡觉。

In Brazil, hunger dropped to under 5 percent of the population in 2017 from almost 15 percent in 1990, UN data shows. Yet in the country of 208 million people, that means millions still don't have enough food.

联合国数据显示，1990年巴西有将近15%的人口都处在饥饿困境中，2017年该数字降到了5%以下。然而在这个拥有2.08亿人口的国家，这意味着仍有数百万民众无法得到充足的食物。

Hertz said he would like to see the initiative replicated in every city hosting the Olympics in future. He hopes it will become a movement not only to fight food waste and feed the hungry, but also to provide vocational training for future cooks, bakers and waiters.