VOA慢速英語:亞洲中產(chǎn)階層改變了小麥制品需求

Asia’s growing middle-class population is changing its diet from the traditional bowl of rice to more Western-style food. The change in taste increases demand for more grains, especially wheat-based foods.

亞洲日益增長的中產(chǎn)階級人口正在改變著傳統(tǒng)飲食行為向西方化發(fā)展。這種口味的變化需要增加更多谷物需求，尤其是麥制品。

Countries such as Australia and the United States have gained from the increase in demand for wheat. But the increase poses a challenge for the global food industry in the years ahead to meet the demand.

像澳大利亞和美國等國家已經(jīng)獲得了對小麥增加需求的滿足。但是這種需求增加對未來幾年全球食品產(chǎn)業(yè)需求會帶來很大挑戰(zhàn)。

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says by 2030 two-thirds of the global middle class, or 3.3 billion people, will live in Asia.

經(jīng)濟合作與發(fā)展組織表示到2030年，亞洲將會有三分之二的中產(chǎn)階級，或者33億人口。

Greg Harvey is managing director of the Inter flour Group in Singapore. He says, "when you have a growing middle-class population with high disposable in come, the demand for grain-based food products, more red meat protein and dairy products grow.”

Greg Harvey是新加坡國際米蘭面粉集團董事，他說當可支配中產(chǎn)階級人口不斷增長，對谷物類制品，紅肉蛋白質(zhì)和奶制品的需求就會增加。

In Indonesia, the fastest-growing segment of food is bread. China is importing more barley for beer production and feed grain for the meat industry.

在印度尼西亞，需求增長最快的食物是面包。中國是進口用于生產(chǎn)啤酒類和肉類生產(chǎn)飼料谷物的大國。

Nick Reitmeier is vice president at Thailand's Central Food Retail group. He says the change is apparent in malls and supermarkets where more people ask for “Westernized food.”

Nick Reitmeier是泰國中央食品零售集團的副總裁。他說這種變化在商場和超市較為明顯，越來越多的人選擇西式食物。

"Bread is one of the key factors here. We're selling a lot of sour dough bread today. And most Asian people have really liked the taste of it in the bakery, so even specialty bread where they use different flour like from Austria, purple wheat flour, Japanese flour, you know, there's a huge demand for flour as well as bread mixes."

面包是這類需求視頻中的重要部分。今天我們賣出了很多酸面面包。亞洲大多數(shù)人真的很喜歡面包房的味道，所以即使是與奧地利的紫色小麥面粉或者日本面粉不同，這宗面包也非常暢銷。而且，對于面粉的需求也像是對面包需求一樣大。

In its annual forecast released in March, the Australian Bureau of Agricultura land Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) says Australia's grain and oil seed production will rise over the next five years from 24 million tons to over 42 million.

在今年三月份發(fā)布的年度預測中，澳大利亞農(nóng)業(yè)資源經(jīng)濟局表示未來五年，澳大利亞糧油種子生產(chǎn)將會從2400萬噸增加到4200萬噸。

Despite the growth, wheat traders say Australia will not meet the rising demand. That leaves the way open for increased sales from the United States, Canada and the Black Sea region into Asia.

盡管需求增加，但是小麥商家表示澳大利亞將不會滿足不斷增長需求。而是將會增加來自美國，加拿大和黑海地區(qū)銷售量銷往亞洲地區(qū)。

Ron Storey is a consultant with Australian Crop Forecasters. He says changing food tastes is driving the demand.

Ron Storey是澳大利亞農(nóng)作物預測顧問，他說飲食習慣的改變引導著食品需求。

"That shift, if you like, from the bowl of rice across to chicken and pork and more dairy products is what's happening and that seems to be what's driving the demand. One of the real questions, I think, from a supply side, is the capacity of the different origins of grain production to be able to meet that demand over the next 10- to 20-year period."

如果你喜歡，從米飯到雞肉豬肉奶制品的需求正是領導著食品產(chǎn)業(yè)需求的變化。其中一個問題我認為，從供給方面說，是不同地區(qū)的糧食生產(chǎn)能力要能夠滿足接下來10到20年的糧食需求。

I’m Marsha James.

Ron Corben reported and wrote this story. Marsha James wrote it forLearning English. Hai Do was the editor.

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