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Voice1: The United Nations believes this simple food could change people’s lives around the world. How? Well, first, potatoes can grow in many places worldwide. Experts believe that people first ate potatoes about 8,000 years ago. The food began in areas of South America. By the 1500s, explorers there brought potatoes back to Europe. They spread quickly! And today, people grow potatoes in about 100 countries including China and India. In fact, potatoes are the world’s fourth largest food crop. The United Nations estimates that in 2006, growers around the world produced almost 315,000,000 tonnes of potatoes!
声音1：联合国认为这种简单的食物可以改变世界各地人们的生活。怎么改变？首先，土豆可以在世界上很多地方种植。专家认为人们第一次吃土豆大约是在8000年前。这种食物起源于南美洲地区。到了16世纪，那里的探险家把土豆带回了欧洲。它们迅速蔓延！今天，包括中国和印度在内的大约100个国家的人们种植土豆。事实上，土豆是世界第四大粮食作物。据联合国估计，2006年，世界各地的土豆种植者生产了近3.15亿吨土豆！
Voice2: And experts believe potatoes are becoming a very important crop for developing countries. For many years, developed countries produced and used the largest crops of potatoes. But in 2005, for the first time, developing countries produced and used more potatoes than developed countries. Today, China is the largest potato producer.
声音2：专家认为土豆正在成为发展中国家的一种非常重要的作物。多年来，发达国家的土豆产量和使用量最大。但在2005年，发展中国家的土豆产量和使用量首次超过发达国家。今天，中国是最大的土豆生产国。
Voice1 :Second, the UN believes potatoes are so important because potatoes can feed the hungry. Many people in the world do not get enough to eat. This can be especially true of people living outside cities. Lack of food leads to poor general health.
声音1：其次，联合国之所以认为土豆非常重要，是因为土豆可以养活饥饿的人。世界上有很多人吃不饱饭。居住在城市之外的人尤其如此。缺乏食物导致整体健康状况不佳。
Voice2: It can be difficult to get food to hungry people. The United Nations says that many hungry communities may have enough workers, but they may be poor or not have enough land to work on. But the potato is a perfect crop for these conditions!
声音2：给饥饿的人们提供食物可能很困难。联合国表示，许多饥饿的社区可能有足够的劳动力，但他们可能很贫穷，或者没有足够的土地来耕种。但是土豆是满足这些条件的完美作物！
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