PARAGRAPH 1 : Hello. My name is Birke Baehr...

1) What is the main topic of Birke’s talk?

2) Where do children come into contact with marketing and advertising?

3) In Birke’s opinion, are children easily influenced by advertising?

4) Why does he think this advertising and marketing is a problem?

5) Where did he think our food came from?

marketing 販売 advertising　広告 corporations　企業 grazed （家畜が）草を食べる

imagine=想像する

バーク・ベア「僕たちの食料システムが何かおかしいよ」

Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system

http://www.ted.com

Birke Baehr

First Name: ____________ Last Name: ____________ Student #: ____________ Group: ____________

PARAGRAPH 3: Conventional farmers use chemical...

1) Why do conventional farmers need to use chemical fertilizers?

2) Why are harmful chemicals sprayed onto fruits and vegetables?

3) Where do the chemicals go when it rains?

conventional 従来の chemical fertilizers　化学肥料 fossil fuels　化石燃料 nutrients　栄養分 harmful chemicals　有害な化

学物質 pesticides　殺虫剤 herbicides　除草剤 weeds　雑草 seep 　しみ出す、流れ込む irradiate　放射線を照射する

1) Where did he study about the industrialized food system?

2) What example did Birke give of genetic seed manipulation?

3) What happened to the rats who ate genetically modified corn?

4) Do humans eat genetically modified corn?

industrialized　産業化された genetically engineered seeds and organisms　遺伝子操作された種子と有機物（遺伝子組み換え食

品） manipulated　操作された creepy　気持ち悪い liver and kidney toxicity　肝臓と腎臓の毒性 kidney inflammation and

lesions　腎臓の炎症と病変 altered 　作り替えた

PARAGRAPH 2 : What I discovered was this is ...

1)What question(s) did Birke ask himself?

2) What job does he want to do in the future?

3) He wants to be like Joel Salatin. How does Joel run his farm?

organic farmer　有機栽培農家 lunatic　変わり者の　

PARAGRAPH 5 : I want you to know that...

1) Where does Birke think we should buy our food from?

2) What reason does he give for saying that “organic” and “local” food really isn’t so expensive? (What other factor is he considering?)

3) What does Birke mean when he says that he would rather pay the farmer than the hospital?

4) According to Birke, how can we inspire children to want to eat fresh vegetables?

PARAGRAPH 4 : So I ask myself, how can I...

1) What 4 things does Birke want you to think about the next time you go to the grocery store?

1)

2)

3)

4)

grocery store 食料品店

PARAGRAPH 7 : So next time you’re at the grocery store...

1) When Birke’s 6 year old cousin was given a choice between sugar cereal advertised for kids and an organic healthy cereal, which did he choose?

2) What was his cousin’s reason for not wanting the sugary cereal?

PARAGRAPH 6 : Not too long ago, my uncle...