六级Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance.

为了满足消费者的期望，大型超市通常会拒绝农场里所有完全可以食用的水果和蔬菜，因为它们的物理特性（如大小和外观）不符合严格的营销标准。

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六级In France, the government has banned supermarkets from throwing away edible foods and imposed harsh penalties on businesses that fail to comply with the regulations.

在法国，政府禁止超市丢弃食用食品，并对不遵守规定的企业实施严厉处罚。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级Eat Grub is Britain's first new food company that breaks western food boundaries by introducing edible insects as a new source of food.

Eat Grub是英国第一家新成立的食品公司，通过引入食用昆虫作为新的食品来源，打破了西方食品的界限。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

高考It would never win a prize in a cooking competition, but it was surprisingly edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup.

它永远不会在烹饪比赛中获奖，但它令人惊讶地可以食用，我们喝光了每一滴汤。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance

为了满足消费者的期望，大型超市通常会拒绝农场里所有完全可以食用的水果和蔬菜，因为它们的物理特性（如大小和外观）不符合严格的营销标准

2013年12月阅读原文