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Science fiction television has donc a lot to shapc how we view the meals of the future，from an evening dinner in pill form to machines giving us any mcal we desire, on demand. 36 D Nobody would ever starve if food were this easy to obtain. However，while these ideas for food creation arc more than fifty ycars old, the way wc produce and consume foodhas not changed very much. Even though there is enough food available today to feed the world, more than 870 million people do not have enough to cat. 37 And it is unbelievable that hunger kills more people than disease does.

With the global population expected to grow to more than nine billion by 2050, demand for foodwill only increase. No pills or machines have solved our food problems yet.

However, agricultural science has been responsible for saving huge numbers of lives. Science andtechnology helped us out of starvation during the 1960s and 70s when the world’s population exploded. 38 G At that time seientists were genuinely worried that we would run out of food. The result of this panic was the “green revolution", which saw the introduction to farmingof high production grains, improved irrigation systems and hybrid seeds, saving over one billion peopiefrom starvation.

39 There are many complexities when dealing with food. Having enough food is only the first step. There are complications 'with naturaldisasters, conflict, poverty and environmental problems. All these can mean that the food 'supply is putat risk. 40 Then there are the issues we face when it comes to food experimentation. Many people are concerned about playing around with nature"" adjusting how food looks and tastes and smells, and other human interferences（干預(yù)），all of which are widespread.

Anyhow, the world has not been completely saved from starvation, but we are on the way to getthere.

• A. Agricultural science was quite a success.
• B. There are many complexities / when dealing with food.
• C. Modern science and technology of food contributes a lot.
• D. Nobody would ever starve if food were this easy to obtain.
• E. And it is unbelievable that hunger kills more people than disease does.
• F. Then there are the issues we face when it comes to food experimentation.
• G. At that time seientists were genuinely worried that we would run out of food.
• starve：挨餓
• experimentation：實驗