Name: 巧克力該漲價嗎？ ⏲️ 6分鐘英語 (Should we pay more for chocolate? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2026-03-12T16:37:12.000Z
Duration: 5 min 58 s

Six Minute English from BBCLearningEnglish.com hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

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How many of our listeners, Neil, do you think love chocolate?

Neil，你覺得我們有多少聽眾喜歡巧克力呢？

Well, I can't think of anyone who doesn't love chocolate.

嗯，我想不到有人不喜歡巧克力耶。

Yes, I thought you might say that having seen your mid morning snack most days.

沒錯，看你大部分日子上午點心都吃什麼，我就猜到你會這麼說。

我真的很愛吃一點點黑巧克力。

Do you know, I really like the one that's got some chews chili in it.

說真的，我特別喜歡那種裡面加了點辣椒的。

Oh, I also love dark chocolate but chili is a bit spicy for me.

喔，我也很愛黑巧克力，不過辣椒對我來說有點太辣了。

But now to the stuff that makes chocolate possible.

但現在要來聊聊讓巧克力變得可能的重要東西。

And it's become more expensive in recent years.

而且近年來它的價格越來越貴。

Now a new EU law could make chocolate even more expensive.

現在歐盟一項新法規可能會讓巧克力變得更貴。

Today we'll talk about how this law could change things for farmers, companies and chocolate lovers, as discussed on the recent BBC World Service programme Business Daily.

今天我們要來聊聊這項法規可能會如何改變農民、公司和巧克力愛好者的狀況，這也是 BBC World Service 節目 Business Daily 最近討論的內容。

As always, we'll learn some useful new words and phrases and you'll find all the vocabulary along with the transcripts on our website bbclearningenglish.com before we get started, Neil, I have a question for you.

照慣例，我們會學到一些實用的新單字和片語，你可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到所有單字和逐字稿。在我們開始之前，Neil，我有一個問題想問你。

Europeans are big fans of chocolate, just like us around.

歐洲人跟我們一樣，都是巧克力的大粉絲。

How many tons of cocoa beans were imported to Europe in 2023?

2023年，歐洲進口了多少噸的可可豆？

Was it A, 500,000 tonnes, B, 2 million tonnes or C 10 million tonnes?

是 A、50萬噸，B、200萬噸，還是 C、1000萬噸？

Well, I have no idea but I'm just going to guess and say 500,000 tonnes.

嗯，我完全不知道，但我猜是50萬噸。

我們晚點就會知道你猜對了沒。

Now, that new EU law that we were talking about earlier would stop companies buying cocoa from land where any trees were cut down in the last six years.

還有，我們剛才提到的那項新的歐盟法規，將禁止公司購買在過去六年內有砍伐樹木的土地上生產的可可。

The process of cutting down trees is called deforestation.

砍伐樹木的過程叫做森林砍伐。

Albert Smith, who owns a small chocolate business, believes that the new law wouldn't change too much for his company.

一位經營小型巧克力生意的老闆 Albert Smith 認為，這項新法規對他的公司影響不大。

We have all the information on farm level already because the producers that we work with are small plantations that either work through a co op or social enterprise and all of our cocoa is already traced back to the plantation.

我們已經掌握了農場層級的所有資訊，因為我們合作的生產者是小型種植園，他們透過合作社或社會企業運作，而且我們所有的可可都已經追溯到種植園了。

Albert adds that they already know where the cocoa beans come from and as they work with farmers from co ops or social enterprises.

Albert 還補充說，他們已經知道可可豆的來源，而且他們是與來自合作社或社會企業的農民合作。

A co op in this case is a farm owned by its workers.

在這種情況下，合作社是指由其員工擁有的農場。

A social enterprise is a business that wants to help the community because of working with farmers who are part of these organizations.

社會企業是一家希望透過與這些組織的農民合作來幫助社區的企業。

Albert says that the cocoa they buy can already be traced back to the farms.

Albert 說，他們購買的可可已經可以追溯到農場。

To trace something back to something means to find out where something has come from here's Albert Smith.

追溯某物到某處的意思是找出某物來自哪裡，這是 Albert Smith。

Again, mapping means that farmers have to actually provide the geolocations of their plantation.

再說一次，地圖標示意味著農民必須提供他們種植園的地理位置資訊。

And, you know, for some farmers that are very remote, that comes also with a challenge.

而且，你知道的，對於一些非常偏遠的農民來說，這也帶來了挑戰。

Albert suggests that giving a geolocation is difficult for some farmers as they live in remote places and don't all have mobile phones.

Albert 建議，對於一些住在偏遠地區且不都有手機的農民來說，提供地理位置資訊很困難。

Geolocation is data taken from a special device which shows exactly where something is.

地理位置資訊是從一個特殊裝置取得的數據，該裝置會顯示某物確切的位置。

And the term remote means at a large distance from places where other people live.

而「偏遠」這個詞的意思是離其他人居住的地方很遠。

Because of these changes, the price of chocolate might go up even more.

由於這些變化，巧克力的價格可能會再漲更高。

Meaning that chocolate lovers like us could really notice the difference in our bank accounts.

這意味著像我們這樣的巧克力愛好者，荷包可能會明顯變薄。

Reporter Matthew Kenyon asked a chocolate lover on the street if they would pay more for their chocolate.

記者 Matthew Kenyon 街訪了一位巧克力愛好者，問他願不願意為巧克力多付錢。

Absolutely I would do that because I think the normal chocolates are way too cheap.

當然願意，因為我覺得一般的巧克力實在太便宜了。

Definitely we have to pay more because the money will go to the local people to give them a better life.

絕對要多付錢，因為這些錢會給當地人，讓他們生活更好。

同時也能解決森林砍伐的問題。

And he asked another chocolate lover about whether he looks at where the cocoa beans come from.

他還問了另一位巧克力愛好者，是否會留意可可豆的來源。

For me personally, absolutely not out of principle, because I want them to be produced most efficiently as possible.

對我個人來說，基於原則絕對不會，因為我希望它們能盡可能有效率地生產。

But on principle, I want production to be as efficient as possible, otherwise it's a waste of everybody's time.

但基於原則，我希望生產盡可能有效率，否則就是浪費大家的時間。

看來大家的意見不太一樣耶，Becca。

Whilst one chocolate lover would pay more for chocolate to support farmers in production, the other doesn't worry too much about the cost, but

一位巧克力愛好者願意多付錢買巧克力來支持生產者，另一位則不太在意成本，

says the production process should be as efficient as possible.

但認為生產過程應該盡可能有效率。

好的，是時候來回答我們的隨堂測驗了。

Earlier I asked you how many tons of cocoa were imported to Europe in 2023 and you said 500,000 tonnes.

剛剛我問大家，2023年歐洲進口了多少噸的可可，你說了50萬噸。

Well, I was wrong and that really is a lot between us.

嗯，我錯了，這之間差好多喔。

We've probably eaten a few tonnes already this year at least.

我們今年可能至少也吃了好幾噸了。

Becca, I'd be interested to know what kind of chocolate our listeners enjoy.

Becca，我很好奇我們的聽眾喜歡哪種巧克力。

And whether they would be happy to pay more for their favourite chocolate bar.

以及他們是否願意為最喜歡的巧克力棒支付更多費用。

Ok, let's recap some of the vocabulary from this program.

好的，我們來複習一下這個節目的一些詞彙。

Deforestation is the process of cutting down trees.

Deforestation 是砍伐樹木的過程。

We heard Co Op, which is a farm owned by its workers.

我們聽到了 Co Op，這是一家由員工擁有的農場。

A social enterprise is a business that wants to help the community.

社會企業是想幫助社區的企業。

To trace something back to something is to find out where something's come from.

To trace something back to something 是找出某樣東西的來源。

Geolocation is data taken from a device which can show you exactly where a person or thing is.

Geolocation 是從設備取得的資料，可以精確顯示某人或某物的所在地。

And finally, remote means at a large distance from places where other people live.

最後，remote 指的是離其他人居住的地方很遠。

But if you want to test your knowledge, Visit our website bbclearningenglish.com where you'll also find a worksheet and quiz for this episode.

但如果你想測驗一下你的知識，請到我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com，你還會找到這個單元的講義和測驗。

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