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Worldwide Groups Mark World Food Day
The UN's World Food Program (WFP) and Agricultureand Food Organization (FAO) celebrated WorldFood Day today, October 16. The goal of theorganizations is to fight world hunger.
Ertharin Cousin is an executive director of theWFP. She appealed to the global community to take action to achieve a world withouthunger.
Ms. Cousin said, "Working together, we can all press for the changes that the world needs,including ending extreme poverty, supporting small-holder farmers and ensuring access tonutritious food all year round for the most vulnerable people by investing in socialprotection programs".
WFP invited everyone to mark World Food Day by posting #ZeroHunger on social media. Theorganization asks people to join a new community Facebook page. It gives Facebook users atool to switch their profile page to include a striking white circle. It represents the target ofZero Hunger.
Ms. Cousin says, "The UN Zero Hunger Challenge represents the goal we all share and the worldwe want."
Joining the campaigns to observe World Food Day is a Japanese non-profit organization, Tablefor Two, or TFT. It is holding a "One Million Itadakimasu" campaign from October 16 toNovember 30.
Itadakimasu is a Japanese word that expresses gratitude for food. Japanese say the wordbefore they eat every meal.
TFT invites people worldwide to submit photos of their own rice ball to its website. Businesseswill donate five meals for every photo submitted. The organization also held fund-raising eventsin the U.S. cities of New York, Washington and Chicago.
In the 2015 report on food insecurity, the WFP says 795 million people suffer from hungertoday. It is fewer than 10 years ago. But U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said the goal is toend hunger by 2030.
"Hunger is more than a lack of food. It's a terrible injustice, unfairness and inequality. We arehere today to pledge again to achieve food security for all the people around the world – tobuild a global movement to end hunger. This will go hand in hand with greater health,economic development and social inclusion for individuals and societies."
1.executive 执行的;行政的;总经理
The University is headed by a Rector, its chiefexecutive officer.
该大学由一个校长担任领导，他是学校的主要执行官员。
2.vulnerable 易受攻击的;弱势的
Young birds are very vulnerable to predators.
幼小的鸟易受食肉动物伤害。
3.campaigns 活动;竞选
Each night when I got home from work I pored over magzines, newspapers, and books aboutCongress and Campaigns.
每天晚上一回到家里，我就极认真地阅读有关国会和竟选活动的各种书报杂志。
4.gratitude 感恩;感激
There are no words to express the full measure of my gratitude.
没有言语能充分表达我感激之情。
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