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Unit One Part II Section B Interviews Interview 1 Interview with Professor Glenn Denning about Food Security Background Information of Interview 1 Millennium Development Goals of UN： Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rates Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development 1）消灭极端贫穷和饥饿：·靠每日不到1美元维生的人口比例减半；·挨饿的人口比例减半；2）普及小学教育：·确保所有男童和女童都能完成全部小学教育课程；3）促进两性平等 并赋予妇女权力：·最好到2005年在小学教育和中学教育中消除两性差距，至迟于2015年在各级教育中消除此种差距； 4）降低儿童死亡率：·五岁以下儿童的死亡率降低三分之二； 5）改善产妇保健：·产妇死亡率降低四分之三； 6）与艾滋病毒/艾滋病、疟疾和其他疾病作斗争：·遏止并开始扭转艾滋病毒/艾滋病的蔓延；·遏止并开始扭转疟疾和其他主要疾病的发病率增长； 7）确保环境的可持续能力：·将可持续发展原则纳入国家政策和方案，扭转环境资源的流失；·无法持续获得安全饮用水的人口比例减半；·到2020年使至少1亿贫民窟居民的生活有明显改善； 8）全球合作促进发展：· Matt Smith: Welcome to the La Trobe University podcast. I would be your host, Matt Smith, and I’m here today with Professor Glenn Denning. Thank you for joining me, Glenn. Professor Glenn Denning: You’re welcome. Matt Smith: Now, I’ve been told that you’re the man to talk to about food security. What is food security? Professor Glenn Denning: Food security is by definition the ability of people in household food security at the national level to provide the food needs to live a healthy and productive life. And we look at food security beyond food, to food and nutritional security. So it’s not just about the amount of food, which is measured by energy requirements, but it’s also the quality of the food. It’s a global aim. It’s encompassed in the Millennium Development Goals about reducing hunger by 50 percent by the year 2015. What’s actually happened is we have more hungry people today than we had when the Millennium Development Goals were dreamt up(构思). Roughly a billion people on the planet don’t have enough food right now. That is something to be very concerned about. Prob