新年快到了，又要給朋友寄賀卡了。但是每年消耗這么多賀卡是不是也很浪費呢？英國一家公司設計出一款“食用賀卡”，既滿足了人們的需求，又可以做到綠色環保。

An edible Christmas card has been designed by a Devon company to try to be as seasonally "green" as possible.

英國德文郡一家公司設計出一款可吃的圣誕賀卡，既適應消費旺季的需求，又盡可能做到了環保。

The card, with a picture of Brussels sprouts on the front, is made from potato starch paper and printed with food colouring instead of ink.

卡的封面是小洋白菜的圖片。卡是用土豆淀粉做的，并用食用色素替代油墨上色印刷。

It was created by a graphic design company based in Tiverton, Devon, and about 200 have been made.

該卡由英國德文郡蒂弗頓的一個圖形設計公司制造，大約做了200張。

"It's not very tasty but next year we are thinking of doing flavoured ones," said Malcolm Buttel of Oxygen Creative.

Oxygen Creative公司的馬爾科姆?巴特爾說：“它不是很好吃，但明年我們會考慮把它做得美味一些。”

Mr Buttel said he and his colleagues had bought a new printer and modified it to run on food colouring instead of ink.

巴特爾說，他和同事們買了一臺新印刷機，加以改造，讓它可以用食用色素替代印刷油墨印刷。

"The cards have come out quite well. One of the recipients has eaten his card already," he said.

他說：“賀卡的反響非常好。有一個收卡人已經把他的卡吃掉了。”

Steve Lodge, managing director, said: "The card highlights the fact that there are many different ways to make a difference to the environment."

公司負責人斯蒂夫?洛奇說：“這種賀卡讓大家看到一個事實：要改善環境，可以有很多的方式。”

 

（來源：天星教育網 實習生許雅寧 英語點津 Yvonne 編輯）

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