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    The Women's Institute is urging supermarkets to do more to help consumers reduce their home food waste, after a survey of its own membership showed widespread confusion about “best before” and “use by” labeling(标签) on packaging.

    Its new analysis of products on supermarket shelves found that “once-opened” instructions were often contradictory and often failed to make clear whether they were a guide to food safety or quality. Only 45% of 5,000 WI members surveyed understood that best-before dates were a sign of food quality, while 26% did not understand that the more important use-by dates were a decisive guide to food safety.

    In its report on food waste, the WI said supermarkets were “potentially contributing to home food waste by leading customers to buy more food than they need, and giving conflicting and confusing on-pack information that leaves customers unsure about how long a product remains safe to eat in the home setting”. The 42-page report is part of the WI's ongoing campaign to reduce food waste. To underline the point about conflicting information, it cites(引用) a can of Sainsbury's own-brand sweetcorn advising consumers to eat it within one day of opening, while a similar tin from Waitrose gave consumers two days to finish it. Green Giant sweetcorn, however, has no specified date for eating once opened.

    Marylyn Haines Evans, chair of the Women's Institute's public affairs said: “WI members are some of the more informed members of society about food and cookery, but they are still confused about food labelling and 'once-opened' information. So we would like supermarkets to extend the amount of time that consumers have to use a product in their homes by making all of their once-opened instructions on product packaging consistent, and completely remove once-opened instructions on products where food safety is not an issue.”

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红叶

       ①秋天的挂号信是故乡的一枚红叶托来的。那叶子虽然失去了夏日的翠绿与鲜活,但千丝万缕如云如织的红晕,仍然显示着生命饱经沧桑而不衰竭的光泽。仔细阅读,总能品出满心满目的沉重。

       ②坐在城市的秋天里,遥祭天边属于红叶的怀想,许多人许多事便在红得烂漫的季节踏歌而来。一缕亮丽而亢奋的情愫,不因岁月的冷雨寒风,历史皱纹一般地印出那些曾经拥有的风景。

       ③那一年,霜早早地落了,童心里飘漾的一湾亮绿,立时被腾起的深色写意所笼罩。伴着满树乞求阳光感激阳光的叶子,我站在无言又无奈的母亲面前,我能说些和做些什么呢?蜂飞蝶舞、扬鞭吆喝的温馨与雄浑,是与眼前的悲怆画面不相协调的。母亲喜欢红叶,常常把红叶一生的辉煌与美丽归结为朴素的“好看”二字。这样的定义虽很肤浅,但原始的美能说明红叶作为一种生命过程所独有的轰轰烈烈的平凡与伟大。正如春风的笑,是为绿遍山野;夏雨的狂,是为挥洒豪气;秋月的眼,是为收获鼓劲;冬雪的吻,是为大地铺上一层不掩饰的晶莹一样,让一组神韵在特定的氛围内展示风情。这种风情有可能过程是短暂的,只要留住搏击的顽强与执著,是能够找到属于生命的隽永的。

       ④然而起风了,灰蒙蒙的天空,一片苍凉。路边的树叶,已经失却了青春的娇艳,痛苦地作着最后的告别;病床上的母亲,泪眼朦胧。看着刚刚绽芽的我,她真的不愿像那一片屈于命运的红叶啊!但是,病魔吞噬生命是与秋风扫落叶一样残酷无情的。母亲仿佛很安详,连最后的遗言,也是让我去拣几片红叶。我跑在童年的秋天里,为母亲拣回了一大把红叶。母亲数着这些红叶,如同数着我可以用月计算的年龄,终于,她的笑永远地印在了那把红叶之上。

       ⑤红叶度过了一个辉煌的时刻,而我的感觉也突然回归到被爱怜所簇拥的晨光里。那是一个夜晚,在严寒即将为大地更换主题时,你踩着松软的泥土走了……而我则踩着落叶向你扑去。

       ⑥我并不企盼一切都会永恒。红叶告别季节,这是自然的法则,就像再坚硬的岩石也注定要风化为泥土一样。造物主在造出万物时,就给了它一个不可超越的毁灭命运。我仍在爱着,就像叶子热恋土地一样,在狂风中不管旋得多高,最终还要投向大地母亲的怀抱。因为,它从枝头走下来,已经有一个归宿在向它招手。我的归宿在母亲亲手为我设计的坐标里。

       ⑦让世界所有的叶子都飞舞吧,那是一颗颗袒露真诚的心哪!

       ⑧天上的红叶一片片/思念到天边/思念到永远……

       ⑨把思想从往事中拽回,虔诚地注视今天的红叶,红叶便是活着的历史。是的,一切都未曾老去,也绝不会老去,只要大自然的秋风刮来,那飞溅的流苏,那童年的云雨星光,那饱蘸生命之美的红叶,便突破时空的界限,染红我遥远而清晰的梦境。

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一代通儒顾炎武

    顾炎武从科举制度桎梏中挣脱出来后,便一改旧习,自警“能人不为文人,能讲不为讲师”力倡“君子之为学,以明道也,以救世也”。为了一抒山河壮怀、广交天下贤哲,也为了摆脱纠缠,躲避豪绅叶方恒的陷害,他以游为隐,将家事稍作安排,便只身出游。最初往来于山东、北京、江苏、浙江之间,自康熙元年起,其游踪扩至河北、河南、山西、陕西。以友人所赠二马二骡载书自随,南北往返,风尘仆仆,行万里路,读万卷书,把自己的后半生献给了著述事业。顾炎武每到一处,必考察当地风土人情、山川地理,如与平日所闻不符,便打开书卷验证。旅途中则在鞍上默诵诸经注疏,偶有遗忘,就翻书温习。据他在《书(为顾宁人征天下书籍启)后》回忆,自己曾临泰山,谒十三陵,登恒山,抵太原,“往来曲折二三万里,所览书又得万余卷”。他把所搜集到的地理文献资料一分为二,将有关水利、贡赋、经济、军事部分,编为《天下郡国利病书》;有关地理沿革、建制、山川、名胜部分,则编为《肇城志》。

    顾炎武把《论语》中的“博学于文”“行己有耻”作为自己的治学宗旨和处世之道,虚怀若谷,严于律己,注重友情。在他看来,为学不日进则日退,独学无友则孤陋难成。交友是益学进道的重要途径,古人学有所得,未尝不求同志之人,所以,寻友交友构成他为学生涯的重要组成部分。在为学交友过程中,他始终推友之长,虚己待人,以友为师,其高尚品格足为后世楷模。他晚年所撰《广师》,从学术视野、学术贡献、博闻强记、文风雅正、治学态度等方面,对同时代的十位“同学之士”加以称许。其弟子潘耒在《日知录》序中,盛赞其师足迹半天下,所至交其天下贤豪长者。天下无贤不肖,皆知先生为通儒。

    顾炎武一生,始终关注“国家治乱之源,生民根本之计”,早年奔走国事,中年谋求匡复,即使暮年独居北方,依旧念念不忘“东土饥荒”“江南水旱”,直到逝世前,病魔缠身,他仍然以“救民水火”为己任。他主张,天生豪杰必有所任,“拯斯人于涂炭,为万世开太平”,正是自己的责任。顾炎武对国家民族前途命运的关注,有其特定的原因,今天看来固然有一定的局限性,但是对于一个旧时代的思想家和学者来说,却是难能可贵的。面对明清交替的现实,顾炎武从历史反思中得出结论:“保天下者,匹夫之贱与有责焉。”后世学者将他的这一思想归纳为“天下兴亡,匹夫有责”,成为我们中华民族爱国主义传统的一个重要组成部分,是颇有道理的

(摘编自陈祖武《顾炎武评传》)