003 Eat Apples_Chinese Word in the News

Word of the day:吃苹果, eat apples. <br> <br>An apple, 苹果， a day keeps the doctor away. And over the past day there's been a surge of people in Poland eating apples，吃苹果，- but not for medical reasons. Poles have been posting images of apples,苹果，on social media as a way of protesting against Russia’s ban on some fruit and vegetable imports- including apples苹果- from Poland. Polish food producers say the ban is politically motivated as a response to EU sanctions. In response, Poles have been showing their support for local farmers by campaigning on social media. It started on Twitter when a journalist shared an image of himself eating an apple，吃苹果，and used the hashtag #jedzjabłka, which means "eat apples"，吃苹果。