Processed food has been changed in a factory before you buy it. Things may be added so it lasts longer, looks brighter, tastes stronger, or is quicker to cook.

Processed food加工食品 has been changed是在 in a factory工廠裡被改變過的， before you buy it才被你買到。 Things有些東西 may be added可能會被加進去， so這樣它 it lasts longer可以放得更久、 looks brighter看起來更亮、 tastes stronger味道更重、 or或是 is quicker to cook可以更快煮好。

A tin of soup, sliced bread that stays soft for days, bright orange cheese slices — those are processed. A banana from the market is not.

A tin of soup一罐湯、 sliced bread that stays soft for days放好幾天還是軟的切片麵包、 bright orange cheese slices鮮橘色的起司片 —— those那些 are processed都是加工過的。 A banana from the market市場買的香蕉 is not就不是。

Though actually, the word slides. Frozen peas are processed too: washed and frozen, nothing more.

Though actually不過其實， the word slides這個字的意思會滑動。 Frozen peas冷凍豌豆 are processed too也算加工過： washed and frozen只是洗過、冷凍過， nothing more沒有別的了。

In daily talk, people often say “processed” when they mean highly processed — lots of extra sugar, salt, or strange ingredients — and they say it with a slight frown. On a food label it is an ordinary describing word, not a lab word.

In daily talk在日常對話裡， people人們 often say "processed"常常說「processed」的時候 when they mean其實心裡想的是 highly processed高度加工的東西 —— lots of extra sugar, salt, or strange ingredients加了很多額外的糖、鹽，或是奇怪的成分 —— and而且 they say it他們說這個字的時候 with a slight frown還會皺一下眉頭。 On a food label在食品標籤上， it它 is an ordinary describing word只是個普通的形容詞， not a lab word不是實驗室用語。