Unit 2
Part I Listening Task
Script for the recording:
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Are you curious to know what can turn a young boy into a vegetarian? Listen to what James, an 11-year-old, has to say.答多音字组词
I decided to become a vegetarian when I was in first grade, after something happened to open my eyes. My teacher had brought two adorable turkeys to school for us to play with. Every day, when we were dismisd for recess, I would go to Mr. and Mrs. Turkey. It was the best part of my day.
Thanksgiving came and went. The first day back for school, I ran to go e the turkeys, but both of them were gone. I was terrified! I went up to my teacher and asked her what had happened to the turkeys. She said that she had killed them and eaten them for Thanksgiving dinner! I was horrified to think of tho sweet creatures being nothing more th
an someone's meal.
That's how I became a vegetarian. From that day on, I decided not to eat meat ever again. I am the only vegetarian in my family, which is tough sometimes. My mom says I have a lot of willpower becau she tried becoming a vegetarian but couldn't. She did not have the same experience I had becau she did not know Mrs. & Mr. Turkey. I think it is harsh to kill animals and then eat them. I know that some animals are raid to be killed and eaten but it is just not right in my opinion. I know that this might sound a bit ridiculous, but I think that if we are able to eat animals then animals should be able to eat us too. Most kids my age don't agree with me but I plan to stick with my beliefs and stay a vegetarian for life.
After Listening
1. When James was in first grade, his teacher brought two adorable turkeys to school for the children to play with.
2. The first day back for school after Thanksgiving, James was terrified to e that both of the turkeys were gone. He went up to his teacher and found out that the sweet creatures had been reduced to nothing more than someone’s meal.
3. From that day on, he decided not to eat meat ever again.
4. James thinks it is harsh to kill animals and then eat them. Most children his age don’t agree with him but he plans to stick with his beliefs and stay a vegetarian for life.
Part II Reading Task
Text A
Comprehension
Possible answers to content questions:
1. 西西艺术摄影They have chon to not eat meat.
2. Vegetarian food sales are showing unparalleled growth. Especially popular are meat-free burgers and hot dogs, and the plant-bad cuisines of India, China, Mexico, Italy and Japan.
3. The basic truth that medical rearch has uncovered is that plant foods lower your risk of chronic dia; animal foods increa it.
4. The nutritional drawbacks of animal foods are: they are devoid of fiber, contain far too much saturated fat and cholesterol, and may even carry traces of hormones, steroids and antibiotics.
5. Animal foods are also unsafe in that they are the breeding grounds for accordingE. coli, campylobacter and other bacteria that cau illness. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, six out of ten chickens are infected with salmonella.合唱歌曲
自己清理黑头的妙招6. Governments have unfortunately bowed to pressure from powerful lobby groups such as the Beef Information Center, the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency and the Dairy Farm
ers of Canada. The exertion of pressure by the groups should come as no surpri: Even a minor reduction in recommended intakes of animal protein could cost the industries billions of dollars a year.
7. The author says so becau vast resources are required to rai, feed, shelter, transport, process and package farm animals slaughtered each year. Water and energy are ud at every step of the way.
8. 南泰贤John Robbins suggested that we eat lower on the food chain. And that, according to him, is perhaps the most potent single act we can take to halt the destruction of our environment and prerve our natural resources.
耽美文小说9. What he saw at the country’s largest “processing” plants shocked him drastically. He watched "stubborn" cows being beaten and squealing pigs chad around the killing floor with electric calipers. He saw a cow which had misd the stun gun was hoisted fully conscious upside down by its hind leg and cut to pieces, thrashing until its last breath.
10. Becau animal welfare always comes cond to profit. It can cost hundreds of dollars per minute to stop the conveyor line.
11. Animals' living conditions on most of today's modernized farms are mirable. Most of today's modernized farms have long, windowless sheds in which animals live like prisoners their entire lives. Few of the animals ever experience sunlight or fresh air—and most of their natural urges are denied.
