BBC 6 minutes - Day 2 - veganism

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

1 According to Neil, if people reduce the consumption of animal meat, it can lead to a drop of ….. in emissions.

2 As suggested by Tom Kuehnel, veganism would try to avoid every kind of animal exploitation, such as the use of animals for clothing, and ……..

3 while some people go vegan because they consider it ethically wrong, some people do so for ……reasons.

4 Meat farming, namely, raising farm animals, including cows, can generate damaging …… gas.

5 The Oxford University study indicates that if we become vegetarians, ……… deaths can be avoided in a single year.

6 Eating healthy fruit can have economic consequences. As high as …….. can be saved a year.

7 If animal farming disappears, some people have to give up traditional …… lifestyles.

相关词伙

解决气候变化Fight climate change

少点使用电Use less electricity  

有害的温室气体排放Harmful emissions 

Harmful methane gas  牛羊的屁

吃素Go vegan/choose veganism  

放弃游牧生活Abandon traditional nomadic lifestyles

对动物残忍Cruelty to animals 

Abuse animals  虐待动物

如今In this day and age, in the present time 

之前A previous time

环境原因 Environmental considerations

畜牧 Rear livestock/raise livestock  

经济影响 An economic impact

减少医疗开支 Reduced healthcare costs

答案和出处：

1 70%

We're talking about meat here. If people cut out meat and animal products from their diets – harmful emissions could be reduced by 70%. That's according to research from Oxford University.

2

Food

Veganism is a way of living which excludes, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation and cruelty to animals. So that's for food, clothing or any other purpose.

3

Environmental

Others go vegan because of environmental considerations, as we looked at earlier.

4

Methane

Rearing livestock – that means animals like cows and pigs – produces a lot of harmful methane gas.

5

8 million

In the research from Oxford University we mentioned earlier, scientists found that 8 million deaths per year could be avoided if the world went vegan.

6

1,000 billion

They suggest that up to $1,000bn a year would be saved due to reduced healthcare costs and increased productivity at work

7

Nomadic

Without animal farming they would be forced to abandon traditional nomadic lifestyles

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/spanish/features/6-minute-english/ep-170525