豚姬樣类似动漫:Lab Burger 科幻小说情节?人造肉上餐桌
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外观看起来正常的汉堡并非就一定是一般的汉堡。
A hamburger that's as healthy as salmon certainly sounds appetizing. This is just one of the possibilities that scientists hope to achieve through the use of new techniques for producing cultured meat. Meat grown in a lab is an essential technology for expanding countries in the 21st century. _(1)_
It's not just scientists that are talking about the benefits of growing meat in test tubes. _(2)_ If this happens, PETA would see this development as a major step towards reducing animal cruelty and saving the environment. _(3)_
Cultured meat is grown by soaking stem cells in a nutrient-rich soup and then manipulating them to grow into muscle tissue. _(4)_ The meat produced so far is reported to have a texture more like a 7-Eleven Slurpee than a juicy steak. Also, one of the biggest problems for scientists is not how to grow the meat in the first place. _(5)_ Real meat is composed of a variety of textures that tickle the taste buds in just the right way, and this is exactly what has been giving scientists real headaches to recreate.
(A) Instead, it's getting the taste right.
(B) With the world's population expected to grow to nearly nine billion by 2050, scientists have suggested that cultured meat may be the solution to the feared global food shortage.
(C) The organization believes that once meat can be produced in the lab, it will eliminate the need for farming and thus cut down on greenhouse gases given off by livestock.
(D) Animal rights organization PETA has also offered a US$1 million prize to any scientist who can bring cultured chicken meat to supermarkets by 2012.
(E) However, the best ingredients for the soup and even the type of cells needed to produce the best meat remain a puzzle for scientists.
1. 第一题空格应选 (B)
理由:
a. 空格前一句提到,对人口不断增加的国家来说,
b. (B) 选项的句子说到,随著 2050 年世界人口预计会达到近 90 亿,科学家认为人造肉或许是解决令人忧心的全球粮食短缺的方法,
大补丸:
a. population n. 人口
b. be expected to V被预期(会)……
例: The president is expected to visit the Middle East sometime next month.
(该总统预计将在下个月某个时候出访中东。)
c. cultured a. 人工培养 养殖的
d. the solution to + N/V-ing针对……的解决之道
例: I finally figured out the solution to this problem.
(我终於想出解决这问题的方法了。)
e. feared a. 害怕的,担忧的
f. shortage n. 短缺,不足
2. 第二题空格应选 (D)
理由:
a. 空格前一句说到,不只有科学家在谈论用试管培养人造肉的好处,
b. (D) 选项的句子说,动物权益组织 PETA 也提供了 1 百万美金的奖赏给任何一位能在 2012 年前让人造鸡肉上市的科学家,符合推测,故选之。
大补丸:
* offer sth to sb提供某物给某人
= offer sb sth
例: The rich man offered NT$100,000 to Hank for his painting.
(那有钱人出价 10 万块台币买汉克的画。)
3. 第三题空格应选 (C)
理由:
a. 空格前一句说,如果真能实现,PETA 将视这个发展为减少残害动物和拯救环境的一大进展。
b. (C) 选项的句子说到,该组织相信一旦肉类可以在实验室制造出来,
大补丸:
a. lab n. 实验室(为 laboratory 的缩写)
b. eliminate vt. 消除
例: To eliminate the risk of infection, wash your cut with soap and water.
(为避免感染,你要用肥皂和水清洗你的伤口。)
c. farming n. 养殖
d. cut down on...减少……(的量)
例: The doctor advised Charles to cut down on drinking alcohol.
(医生劝查尔斯减少喝酒的量。)
e. greenhouse gas n. 温室气体(指能引起温室效应的气体,如二氧化碳)
f. give off...放出 发出(气味、热、光等)
例: Cars give off toxic fumes, which pollute the air we breathe.
(汽车排放有毒的气体,污染我们呼吸的空气。)
g. livestock n. 家畜(总称)
4. 第四题空格应选 (E)
理由:
a. 空格前一句提到,人造肉的制造方式是藉由把干细胞(stem cells)浸泡在充满营养素的培养液(soup)中,
b. (E) 选项的句子说,不过,什麽才是最合适的培养液原料,
大补丸:
a. ingredient n. 原料
b. puzzle n. 谜;难题
例: The origin of life remains a great puzzle to scientists.
(生命的起源对科学家来说仍是个很大的谜团。)
5. 第五题空格应选 (A)
理由:
a. 空格前一句提到,此外,
b. (A) 选项的句子说到,而是要怎麽让它尝起来像是真的肉,
- achieve vt. 达到;实现
例: If you work hard, you will eventually achieve your goals.
(如果你努力,最後一定会达成目标。) - see A as B视 A 为 B
例: Thomas sees his brother as his best friend.
(汤玛斯视他哥哥为最好的朋友。) - soak A in B把 A 浸泡在 B 中
soak vt. 浸泡
例: Martha soaked the meat in the sauce overnight for the barbecue.
(玛莎把肉浸泡在酱汁中一整晚,以备烤肉之用。) - manipulate vt. 操纵;巧妙运用
例: The artist manipulated the metal and turned the pole into a sculpture of a mother with a baby.
(这名艺术家巧妙地运用金属,把栏杆变成一座母与子的雕像。) - in the first place最初,一开始
例: If you'd listened to me in the first place, none of this would have happened.
(如果你当初听我的话,这一切就不会发生了。) - be composed of...由……组成
= be made up of...
例: The cocktail is composed of alcohol, fruit juice, and soda.
(鸡尾酒是由酒、果汁及汽水调制而成。) - tickle vt. 使发痒
例: Judy tickled the baby's feet to make him laugh.
(茱蒂搔小宝宝的脚,想逗他发笑。) - headache n. 令人头痛的人或事;头痛
be a headache for sb是令某人头痛的人 事
例: Heavy traffic is a common headache for residents in Taipei.
(交通阻塞是台北居民共同的头痛问题。)
- salmon n. 鲑鱼
- appetizing a. 开胃的
- essential a. 必要的,不可或缺的
- expanding a. 不断扩展的
- test tube n. 试管
- cruelty n. 残忍,残酷
- stem cell n. 干细胞
- nutrient-rich a. 富含营养的
- tissue n.(动植物的)组织
- texture n. 质地;结构
- juicy a. 多汁的
- taste bud n. 味蕾
科幻小说情节?人造肉上餐桌
外观看起来正常的汉堡并非就一定是一般的汉堡。
像鲑鱼一样健康的汉堡确实听起来相当刺激食欲。
不只有科学家在谈论用试管培养人造肉的好处。动物权益组织 PETA(编按∶PETA 为 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 的缩写)也提供了 1 百万美金的奖赏给任何一位能在 2012 年前让人造鸡肉上市的科学家。如果真能实现,PETA 将视这个发展为减少残害动物和拯救环境的一大进展。
人造肉的制造方式是藉由把干细胞浸泡在充满营养素的培养液,