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Would you like to try a tiger steak? How about a lion burger? Or maybe you'd like a yummy bowl of elephant meat noodles!
What? Eating tigers and lions and elephants? That's crazy!
吃老虎、獅子、大象？！太瘋狂了吧？
We need to save those animals… not eat them!
我們要保護這些動物，而不是吃掉牠們。
No tiger or lion or elephant is REALLY going to be eaten… but, with a special kind of science… we could eat animals without hurting them!
其實不用傷害動物，也可以吃到牠們的肉。
You see, every living thing is made of tiny 'cells'. There are dog cells, cockroach cells, flower cells… You have cells too! We are made from over 75 trillion cells!
生物是由細胞組成的，人也是。人身上有75兆個細胞。
So, scientists just take a few cells, copy them, and make meat!
This isn't a crazy idea. Scientists have already done it with cow and pig cells without any animals getting hurt!
科學家已經試過用乳牛跟豬的細胞來製造牛肉和豬肉了。
So, one day someone said, "Hey! Maybe people would like to know what an elephant tastes like!"
有一家公司想到，人們可能會想吃大象、長頸鹿，或是其他野生動物。
What do you think? You could try lion, or tiger, or… any animal!
Anyone want some Gorilla McNuggets?
想吃吃看嗎？
Vocabulary
生物科技日新月異，用細胞培養出動物的肉已經不是難事。
1) science 科學, scientist 科學家
Scientists can grow meat from a few cells ! 科學家可以用幾個細胞就種出肉來！
That's not new science. 這不是新的科學了。
They already made ears out of cells. 他們已經用細胞做出耳朵。
2) tiger 老虎。
I sure don't want a tiger steak. 我可不要吃老虎肉排。
Maybe it tastes great! 也許味道很棒呢!
3) lion 獅子。
Or you may want to try some lion meatballs? 也許你想嚐嚐獅子肉丸？
No, yew, that sounds terrible! 不了，聽起來真難吃！
4) made of 組成，製成
Ice cream is made of milk, butter, and sugar. 冰淇淋是牛奶，奶油和糖做的。
These are fun words to learn.
science 科學
scientist 科學家
tiger 老虎
lion 獅子
made of 組成
Quiz
How can scientists make meat without hurting an animal?
A: Take cells from the animal, copy them, and grow them
B: They ask them nicely
C: They take hair from the animal and copy itWhat does one company want to do?
A: They want to eat vegetables
B: They want to copy lions
C: They want to make meat without hurting animals.Is the idea of making meat with cells possible?
A: Yes. Scientists have already done it!
B: No, but it's a cool idea
C: Maybe, but we can only make hippo hamburgers
Answers
- A
- C
- A