英文原版对话1000个:1148 Scary Food-英语课

时间：2018-12-25 作者：英语课 分类：原版英语对话1000个

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　　Paul: One interesting thing for me is that, you know, over the recent years, we've had countless 1 incidents where cattle and animal stock have become diseased, and they've had to be culled 2, you know; they've had to be killed to stop the disease. I think, you know, that's also a kind of a very important issue, why these animals are becoming so diseased. Is it a sign that we're doing something wrong? What do you think about that?

　　Todd: Yeah. I mean, that's a scary one. I've lived in quite a few countries over the years, and every country that I've lived in has always been paranoid about the - mad cow disease. So, even in England, I lived in your country in England about seventeen years ago, and there were concerns about that first propping 3 up. And then, you know, in Asia now, the Asian countries are worried about it.

　　Paul: Hm.

　　Todd: To be honest, I don't even give it any thought, you know. I mean, I hear about there's high levels of mercury in salmon 4. You shouldn't eat too much salmon. You have to worry about mad cow disease if you eat beef. I think you have to worry about other diseases with the chicken. You know, they had the bird flu a while ago. So yeah, I don't know. I don't know what to think, really.

　　Paul: Yeah.

　　Todd: I mean, it hasn't changed my eating patterns. Has it changed your eating patterns?

　　Paul: Um, no, not particularly. I'd have to say that I do still eat meat. I had grilled 5 chicken yesterday. And so, you know, like I said, it's very difficult to be or kind of morally high when you eat animals. One interesting thing is about animals that we select for captivity 6, like you know, if they're not cute or -

　　Todd: Right.

　　Paul: You know, it seems to be like it's only the cute animals in the world that we care about.

　　Todd: Right.

　　Paul: What about the ugly ones? And this kind of give you - it's a bit warped 7, isn't it? It's not really true to kind of, you know, representative of the animal kingdom.

　　Todd: And there's definitely a bias 8 towards animals, let's say, than versus 9 insects. You don't hear about people like crusading against - to save insects.

　　Paul: That's right, huh.

　　Todd: Cockroaches 10, centipedes, spiders, whatever. And yet technically 11, that's a life form as well, right?

　　Paul: Yeah. You know, insects, they - you know, within ecosystems 12 they carry out very key roles, you know.

　　Todd: Right.

　　Paul: Yet, we're not fascinated with insects. In fact, most people have some sort of repulsion towards insects.

　　Todd: Right.

　　Paul: So yeah, again, it's kind of like we choose to kind of make this kind of Disneyland of animals of we have curiosity about, the cute ones and the ones that are able to do tricks and stuff. But you know, what about the other guys?

　　Todd: Fair enough, man. Good point.

1 countless

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

2 culled

v.挑选，剔除( cull的过去式和过去分词 )

The herd must be culled. 必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜。来自辞典例句
The facts were culled from various sources. 这些事实是从各方收集到的。来自辞典例句

3 propping

支撑

You can usually find Jack propping up the bar at his local. 你常常可以看见杰克频繁出没于他居住的那家酒店。
The government was accused of propping up declining industries. 政府被指责支持日益衰败的产业。

4 salmon

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

5 grilled

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

6 warped

adj.反常的；乖戾的；（变）弯曲的；变形的v.弄弯，变歪( warp的过去式和过去分词 )；使（行为等）不合情理，使乖戾，