salient 2010-11 Unit 3__ reading.ppt

Unit 3 High-tech farming: Is it inhumane—and dangerous? Recitation Assignment: P1 Main Idea This text exposes the inhumane treatment of animals in high-tech farming and points out that the short-sighted practice of mixing antibiotics in animal feed can pose serious threat to human health. Warning Humankind should not pursue short-term high productivity at the cost of humankind’s long-term health and animals’ welfare. Vocabulary P1 Barn:谷仓 Daisy: 雏菊 Livestock [U]: 家畜 Mount: （量或强度）增加, 上升 Automated: 自动化的 Veal: 小牛肉 Calf: 小牛 Stall: （仅能容一只动物的）小隔栏/厩 Prize: highly value Connoisseur:鉴赏家/行家 Formula: 配方；婴儿奶粉 Induce: cause Borderline: 国境线；临界线上的 similar to Anemia:贫血症 Antibiotic: 抗生素/抗菌素 Vocal: outspoken直言的 spring up:涌现 Lobby: 游说议员的团体 Little short of: 不折不扣的，简直就是 Operation: company enterprise business concern firm corporation Momentum:动力; 冲力; 势头 Gain/gather momentum: （活动或运动）势头增大 发展加快 Why are veal calves fed a low-iron formula? to produce calves with milky-white flesh What is its consequence? It causes a disease similar to anemia. The modern U.S. livestock farm is a factory, and concern is mounting that automated agriculture may not only be cruel to the animals but hazardous to those who eat the meat as well. concern: worry; anxiety 担心; 忧虑; 经济学家越来越担心房价上涨可能会导致经济泡沫。 人们越来越担心朝韩之间可能会爆发大规模战争。 There is growing concern among economists that the ever-rising housing prices might create an economic bubble. Concern is mounting that a large-scale war might break out between North Korea and South Korea. For the milky-white flesh prized by connoisseurs, the calf, after 8 weeks, is fed a low-iron formula that induces borderline anemia(贫血). borderline 国境线；近似于…的 临界性高血压 快要成酒鬼的人 borderline hypertension/alcoholic In order to obtain the milky-white flesh which is highly valued by connoisseurs, the calf, after 8 weeks, has a low-iron diet that causes a disease which is almost like anemia. 为了得到深受美食家青睐的乳白色的牛肉，小肉牛在出生八个星期以后，农场主给它们喂