托福阅读：吃肉环保？.docx

托福阅读：吃肉环保？
随着生产水平的提高，吃肉已不再是一件奢侈的事。但是有科学报告称吃肉不利于环保，对此一位英国人著书提出了自己的观点。









托福阅读：吃肉环保？










随着生产水平的提高，吃肉已不再是一件奢侈的事。但是有科学报告称吃肉不利于环保，对此一位英国人著书提出了自己的观点。 　　In a new book, British farmer and former editor Simon Fairlie says eating meat in moderation may be good for the environment。 　　Countless studies claim that eating meat harms the planet and contributes to global warming. The .'s 2006 Food and Agriculture Organization report states that meat produces 18% of the world's carbon emissions — more than the global transport infrastructure. But in his new book, Meat: A Benign Extravagance, Simon Fairlie, a British farmer and former editor of the Ecologist magazine, tears apart the theory that being carnivorous is bad for the planet — and says that eating moderate amounts of meat could be greener than going vegan. 　　Simon Fairlie 是英国的一个农场主，曾是《生态学家》杂志的编辑，在一本新书中他介绍道食用食量的肉类有益于环境。 　　多数的探究都说明吃肉危害地球，推动了全球变暖。联合国粮农组织2006年的报告称肉类生产时的碳排放量到达了世界总量的18%，这比全球根底交通运输的碳排量还要高。但是在这本书中，肉类被称为良性奢侈品，Simon Fairlie反对食肉有害于地球这种观点，并且认为食用适量的肉类比素食更环保。 　　Why is livestock beneficial to the environmen