Breaking News English Unit 4


  1. White rice is a _____ of the Taiwanese diet. 
  2. I'm on a no-carb _____. 
  3. If you don't go to college, your job _____s are not good. 
  4. I want to _____ children, but it costs too much money.
  5. Recent _____ suggest that drinking a glass of wine a day is healthy.
  6. Money is an important _____ in deciding whether or not to have children.
  7. I used to think stinky tofu was _____, but now I like it. 
  8. There are _____s to meat if you need to eat protein.
  9. Humans are the most destructive ____ on earth.
  10. Plastic is not _____, but many sea creatures eat it anyway.


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Why Eat Insects?Insects may be the key to our future. Looking at population growth alone, the global population will reach 9 billion people in 2050 and will require that we produce twice as much food than we do today. Now factor in the rise of the middle class , with its subsequent demand for protein, and harsher environmental conditions we will have to battle with, and it becomes vividly clear that our current food production systems will be taken by storm very soon.

Why are insects so good? They have a high nutritional value, their cultivation is environmentally friendlier, when compared to other animal protein sources, and comes with great socio-economic benefits for a lot of people in the poorer regions of the planet.

"The bigger the beast, the more food, land and water is needed to produce the final edible product, resulting in higher greenhouse-gas emissions. A cow takes 8 kg of feed to produce 1 kg of beef, but only 40% of the cow can be eaten. Crickets require just 1.7 kg of food to produce 1 kg of meat, and 80% is considered edible."

Insects also emit less greenhouse gases and ammonia than cattle or pigs and require less land for rearing. And whatnot, insects can also feed on organic by-products such as human and animal waste, which may help reduce environmental contamination. And to cap it all, the risk that insects may transmit zoonotic infections may well be less significant than the very real risk posed by cattle, pig and poultry, from which deadly influenza strains have emerged.

Importantly, consumption of insects can bring along direct and relatively rapid societal benefits. Rearing and processing of insects can be performed at a relatively artisanal stage without sophisticated machinery. This means that the poorest members of society can be encouraged to participate, giving them an avenue to employment and income, potentially lifting them out of poverty.

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