I’m a big meat-eater. I love meat of all kinds. I have eaten all sorts of meat. Even though I love meat, I could easily stop eating it, and I don’t think I’d miss it. A long time ago I heard the vegetarian slogan “Meat is Murder”. If you think about it, that’s true. I don’t think animals are here today for us to eat, especially when we don’t need to eat meat. And then there’s the threat of global warming today. Raising animals needs land. Many forests are cut down to raise cows for meat. This really has to stop. Instead of meat, there are other things we could have. Dairy products would give us the protein we need. I know a lot of people who could never give up meat. They always say it would be impossible to go without a big, juicy steak.
* all sorts of ~ = 모든 종류의[많은] ~/ even though ~ = 비록 ~일지라도/ especially = 특히; 특별히 (~을 위해서); 유난히/ and then = 그러고는, 그런 다음, 이에 더하여/ threat (of ~) = (~의) 위협[받는 상황], 위험; 협박/ global warming = 지구 온난화/ raise animals = 동물을 기르다[사육하다]/ cut ~ down = ~을 쓰러[넘어]뜨리다/ dairy product = 유제품/ give up = 포기하다/ juicy = 즙[물기]이 많은
* 질문 *
01. Do you like raw meat?
02. Is eating meat murder?
03. Do humans need to eat meat?
04. Is meat healthy or unhealthy?
05. How do different religions view meat?
06. What’s the strangest meat you’ve eaten?
07. What do vegetarians have against eating meat?
08. Do you think humans are designed to eat meat?
09. What are the differences between meat and fish?
10. What are the differences between red and white meat?
11. What do you think about eating meat from cloned animals?
12. How would the world be different if everyone was vegetarian?
13. Would you eat meat even if you had to kill the animal yourself?
14. Grilled, barbecued, roasted… what’s the best way of cooking meat?
15. Do you think meat eaters are healthier than those who don’t eat meat?
16. Some people say eating meat makes people more violent. What do you think of this?
17. Raising animals on farms for meat damages the environment. Should people reduce the amount of meat they eat?