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1、galesaur['gælisɔ:]龙猫hamster ['hæmstə]n.仓鼠Pre-reading-DiscussionReflectonyourchildhoodexperience,didyoukeeppets?Howwouldyoufeelifyourpetwaskilledformeat?HowismeattreatedinEnglishandChinesecultures?InChinesecultureInEnglishcultureFishareservedwiththeheadsonandchickenswiththeirfeet.Meatisnevers
2、ervedwithidentifiableanimalparts.Theheads,feetandfinsarechoppedoff.Meatfromvariousmeatiscalled“animal+meat”(鸡肉，牛肉etc.)Meatisnotcalledbythenameofanimalsexceptforchickenandfish(cf.beeffromcows,porkfrompigs,lambfromsheep)Peoplelikeanimalssoldaliveinordertomakesurethatmeatisfresh.Peopledon’tgene
3、rallysellanimalsalive,andmeatissoldalreadypackaged.Peopleoftendon’trealizethatthemeattheyeateverydayisactuallydeadversionsoftheanimalstheylovesomuch.Therewouldbenothingleftofhumansocietyifwetreatedanimalsnotaspropertybutasindependentholdersofrights…Wouldbacteriahaverights?bacteria [bæk'tiəri
4、ə] n.(复数)细菌Ifweshouldgiveanimalrightsandcouldnolongerdoaswewishedwithanimals,wemayhavenopets,nocircus,nomeat,nomilk,nocheese,nohorses,nodogs,catsorfisharoundthehouse.Whatwouldhappenifbacteriaweregivenrights?Thereissimplyno“defect”thathumansandanimalsdon’tshare,incontrasttohumaninfantsandthem
5、entallyretarded,whohaveverylimitedintelligence.Sincetheretardedhavethesamerightsaspeoplewhoaren’tretarded,itisnothingbut“speciesism”todenyanimalstheirrights.mentallyretarded智能发育迟缓的speciesismn.物种歧视Humaninfantsandmentallydisadvantagedpeoplehavethesamelimitedintelligenceasanimals.Ifinfantsandth
6、ementallyretardedcanenjoythesamerightsastheaveragepeople,whyshouldwerefusetogiveanimalstheirrights?Itisobviously“speciesism”ifwedon’t.Theanimalsliberationmovementisnotsayingthatalllivesareofequalworthorthatallinterestsofhumansandotheranimalsaretobegivenequalweight,nomatterwhatthoseinterestsm
7、ightbe.Itissayingthatwhereanimalsandhumanhavesimilarinterests[avoidingpainandenjoyingpleasure]...thoseinterestsaretobecountedequally,withnoautomaticdiscountjustbecauseoneofthebeingsisnothuman.Theanimalliberationmovementisnotsayingthatallliveshaveeq
