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1、Thefirstarticleinthisunitsetsoutthevegetarian’sargumentagainsteatingmeat.Here,forthoseofyouwhostillwanttocarryoneatingmeatwithaneasyheart,wehavethemeateater’sreply.本单元第一篇文章阐明了素食者反对食肉的理由。读者诸君中若有人仍想无所顾虑地吃肉，就请来看看肉食者的回答。Where’stheBeef?AlanHerscovici1Withsummercomesthatmostwond
2、erfulofNorthAmericantraditions,thebackyardbarbecue.Thesucculentaromaoffreshgrilledsteak,sausages,chickenandfishdrawsfamily,friendsandneighbourstogetherforacommunalfeast.Inevitably,inthesepoliticallycorrecttimestheconversationmaydrifttothequestionofwhetherwereallyoughttobee
3、atingmeatatall.牛肉在哪里？阿伦·赫兹克维西随夏日而来的是北美传统习俗中最美妙的一件事，后院烤肉餐。刚下烤架的牛排、香肠、鸡肉、鱼肉鲜美无比，引来了亲朋好友、左邻右舍，大家一起欢宴。不用说，在如今这个讲求政治正确的时代，聊着聊着就可能聊到我们究竟该不该吃肉的问题。2Thefollowingguideshouldhelpseeyouthroughuntiltheburgersaredone.以下的指南想必会帮助你捱过等待汉堡牛排烤熟的那段时间。3Appealingtoself-interest,acommonopeninglin
4、eforproselytizingvegetariansistoclaimthat“eatingmeatisbadforus.”Theyhavetroubleexplaining,however,whyhumanhealthandlongevityhaveimprovedsteadilyasanimalproductsbecamemorereadilyavailablethroughoutthiscentury.Infact,meatisanexcellentsourceof12essentialnutrients,includingpro
5、tein,iron,zincandBvitamins.出于人们往往考虑自身利益这一点，那些劝人茹素的素食者通常一开口就声称“肉食有害健康”。然而，他们难以解释，为什么本世纪动物源性食品日益普及，人们的健康水平和寿命却持续上升。事实上，肉类富含12种人体必需的营养成分，其中包括蛋白质、铁、锌和各种维生素B。4Itistruethatexcessivefatscanbeharmful,buttoday’smeatsarelean.Basedonequal-sizeservings,tofuhasmorefatthanasirloinsteaka
6、ndonlyhalftheprotein.(Tofualsomakesamessofthegrill.)不错，过多的脂肪有害健康，但如今的肉都是瘦肉。以同样大小的一份计，豆腐比一块后腿部牛排的脂肪含量多，而蛋白质含量仅是其一半。(何况豆腐会把烤架弄得一团糟。)5Withtheexceptionofcertainreligioussects,peoplehaverarelybeenvegetarianbychoice.Mostoften,vegetarianismistheunfortunateresultofpoverty.Yettheve
7、ggiecrowdalsoclaimsthat“humansarenotnaturalmeat-eaters.”Ourteetharenotassharpandourintestinaltractsnotasshortasthoseofcatsandotherpurecarnivores.Butwearenotequippedtobeherbivores,either.Likeotheromnivores(suchasbearsorracoons),ourdigestiveequipmentallowsustotackleawiderang
8、eoffoods.除了某些宗教派别，很少有人自愿吃素。素食主义往往是贫穷的不幸产物。然而，那伙吃素的还说什么“人类并非天生的肉食者”。相比那些猫科动物及其他纯食肉动物，我们的牙齿
