太感人了，居然有一座城市願意一週一天放棄吃肉．．．我也可以響應一下，一天不吃肉不會死吧？
學英文的同學可以連到下面的連結去聽音檔囉～
BBC Learning English
Words in the News
13th May 2009
Belgian city goes veggie (比利時城市蔬食樂)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/05/090513_witn_veggie_city.shtml
The Belgian city of Ghent (根特) is about to become the first in the world to go vegetarian at least once a week. (哇！一週至少一天整座城市都不吃肉) Starting tomorrow, there'll be a regular weekly eatless day, in recognition of (認知到) the impact that livestock has on the environment. From Brussels (布魯塞爾：比利時首都), here's Chris Mason:
According to the United Nations, livestock is responsible for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, so in Ghent, one day a week from now will be known as 'veggie day'. (根據聯合國的說法，牲畜必須為全球五分之一的溫室效應氣體負責，所以根特這座城市一週一天決定吃素)
Public officials and politicians will be the first to give up meat for a day; schoolchildren will follow suit in September. It's hoped the move will cut Ghent's carbon footprint and help tackle obesity.
Around ninety thousand so called 'veggie street maps' are now being printed to help people find the city's vegetarian eateries. (差不多九萬份”素食地圖”正在被印製當中，為了讓人容易得找到可以吃素的餐廳)
Chris Mason, BBC News, Brussels
Vocabulary and definitions (單字與定義)
livestock: farm animals (e.g. cows or sheep) and birds (e.g. chickens)
global greenhouse gas emissions: the amount of harmful gases produced across the world that cause an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere, leading to climate change
veggie: informal for 'vegetarian'
to give up: here, to stop eating; generally, if you give up something,
or doing something, you stop having or doing it
follow suit (跟進): do the same
carbon footprint (碳足跡): your carbon footprint is the amount of polluting carbon
substances released into the atmosphere as a result of what
you do (e.g. drive a car etc.)
tackle obesity (對抗肥胖): here, make more people who are overweight to try to lose weight
vegetarian eateries: restaurants, cafes, canteens and other food-serving outlets where only non-meat food is offered
More on this story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8046970.stm
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