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帶著問題聽講解

Q1: 你能在文中找到幾種表示“人造肉”的用法？

Q2: “make a few bucks”是什麼意思？

Q3: 作者對人造肉持怎樣的看法？

Lab-grown meat of the future is here—and may even sustainably fill demand

There are billions of people on this planet, and many of us love to eat meat. Can the demand be filled in a sustainable, affordable way? A bunch of entrepreneurs are not only

The environmental impact caused by meat consumption – waste, animal treatment, health issues and even the greenhouse gas effects that are potentially caused by methane gas produced by cows – has given rise to a number of startups

For example, San Francisco-based Memphis Meats is developing cell-based meats in its laboratories without requiring any animals. Israel’s Future Meat Technologies is doing the same by manufacturing fat and muscle cells that is being tested by chefs in Jerusalem. All of these companies use proprietary

As you can imagine, there are plenty of hurdles facing the industry. Educating the public is a big one. Another contentious issue is the labelling of the products. Recently both the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they will begin jointly regulating the new “cell-based meat” category.

Many of us have concerns about the challenges facing future generations as our global population swells and the earth’s natural resources diminish. The good news is that there are plenty of entrepreneurs around the world – like those producing lab-grown meats – who are working to solve some of these problems and make a few bucks in the process. Nothing wrong with that.

實驗室培養的未來肉類問世，或將持續滿足消費需求

數十億人生活在這顆星球上，而且我們很多人都愛吃肉。這種對肉的需求能用一種可持續且並不昂貴的方式滿足嗎？很多企業家不僅對此很樂觀，而且正在努力讓這一目標儘早變成現實。

人類的肉類消費會造成環境影響，比如：畜牧業產生的各種廢料，動物受到的非人道對待，健康問題，甚至是溫室氣體效應（該效應可能由奶牛的甲烷排放造成）；以上種種問題催生了許多初創公司，這些公司希望以更好、更實惠、更環保的方式來滿足我們對肉類的巨大需求。

比如總部位於舊金山的孟菲斯肉類公司，該公司正在實驗室裡開發“細胞肉”，這一過程無需任何動物。以色列的未來肉類科技公司也在做類似的研究，該公司製造脂肪細胞和肌肉細胞，製作出的成品正在接受位於耶路撒冷的大廚的測試。所有這型別的公司都是通過專有的處理方法從動物身上採集細胞，並在實驗室培育這些細胞。

可想而知，這個產業面臨著很多阻礙。引導公眾接受這種肉就是一個巨大的挑戰；另一個有爭議的問題是產品的分類問題。最近美國農業部和食品藥品監督管理局宣稱它們會開始聯合管控這種新型的“細胞肉”。

當全球人口增多，地球自然資源減少，很多人擔心未來的人類會面臨的那些挑戰。好訊息是，全球有很多企業家正在解決其中的一些問題，並從中賺點錢，比如那些製造實驗室培養肉的企業家，而這也沒什麼錯。