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Insects Will Be Part of UK Diet
2020年昆蟲將成為主食
Western diners should get used to the idea of eating insects because by 2020 it is "inevitable"they will form an important part of our diet,according to the entomologist who heads up the world's first university centre focusing on insects as a food source.
一位昆蟲學家指出，西方人應當適應吃昆蟲的想法，因為到2020年昆蟲將不可避免地成為我們日常飲食的重要部分。該昆蟲學家是全球首個關注昆蟲作為一種食物資源的大學研究中心的負責人。
He argues that consumers who have traditionally turned their noses up at six-legged food may have to change their minds as conventional meat becomes more expensive and scarce.
他指出，隨著傳統肉類食物變得越來越昂貴和稀有，那些一向對六條腿食物嗤之以鼻的人可能不得不轉變自己的觀念。
Prof Marcel Dicke of Wageningen University said:"The most important thing is getting people prepared,getting used to the idea.
瓦格寧根大學的馬塞爾?迪克教授說:現在最為重要的事是讓人們做好準備，習慣這一想法。
Because from 2020 onwards,there won't be much of a choice for us."
因為從2020年以后，我們就沒有太多的選擇余地。
He wants to persuade people to ditch prejudices about insects,and to persuade manufacturers and suppliers to come up with products that can be sold in "a reassuring and attractive manner".
他想說服人民拋棄對昆蟲的偏見，并想說服生產商和供應商將昆蟲食品以令人放心和吸引人的方式出售。
For centuries insects have been part of the daily diet of humans throughout the world,from the ants and larvae eaten as part of their subsistence diet by the tribes of Africa and Australia to the popular crispy-fried locusts and beetles enjoyed in Thailand.
很多世紀以來，在世界范圍內昆蟲已經成為人類日常飲食的一部分，其中包括被非洲和澳洲的原始部落示威生存必需品的螞蟻和蛹，以及在泰國大受歡迎的酥炸蝗蟲和甲蟲。
Insects as food are increasingly being promoted as an alternative which are more healthy,nutritious and sustainable than mainstream staples such as chicken, beef and fish.
昆蟲正越來越多地被推崇為一種比雞肉，牛肉和魚肉等主流食物更健康，更有營養和更具可持續性的新選擇。
As well as being low in cholesterol and high in protein,insects produce less waste, Dicke points out,as we typically throw away three-quarters of a chicken,but can eat the same percentage of a locust.
迪克指出，昆蟲屬于低膽固醇和高蛋白的食物，且造成的浪費更少。我們在吃雞的時候，通常要扔掉其中的四分之三，而一只蝗蟲，我們則能吃掉它的四分之三。
Insects also win on the "conversion factor" or ration of feed ingested by the animal to the meat produced by it-known as ECI.
昆蟲同樣在轉換系數上領先。
Beef cattle has an ECI rate of 10 while the cockroach triumphs with 44.
牛肉的ECI比率為10，蟑螂遠遠高于此數，為44。
The carbon emissions associated with growing insects is also far lower than those linked to conventional livestock.
昆蟲生長過程中的碳排放量也比傳統的牲畜要低得多。
