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Passage two.
短文二
Eat Grub is Britain's first new food company that breaks western food boundaries by introducing edible insects as a new source of food.
“吃蟲(Eat Grub)”是英國第一家打破西方食品界限的新興食品公司，致力于引進可食用昆蟲來作為一種新的食物來源。
And Sainz Breeze is the first UK supermarket to stock the company's crunchy roasted crickets.
賽恩斯布雷茲是英國首家銷售該公司產品“脆烤蟋蟀”的超市。
Sainz Breeze insist that such food is no joke and could be a new, sustainable source of protein.
賽恩斯布雷茲堅持認為吃這種食物不是開玩笑，它可以成為一種新的、可持續的蛋白質來源。
Out of curiosity, I paid a visit to Sainz Breeze as I put my hand into a packet of crickets with their tiny eyes and legs.
出于好奇，我去了一趟賽恩斯布雷茲，當我把手放進一袋有著小眼睛和小腿的蟋蟀里，
The idea of one going in my mouth made me feel a little sick.
一想到要將他們放進嘴里我就覺得有點兒惡心。
But the first bite was a pleasant surprise, a little dry and lacking of taste, but at least a wing didn't get stuck in my throat.
不過第一口吃上去還是很驚喜的，有點干、沒什么味道，至少沒有翅膀卡在我的喉嚨里。
The roasted seasoning largely overpowered any other flavour, although there was slightly bitter after taste.
雖然有點苦澀，但是烤過后的調料在很大程度上蓋過了它的其他味道。
The texture is crunchy, but smelt a little of cat food.
口感很脆，聞起來有一點像貓糧。
Eat Grub also recommends the crickets as a topping for noodles, soups and salads.
吃蟲公司(Eat Grub)還推薦將蟋蟀作為面條、湯和沙拉的配料。
The company boasts that its dried crickets contain more protein than beef, chicken, and pork, as well as minerals like iron and calcium.
該公司宣稱其生產的干蟋蟀比牛肉、雞肉和豬肉含有更多的蛋白質以及鐵和鈣等礦物質。
Unlike the production of meat, bugs do not use up large amounts of land, water or feed.
與肉類的生產不同，昆蟲不會消耗大量的土地、水或者飼料。
And insect farming also produces far fewer greenhouse gases.
昆蟲養殖產生的溫室氣體也要少得多。
However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries.
然而，盡管全球已有20億人在食用昆蟲，但消費者對昆蟲的厭惡仍是許多西方國家的無法突破的一道門檻。
I'm not sure bugs will become a popular snack anytime soon, but they're definitely food for thought.
我不確定蟲子是否會在不久后成為一種廣受歡迎的小吃，但它絕對算得上是食物。
12. What do we learn from the passage about the food company Eat Grub?
從文章中我們可以了解到食品公司“吃蟲(Eat Grub)”的什么信息？
13. What does the speaker say about his first bite a roasted crickets?
關于對烤蟋蟀的第一口嘗試，敘述者是如何描述的？
14. What does Eat Grub say about his dried crickets?
“吃蟲公司(Eat Grub)”是如何描述其公司的干蟋蟀食品的？
15. What does the passage say about insect farming?
該文章就昆蟲養殖說了什么？
