Climate change: Will insect-eating dogs help? 应对气候变化:让宠物狗改吃虫子 1) 词汇 ( 在笔记本上记录词汇 ) consume 大量吃、消耗 meat production 肉类生产 greenhouse gases 温室气体 vegan 纯素的 environmentalist 注重环保人士 animal protein 动物蛋白 grubs 幼虫 soldier flies 兵蝇 a fraction of 极少的一部分 cattle 牛的总称 boon 有益处的事物 offal 动物内脏 cutting down on 减少 ... 的摄入 2) 阅读 理解:请在读完上文后,回答下列问题 。 据估计,宠物吃掉全球 20% 的肉类。这使一些宠物主人开始担心自家狗给地球造成的影响,因为肉类生产是温室气体的主要来源。 1.Vegan dog foods are on sale but environmentalist owners wanting to treat their pet to animal protein can now turn to a Dutch product called Yora. The grubs of black soldier flies make up 40% of it. 2.Insects( 昆虫 ) do use a fraction of the water and land of cattle . So this looks an environmental boon . But it's not quite so simple. Normal dog food is mostly offal , so dogs are typically eating meat that humans have rejected. To really make an environmental difference, owners would need to join their dogs in cutting down on the meat. . 2. 阅读 理解:请在读完上文后,回答下列问题 。 1. True or false? Insects use more water and land than that of cattle. 2. How much of the world’s meat do pets consume( 消费 )? 3. What would owners need to do in really make an environmental difference( 改善环境 )? 4. Which word in the text is a synonym( 同义词 ) of ‘usually’?