822(选)每日听写

每日听写8.22（选）中级BBC你能成为素食主义者吗 Neil: Well, we'll find out at the end of the programme. Now, before we go much further, why don't we find out a bit more about exactly what it means to be vegan? 好的，我们会在节目的最后再揭晓答案。在继续讨论之前，先来研究一下到底什么是素食主义者？ Catherine: Here's Tom Kuehnel from the Vegan Society in the UK. 来听听英国严格素食主义协会的汤姆·克纳尔是怎么说的。 Veganism is a way of living which excludes, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation and cruelty to animals. 素食主义是一种生活方式，在切实可行的范围内尽可能避免用不正当手段利用动物或者虐待动物。 So that's for food, clothing or any other purpose. So we just don't want to use or abuse animals. 其中包括把动物做成食物、衣服或其他目的。所以我们只是不想利用或者虐待动物。 And we feel like there, you know, there are plenty of alternatives in this day and age. It's never been easier to be vegan. 在现今这个时代，我们其实有很多其他选择。要想成为一名素食主义者并不难。 Neil: Of course, he says that avoiding cruelty to animals is what it's all about, but that doesn't just mean food. 当然，他说素食主义其实就是避免虐待动物，而把动物当作食物只是其中的一个方面。 Neil: If you're a true vegan, then clothing from animals is also out — no more leather shoes! 如果你是一名真正的素食主义者，那就不能穿用动物做成的衣物，也不能穿皮鞋了！ Catherine: But he feels that it's easier than ever before to become vegan — and uses a nice phrase: "in this day and age". 他觉得现在做一名素食主义者比以前更容易了——并且用了一个不错的短语：“in this day and age”。 Neil: Yes. It means 'these days', or 'in the present time' — and is often used to highlight a contrast with a previous time. 是的。它的意思是“现在”——强调与之前作对比。 Catherine: So, many people go vegan for ethical reasons. Now ethical is a useful word, it means 'relating to moral beliefs'. 所以，很多人出于道德原因而成为了素食主义者。“ethical”是一个很实用的词，它的意思是“与道德信仰有关”。 Catherine: So if you become vegan for ethical reasons, you do it because you think it's wrong to eat or use animal products. 所以如果你出于道德原因而成为了素食主义者，那就是说你认为食用或使用动物产品是不对的。