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今日话题：Should we go vegetarian/vegan（素食主义／纯素食主义） or not?

解题方案：Reasons+ Examples.

Should we go vegetarian?

Andy: Yes

Why should we do it?

Andy: ‘cause a vegetarian diet delivers complete nutrition and can provide health benefits.(素食有全面的营养）

Can you give me an example?

Andy: Well, according to the American Dietetic Association (美国饮食协会）, a plant-based diet（植物饮食）, including all the fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds can meet all the protein requirements（蛋白质需求）, including all the essential amino-acids（必要氨基酸）, thus improving overall health. It also can provide all the necessary vitamins（维生素）, fats（脂肪), minerals（矿物质）, phytonutrients（植物营养素）and antioxidants（抗氧化剂）, therefore it can improve one’s health. However, a meat-based diet （动物肉食）such as pork, beef, chicken contains a huge amount of trans-fats（反式脂肪）, cholesterol（胆固醇）, neurotoxin(神经毒素）, which can increase the chances of  developing kidney stones（肾结石), heart disease（心脏病）, type 2 diabetes（2型糖尿病）, and cancer（癌症）. 

Do you have another reason? 

Andy: Additionally,  a vegetarian diet(素食饮食） conserves water（节约水）.

Do you have another example?

Andy: For example, do you know that it takes about 2,500 gallons（加仑） of water to produce 1 pound of beef and around  660 gallons to make 1 pound of chicken? Whereas it only takes about 220 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of tofu and 180 to make 1 pound of wheat flour (小麦面粉）.

示例答案

Yes, absolutely, ‘cause first, a vegetarian diet delivers complete nutrition and can provide health benefits. For example, according to the American Dietetic Association, a plant-based diet, including all the fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds can meet all the protein requirements, including all the essential amino-acids, thus improving overall health. It also can provide all the necessary vitamins, fats and minerals, phytonutrients and antioxidants, therefore it can improve one’s health. However, a meat-based diet such as pork, beef, chicken contains a huge amount of trans-fats, cholesterol, neurotoxin, which can increase the chances of  developing kidney stones, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.

Also, a vegetarian diet conserves water. Do you know that it takes about 2,500 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of beef and around  660 gallons to make 1 pound of chicken? Whereas it only takes about 220 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of tofu and 180 to make 1 pound of wheat flour.

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Andy, 资深原新东方口语名师，主教托福，雅思口语，公共演讲辩论以及美式发音课程。对英语口语教学有多年研究，拥有一套独特的口语教学方法，多次带出高分学员甚至满分学员。因获得集团教师大赛第三名，被送至伦敦International House 作为访问学者。上课内容丰富生动，多样的教学法和互动方式让学生在开心地学习中获得必要的技能。

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