吃货请注意:2050年时我们吃什么？_BEC初级作文

吃货请注意:2050年时我们吃什么？

食用昆虫作为一个专家们近来一直在讨论的话题，结论似乎十分理想。根据荷兰瓦格子宁根大学的研究报告，食用昆虫和我们食用的肉类一样，能提供我们身体所需的营养。食用昆虫富含充分的蛋白质和其他人体所需的微量元素。

Of course, we may need to get over the yuck factor, but experts predict that insects like crickets and grasshoppers could be ground down and used as ingredients in burgers and sausages.

当然，我们必须要克服食用昆虫那些令人反感的因素，专家们预测类似于蟋蟀和蝗虫之类的昆虫可以碾碎后用作汉堡和香肠的食材。

Traditionally produced meat is a real drain on the Earth’s resources and is set to become more expensive over the coming years. Some experts predict that meat will once again become a luxury item, like it was in the past.

在未来的食品结构中，传统的肉类会越来越稀少，当然物以稀为贵，肉类的价格在未来会很高。专家们预测，传统肉类在未来会和资源紧张的过去一样，会成为稀缺食物。

That’s unless we can get comfortable with the idea of lab-grown meat. This is not science fiction. Strips of muscle tissue have already been grown in labs from the stem cells of cows. Hopeful scientists predict that eventually we’ll be able to produce meat that tastes like the stuff we’re all used to in large enough quantities to satisfy demand, though others are less confident.