我們都應該吃昆蟲嗎？：英語精讀講義

Many people find the very thought of insects disgusting, 片語搭配

很多人一想到昆蟲就覺得噁心，

especially when they're in your mouth.

尤其是當牠們進到嘴裡時。

But have you ever considered that insects could be more nutritious, 講解

但你有沒有想過，昆蟲可能營養更豐富、

environmentally friendly,

對環境更友善，

and abundant than most other foods?

而且供應也比大多數其他食物更充足？

Should we all be eating insects? 表達脈絡

我們是不是都該吃昆蟲？

Compare 100 g of crickets to 100 g of chicken, 表達脈絡

把100公克蟋蟀與100公克雞肉、

beef, or pork,

牛肉或豬肉比較一下，

and you'll find that they have comparable protein content,

你會發現，它們的蛋白質含量不相上下，

but crickets are much higher in essential vitamins and minerals such as calcium, 片語搭配

但蟋蟀的必需維生素和礦物質含量要高得多，例如鈣、

zinc, and iron.

鋅和鐵。

Similarly,

同樣地，

insects like mealworms are low in fat and contain large amounts of fiber. 片語搭配

麵包蟲等昆蟲脂肪含量低，卻富含纖維。

But that's not the only reason to incorporate them into your diet. 講解

但這並不是把牠們納入日常飲食的唯一理由。

Currently,

目前，

there are 1.53 billion hectares of cropland

地球上有15.3億公頃耕地，

and 3.38 billion hectares of pastures covering our Earth.

以及33.8億公頃牧場。

Essentially,

也就是說，

38% of the land you see on a map

地圖上可見的土地中，有38%

is used for agriculture and farming.

被用於農業和畜牧業。

But where it takes 200 square meters of land to grow 1 lb of beef, 文法

生產1磅牛肉需要200平方公尺土地，

it only takes 15 square meters to grow 1 lb of crickets.

而生產1磅蟋蟀只需要15平方公尺。

Furthermore, by 2025,

此外，到2025年，

it's expected that 1.8 billion people will live in areas 文法

預計將有18億人生活在

with little to no fresh water. 片語搭配

淡水很少甚至完全沒有淡水的地區。

And yet, 表達脈絡

然而，

70% of our fresh water sources are used in agriculture alone.

單是農業就用掉了我們70%的淡水資源。

To produce 1 kg of beef,

生產1公斤牛肉

it takes 22,000 L of water,

需要2.2萬公升的水，

whereas 1 kg of pork takes 3,500 L, 表達脈絡

而1公斤豬肉需要3,500公升，

and 1 kg of chicken takes 2,300 L.

1公斤雞肉則需要2,300公升。

But to make 1 kg of crickets,

但生產1公斤蟋蟀

it only requires 1 L of water.

只需要1公升的水。

This is because insects can become fully hydrated

這是因為昆蟲只靠

just from the food that they eat.

自己吃的食物就能充分補充水分。

They're also more digestible.

牠們也更容易消化。

In fact,

事實上，

80% of a cricket is edible and digestible

蟋蟀身體的80%都可以食用和消化，

compared to 50% of a chicken and 40% of cattle. 片語搭配

相較之下，雞只有50%，牛只有40%。

And it's not like our mouths have never tasted insects before. 語氣意圖

而且，我們也不是從來沒吃過昆蟲。

For every 100 g of spinach,

每100公克菠菜中，

50 small insects like aphids, thrips,

允許含有50隻蚜蟲、薊馬

and mites are permitted. 文化背景

和蟎蟲之類的小昆蟲。

Peanut butter is allowed to contain roughly 30 insect fragments

每100公克花生醬中允許含有大約30個昆蟲碎片，

such as heads,

例如頭部、

bodies, or legs per 100 g,

軀幹或腳。

and even the hops used to make your favorite beer 文法

而且，就連用來釀造你最愛啤酒的啤酒花，

can contain 250 aphids per 100 g.

每100公克也可能含有250隻蚜蟲。

Yep,

沒錯，

your summer beer may be spiked with a little more bug juice 用詞

你的夏日啤酒裡混入的「蟲汁」可能

than you anticipated.

比你預想的還要多一點。

So, why aren't we eating insects?

那麼，我們為什麼不吃昆蟲呢？

They're actually consumed in some parts of Asia, 片語搭配

亞洲一些地區其實會食用昆蟲，

Latin America, and Africa.

拉丁美洲和非洲也是如此。

In fact,

事實上，

the capital of Congo has households eating 300 g of caterpillars a week,

剛果首都的家庭每週會吃掉300公克毛毛蟲，

which is 96 tons of caterpillars every year.

全年總共會吃掉96噸毛毛蟲。

But much of the Western world is used to screaming in disgust 講解

但西方世界的大多數人如果

if they find a bug in their salad.

在沙拉裡發現蟲子，往往會噁心得尖叫。

This may be because Western culinary traditions have spawned out of colder climates 表達脈絡

這可能是因為西方飲食傳統起源於較寒冷的氣候，

with less insects,

那裡昆蟲較少，

increased farming,

農業更發達，

and larger animals to eat.

也有體型更大的動物可供食用。

As Europeans began to colonize the world,

隨著歐洲人開始在世界各地殖民，

they contextualized bug eating as savage and primitive 用詞

他們把吃蟲視為野蠻又原始的行為，

because they observed many indigenous people doing it.

因為他們看到許多原住民都這麼做。

Little did they know, 文法

他們哪裡知道，

bugs are actually extremely nutritious.

昆蟲其實營養非常豐富。

But while the idea of eating insects may literally be hard to swallow, 慣用語

雖然吃昆蟲這個想法可能真的讓人難以下嚥，

as recipes are created, 表達脈絡

但隨著新食譜不斷問世，

insect processing food technology evolves,

昆蟲食品加工技術不斷發展，

and our mindsets adapt,

我們的觀念也逐漸改變，

maybe insects will become the superfood of the future. 用詞

也許昆蟲會成為未來的超級食物。

Look out, 語氣意圖

當心了，

Greek yogurt and kale,

希臘優格和羽衣甘藍，

There are some new kids in town. 慣用語

新來的對手登場了。

We actually challenged ourselves to chomp down on some bugs, 講解

我們還挑戰自己，硬著頭皮吃下幾隻蟲，

try out a few recipes, 片語動詞

試了幾種食譜，

and eat things like cookies and snack bars

還吃了餅乾和零食棒之類的食品，

using insect flour in our latest AsapTHOUGHT video. 用詞

它們都由昆蟲粉製成，相關內容就在最新一支AsapTHOUGHT影片中。

We also discuss the role and potential for insects

我們也探討了昆蟲的作用與潛力，

in helping to solve world hunger.

看牠們如何協助解決全球飢餓問題。

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記得點選畫面或下方說明欄中的連結，

to check it out.

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