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Most of us have three meals a day. We take food for granted (想当然) .And we don't think a-bout it. 1____ experts argue a food crisis (危机) is coming. This crisis is going to make us 2 ____ the way we think about food.

Food is in great need 3 ____ a growing of world population. By 1960 the population was three billion. It doubled to six billion by 1999. By 2050 this planet will need to 4 ____ at least nine billion people. As a result the food prices get higher and higher.

So what can a 5 ____ crowded world do? One suggestion is to eat 6 ____ meat. Meat uses more natural resources (资源) than grains (谷物) It requires more 7 ____ to produce one pounc of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more 8 ____ than vegetables. So eating less meat will 9 ____ more land for farming and it will save water.

To eat less meat people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be 10 ____ . Ameri cans for example have 11 ____ loved meat. Ir general they eat twice as much meat as people in other countries. At the same time in develo ping countries like China and Brazil sales of mea have doubled in the last 20 years. 12____ will double again by 2050. Growing need of meat will 13 ____ to put pressure on natural resources.

World population is increasing resources an becoming fewer and food prices are rising Therefore we need to rethink 14 ____ we eat ev ery day. For meat lovers we don't need to giv up meat ____ 15 ____ . But we need to eat more grain and less meat.

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