영어1 천재 강상구 3과 본문 빈칸 채우기

Food is the essence of life as it ____ us, brings us together, and connects communities to their cultures.

What and how we ____ is also crucial in sustaining all life on this planet.

According to the UN population prospects report, by 2050, the global population is ____ to increase to around 10 billion.

This means that, to feed everyone, it will take 56% ____ food than is produced in the world today.

Unfortunately, there is not enough agricultural land ____ to provide larger future populations with the kinds of diet people are eating in most countries today.

In addition to this, industrial food systems generate more than one third of all greenhouse ____ emissions.

The processes we rely on to produce, transport, and store meals and raw ingredients, not to mention the ____ covered with food waste, are speeding up climate change.

Animal-based foods, including red meat, milk products, and farmed ____, are generally associated with the highest greenhouse gas emissions.

Especially, our meat production ____ global warming significantly, uses shrinking supplies of fresh water, destroys forests and grasslands, and damages soil.

Basically, we are in a tight ____ of our own making.

Against this ____, it is vital for us to seek sustainable alternatives to our current diets.

Let us ____ some ways we could be eating in the near future.

Lab-grown meat is animal flesh grown inside a ____.

It is an alternative to red meat obtained by increasingly unsustainable ____ practices.

Studies show that producing lab-grown meat by using ____ energy would have a significantly lower carbon footprint than raising farm animals and making meat products in the most sustainable way.

This is how lab-grown meat is ____.

To begin with, lab scientists carefully ____ a small number of cells from an animal.

Then, they multiply and grow the harvested cells, and they produce real tissue, which is quite similar to ____ meat in terms of texture and smell.

In this way, they can transform lab-grown cells into steak, ____ breasts, or hamburger meat.

The final product itself is a real ____ of meat, ready to be cooked.

Even though eating insects may seem strange to some people, they have been part of human diets for a ____ long time.

In fact, insect eating is practiced in about 130 ____!

____ will be important in the fight against hunger and climate change.

They use much fewer resources than farm animals to produce the same amount of ____ and can be raised on food waste, which makes raising them very cost-effective.

The main barrier to using insects as a source of ____ is the negative image they have.

Insects are associated with disease and dirt, so manufacturers of insect food products ____ overcome this to successfully win the public over.

One solution has been to change the look of the insects, by drying and grinding them into ____.

Rich in protein, ____ flour is gaining popularity as a healthier replacement for wheat flour.

In addition, insect oils are a promising ____; they are already being used in some parts of the world for cooking.

3D food ____ has the potential to save the environment, while revolutionizing food production;

for example, it can convert alternative ingredients ____ as proteins from insects into delicious meals.

The underlying concept for food ____ is the same as any other 3D printing.

In 3D food printing, various inks – liquid forms of food – are placed one layer at a time to build complex 3D constructs with ____ textures and customized nutrients.

3D food printing can be readily undertaken in many ____ of the globe.

Various food inks with adequate nutrients and ____ flavors can be sent to areas that are hard to get to, where food can be printed on site.

In this way, 3D ____ food with necessary nutrients can be provided for large populations in areas affected by a natural disaster or a crisis developed by humans.

Algae are the fastest growing plant organisms in nature and a great alternative ____ of vitamins, proteins, and minerals.

Not only full of nutrients, they are also easy to grow and don’t take up precious land ____ as they are grown in water.

They can grow in places where normal food crops wouldn’t survive and yield much higher productivity ____ crops grown on land.

In addition, they create ____ rich habitats for plants and animals.

On top of that, algae are very ____ at trapping carbon themselves, which helps slow down global warming.

Individual diets are complex and ____ influenced.

It is a huge task to change one’s diet to reduce the impact of food on climate, and not everyone can or will take the ____ forward.

However, with the increasing ____ for food and its effects on global warming, we ourselves need to start considering bringing changes to our diets.

It’s time for everyone to be a little more familiar with the ____.