減少溫室氣體排放
Environmental protection, animal welfare, and food security are some of the most important factors motivating people to adopt vegetarian diets.
環境保護、動物福利、和糧食安全都是促使人們吃素的重要原因。
welfare (n.)福利,社會救濟adopt (v.)領養,採用,開始某種行為；adopt a different strategy採用不同的策略
However, eating plant-based meals is not the only way to address these concerns.
然而，吃素並不是解決這些疑慮的唯一辦法。
address (n.)(v.)地址,處理,解決
Eating insects has long been recognized as an important part of the Food and Agriculture Organization`s efforts to end hunger.
聯合國糧食及農業組織一直以來都把吃昆蟲當作解決飢餓問題的重要手段之一。
recognize (v.)認可,認出現在完成式 被動語態 have(has) been p.p.
This specialized agency of the United Nations began researching insects as an alternative protein source as early as the turn of the twenty-first century.
這個聯合國的專門機構從20世紀末到21世紀初時就開始將昆蟲當作蛋白質替代來源研究。
agency (n.)代理機構,政府的專門機構；travel agency旅行社alternative (adj.)可替代的,另類的；alternative fact另類事實
Edible insect farms can become the most ecologically efficient way to produce meat owing to their high resource efficiency.
從生態角度來看，可食用昆蟲農場有望成為最有效率的肉品生產方法，因為其資源效率極高。
edible (adj.)可食用的ecologically (adv.)從生態方面地owing to 由於
Compared to conventional livestock ranches, they require far less feed, water, and land.
跟傳統的畜牧農場比起來，他們需要較少的飼料、水和土地。
conventional (adj.)傳統的=traditionalfeed (n.)飼料
In other words, they are more efficient at converting feed into protein and produce fewer greenhouse gases.
換言之，他們能較有效率地將飼料轉換成蛋白質，並排放出較少的溫室氣體。
in other words 換句話說convert (v.)使轉換；convert sunlight into electricity將太陽能轉換成電力
It may seem unappealing to eat insects, but more than 2 billion people in 130 countries already consume insects. In fact, most people eat insects without knowing it.
吃昆蟲可能聽起來不太吸引人，但在130個國家中已經有超過20億人吃昆蟲。事實上，大部分的人吃進昆蟲卻渾然不知。
unappealing (adj.)不吸引人的billion (n.)十億consume (v.)吃,喝,消費,消耗
Some food additives are made from insects, and harvested crops are often found with insect fragments in them.
有些食品添加物是用昆蟲做的，而且收成的農作物也常發現有昆蟲在其中。
be made from 由……所製成(看不出原料)；be made of 由……所製成(看得出原料)harvest (v.)收割