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Global View - Vegan Or Vegetarian?  (C0296)

A:   Hey Julie, you want to go grab something to eat? B:   Sure! What do you feel like having?

A:    I really feel like having a big juicy steak!

B:    Oh.   ok.   I don’t eat meat, but that’s fine,  I am

sure wherever we are going they will have other options right?

A:    I didn’t know you were a vegetarian!

B:    I’m not, I am a vegan.

A:   A what?

B:   A vegan.   I don’t eat or use any animal based

products. I don’t wear leather, eat eggs, drink milk or anything that comes from an animal. I used to be a pescatarian before, which basically means you don’t eat meat, but still have fish and seafood.

A:   Wow! That’s interesting! It must be tough!

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B:    It’s a bit difficult to find vegetarian friendly restau-

rants sometimes, but since more and more people are vegetarians or vegans nowadays, it’s getting a bit less difficult.

Key Vocabulary

feel like              P

steak

vegetarian

vegan

leather

come                  P

from

more and           P

more

Supplementary Vocabulary

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have  an  inclination  or desire for

piece of cow meat

a person who does not eat meat or fish

a person who does not eat or use animal prod- ucts

made     with     animal skin that is chemically treated

originates from

continuing  to  become larger in number

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vegetable

meat

milk

hippie

N

N

N

N

kind of food that is not meat

kind of food that is not a vegetable

substance coming from a cow

a person whose behav- ior,  dress,  etc,  implied a  rejection  of  conven- tional values

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