近期出現的新型冠狀病毒，很可能是由野生動物傳染給人的，所以很多人呼籲禁止食用野生動物。但是喫野味在我國有悠久的歷史，要想徹底禁止恐怕也不太容易。
Understanding wet markets
by Mary Jo DiLonardo
Fresh food markets – where people can buy fruits and vegetables and sometimes seafood and meat – are popular in many places around the world. But "wet markets" are unique to Asian countries. In some of these places, fish, poultry（家禽）, snakes and other animals are slaughtered on site. Sometimes there are more exotic wild animals for sale, too.
seafood /ˈsiːfuːd/ n. 海鮮（由sea和food組成）
unique /juːˈniːk/ adj. 獨特的
slaughter /ˈslɔːtə(r)/ v. 屠宰
on site 就地、當場
exotic /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/ adj. 奇特的
They're called wet markets because they always have wet floors from the continually melting blocks of ice used to keep seafood fresh. Stall keepers also clean their areas by continually spraying them down with water.
continually /kənˈtɪnjuəli/ adv. 持續不斷地（由continual加後綴-ly變成副詞）
melt /melt/ v. 融化
block /blɒk/ n. 塊
stall /stɔːl/ n. 攤位（stall keeper指攤主）
spray /spreɪ/ v. 噴灑
Wet markets are the main outlet for fresh produce and meat in Chinese cities, and a large city might have a few hundred wet markets, says Zhenzhong Si, a postdoctoral（博士後的） fellow at the University of Waterloo. Despite the growth of modern supermarkets and grocery stores, these traditional markets remain popular with local consumers who believe that the fresher the meat, the better it is.
outlet /ˈaʊtlet/ n. 銷售點
produce /ˈprɒdjuːs/ n. 農產品
fellow /ˈfeləʊ/ n. （學術機構的）會員
growth /ɡrəʊθ/ n. 增長
grocery /ˈɡrəʊs(ə)ri/ store 食品雜貨店
traditional /trəˈdɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ adj. 傳統的（由tradition加後綴-al變成形容詞）
consumer /kənˈsjuːmə(r)/ n. 消費者
Along with all the tradition, wet markets come with controversy. SARS – which is also part of the coronavirus family – killed 774 people in 29 countries between 2002 and 2003. It likely originated in wet markets in the Guangdong province of southern China. It was believed to have jumped to humans from civet cats and other animals that were being sold for consumption.
along with 伴隨、和…一起
tradition /trəˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 傳統
controversy /ˈkɒntrəvɜːsi/ n. 爭議
SARS 是一種病毒性肺炎（我國稱之爲“非典型肺炎”，簡稱“非典”）
coronavirus /kəˈrəʊnəˌvaɪərəs/ n. 冠狀病毒
originate /əˈrɪdʒ(ə)neɪt/ v. 起源
province /ˈprɒvɪns/ n. 省
civet cat 果子狸
consumption /kənˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n/ n. 食用
There's been a lot of focus on wet markets during the current coronavirus outbreak. Authorities say the new coronavirus has been linked to a wet market in Wuhan. Local media outlets have reported that the market sold snakes, marmots（旱獺）, monkeys and other animals. This sparked concerns that the virus was transmitted from animals to humans.
focus /ˈfəʊkəs/ n. 焦點、聚焦
current /ˈkʌr(ə)nt/ adj. 現在的
outbreak /ˈaʊtbreɪk/ n. （戰爭、疾病等）爆發
authorities /ɔːˈθɒrətiz/ n. 有關部門
link /lɪŋk/ v. 聯繫
media outlet 指通過多種渠道（報紙、電視、網絡等）提供新聞的節目
spark /spɑːk/ v. 引發
concern /kənˈsɜːn/ n. 擔憂
virus /ˈvaɪərəs/ n. 病毒
transmit /trænzˈmɪt/ v. 傳送、傳染
In mid-January, Chinese authorities temporarily banned the trade of wild animals due to the new coronavirus outbreak. No wildlife is allowed to be transported or sold in any markets or online until the epidemic is resolved.
mid- 前綴，表示“在…中間”
temporarily /ˈtempr(ə)r(ə)li/ adv. 臨時地（由temporary加後綴-ly變成副詞）
ban /bæn/ v. 禁止
transport /trænˈspɔːt/ v. 運輸
epidemic /ˌepɪˈdemɪk/ n. （傳染病）流行、疫情
resolve /rɪˈzɒlv/ v. 解決
Some experts are calling for the temporary ban on wildlife markets to be made permanent for both environmental and health safety reasons. But even outside of health concerns, the idea of wet markets and selling live and freshly slaughtered animals is unfathomable（難以理解的） to people who don't understand the culture.
call for 呼籲
temporary /ˈtemp(ə)r(ə)ri/ adj. 臨時的
ban /bæn/ n. 禁令
permanent /ˈpɜːmənənt/ adj. 長期的、永久的
environmental /ɪnˌvaɪr(ə)nˈment(ə)l/ adj. 環境的（由environment加後綴-al變成形容詞）
safety /ˈseɪfti/ n. 安全
live /laɪv/ adj. 活的
freshly /ˈfreʃli/ adv. 剛剛
"The term warm meat, fresh meat, sounds disgusting to me. I grew up in Germany with chilled meat. That's all I know," says Dirk Pfeiffer, a professor of veterinary（獸醫的） medicine at City University in Hong Kong. "So I ask my students why and they come up with all sorts of vague things like the soup tastes better or that it is a trust issue, knowing it is a live animal at the other end and not some diseased animal. It's all very subjective."
term /tɜːm/ n. 詞語
disgusting /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ adj. 令人不快的
chill /tʃɪl/ v. 使變冷、冷藏
come up with 想出
vague /veɪɡ/ adj. 含糊的
trust /trʌst/ n. 信任
some /sʌm/ adj. 某個
diseased /dɪˈziːzd/ adj. 生病的
subjective /səbˈdʒektɪv/ adj. 主觀的
"Eating wild animal is considered a symbol of wealth because they are more rare and expensive," Si says. "And wild animals is also considered more natural and, thus, nutritious, compared to farmed meat. Of course, some people eat wild animals just because they were driven by curiosity."
consider /kənˈsɪdə(r)/ v. 認爲、看作
symbol /ˈsɪmb(ə)l/ n. 符號、象徵
wealth /welθ/ n. 財富
thus /ðʌs/ adv. 因此
nutritious /njuːˈtrɪʃəs/ adj. 有營養的
farm /fɑːm/ v. 養殖
drive /draɪv/ v. 驅使
curiosity /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/ n. 好奇心
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