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课件网) Is Our Appetite① for Vegan Food Waning② Adapted from The Guardian 202402 When Jim Anderson and his wife, Samantha, opened their vegan restaurant, in 2013, they boasted proudly of its plant-based menu. But now, not anymore. Alongside sky-high③ operating costs and the cost-of-living crisis, Britain's vegan restaurants are facing waning appetite for plant-only food. Industry experts said they were at the sharpest end of④ a struggling industry after a series of venues either closed or began including meat dishes on the menu in order to avoid closure⑤. A famous vegan fast food chain closed one of its sites in east London last year and would put meat on the menu at other venues. A brand of vegetarian burger closed half of its London sites in December. In the same month, another vegan business went into administration⑥. Jim and Samantha's vegan restaurant is now the only one in the area, banging the drum⑦ quietly. In one sense⑧， the struggle is purely economic. Independent restaurants have been battered by the squeeze⑨ on living standards. Big chains muscled into⑩ the vegan market, leaving smaller venues competing for a slice of an already tiny pie. A change in tastes and attitudes may also be under way. Paul Askew, the chef and owner of two restaurants in Liverpool, said he had seen a “massive shift” in eating habits. Demand for vegetarian and vegan food has plummeted， he said, while the number of people choosing pescatarian —which includes fish and dairy but not meat—has risen 15%-20%. A survey that has tracked the proportion of plant-based diets in the UK population since 2019 suggests it has fallen from 3% to 2% in the past year. However, a separate study by a comparison site last month found one trend —fewer vegans are choosing to eat out, leaving restaurants deciding whether to stomach putting meat on the menu or closing their doors for good . The present sees a trend away from plant-only towards “plant-forward eating”. Some businesses were experimenting with plant protein in meat dishes as a way to retain the vegan appeal, while many others are still wondering. ①appetite n. 胃口 ②wane v. 减弱；衰落 ③sky-high adj. 极高的 ④at the sharpest end of 在……最困难的部分 ⑤closure n. 停业；关闭 ⑥go into administration 破产 ⑦bang the drum 摇旗呐喊 ⑧in one sense 从某种意义上来说 ⑨squeeze n. 减少；削减 ⑩muscle into 强行进入 slice n. 片，薄片；部分 massive adj. 巨大的 pescatarian n. 鱼素食者；半素食主义者 proportion n. 比例 comparison n. 比较 trend n. 趋势 for good 永远 retain v. 继续拥有；保持 boasting for closure the purely leaving has plummeted comparison whether while 1．boast v. A．a place where people meet for an organized event 2．venue n. B．to hit sb./sth. hard many times in a way that causes serious damage 3．batter v. C．to find sb./sth. by following the marks, signs, information, etc., that they have left behind them 4．plummet v. D．to talk with t ... ...
