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!

B:

It’s a bit difficult to find vegetarian friendly restaurants sometimes, but since more and more people are vegetarians or vegans nowadays, it’s getting a bit less difficult.

Key Vocabulary

feel like

have an inclination or desire for

steak

piece of cow meat

vegetarian

a person who does not eat meat or fish

vegan

a person who does not eat or use animal products

leather

made with animal skin that is chemically treated

come from

originates from

more and more

continuing to become larger in number

Supplementary Vocabulary

vegetable

kind of food that is not meat

meat

kind of food that is not a vegetable

milk

substance coming from a cow

hippie

a person whose behavior, dress, etc, implied a rejection of conventional values

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