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 Animals are important in Indian culture and are treated in a special way. For example, a lot of elephants aren't {#blank#}1{#/blank#}     . they are domesticated(驯养). They aren’t kept as pets, but as working animals. Every working elephant   {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  its own keeper. An elephant and its  keep meet for the first time when they are both young, and they grow up together. In fact, their relationship continues for the rest of the elephant's   {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  perhaps 40 years. Lots of elephants work in the forest, moving heavy {#blank#}4{#/blank#}    when they are cut down. Some give rides to tourists, or   {#blank#}5{#/blank#}    people during celebrations and festivals. Keepers take excellent care of their elephants , feeding them   {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and giving them a bath at the end of the working day.

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 Most of us have three meals a day .We take food for granted(想当然)。And we don’t think about it. 1  experts argue a food crisis(危机)is coming.This crisis is going to make us  2 the way we think about food.

 Food is in great need 3a growing of world population.By 1960,the population was three billion.It doubled to six billion by 1999.By 2050,this planet will need to  4 at least nine billion people.As a result,the food prices get higher and higher.

 So,what can a   5 ,crowed world do?One suggestion is to eat less meat.Meat uses more natural resources(资源)than grains(谷物) .It requires more  6  to produce one pound of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more water than vegetables. So ,eating less meat will  7  more land for farming,and it will save water.

 To eat less meat,people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be easy. Americans, for example,have 8 loved meat.  In general, They eat twice as much meat as people in other countries.At the same time,in developing countries like China and Brazil,sales of meat have doubled in the last 20 years.   9  will double again by 2050.Growing need of meat wil continue to put pressure on natural resources.

 World  population is increasing,resources are becoming fewer,and food prices are rising.Therefore, we need to rethink what  we eat every day. For meat lovers, we don't  need to give up meat  10 .But we need to eat more grains and less meat.