Vegetarianism

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Vegetarianism

• By Cathy Chang

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Article

• An American vegan couple were sentenced to life
  in jail today for the murder of their
  malnourished six-week-old son, who weighed just 3
  1/2 lbs when he died.
• Jade Sanders, 27, and Lamont Thomas, 31, fed
  the boy, who was named Crown Shakur, a diet
  largely consisting of soy milk and apple juice,
  the Atlanta court heard.
• The baby boy was born in a bathtub in the
  couples home and never taken to see a doctor. He
  was dead when his parents took him to a hospital
  across the street from their flat on April 25,
  2004. He was so emaciated that doctors could
  count his bones through his skin.
• The couple maintained during the trial that
  they did the best they could for the boy while
  adhering to their vegan lifestyle, a strict form
  of vegetarianism which does not allow the
  consumption or use of any products linked to
  animals.
• Ms Sanders told police that she fed the baby
  organic apple juice and soy milk, supplemented by
  breast milk. But the soy milk containers found in
  their flat clearly stated that soy milk is not to
  be used as a substitute for baby formula.
• The couple were found guilty of malice murder,
  felony murder, involuntary manslaughter and
  cruelty to children.

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Vegetarians vs. Vegans
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Question

• What is your attitude towards this article? Are
  the parents guilty?
• Are there a lot of vegetarians in Taiwan? Vegans?
• What are some advantages of being vegetarians?
  Disadvantages?

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Vocabulary

• Vegan ????????
• Malnourished ?????
• Flat (???)??
• Emaciated ?????????
• Maintained ??????
• Trial ??,??
• Adhering ????
• Consumption ??????

• Organic ???
• Supplemented ??,??
• Containers ??
• Substitute ?????????
• Formula ???????????
• Malice ??,??
• Felony ??
• Manslaughter ?????????

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Reference

• Vegans murdered baby with soy milk and apple
  juice
• http//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_an
  d_americas/article1768368.ece