World's first 3D-printed plant-based beef steak

西班牙初创公司NovaMeat表示，他们已经创造出世界上第一块3D打印的植物牛排。据称这种牛排的质地和外观与真正的牛肉肌肉切块一样。

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难词探意

1.tune/tjuːn/v.调整；使合适

2.regenerate/rɪ΄dʒenəreɪt/v.使再生；使复兴

3.veterinary/΄vetnri/adj.兽医的

4.matrix/΄meitrɪks/n.矩阵；基质；母体

It used to be that if something looked,felt and tasted like beef steak,it was probably beef steak,but with the coming of 3D-printing technology as well as meatless meats,that's no longer the case.

Spanish start-up NovaMeat claims to have created the world's first 3D-printed plant-based beef steak,which reportedly has the same texture and appearance as a real beef muscle cut.The Barcelona-based company was reportedly able to achieve this by “finelytuning”the structure of plant-based proteins at a microscopic level.The novel plant-based meat not only matches the unique texture of beef steak,but also its color,which should make it more appealing as a sustainable alternative to real beef steak.

“While I was researching onregeneratinganimal tissues through bioprinting technologies for biomedical andveterinaryapplications,I discovered a way to bio-hack the structure of the native 3Dmatrixof a variety of plant-based proteins to achieve a meaty texture,”Dr.Giuseppe Scionti,founder of NovaMeat,explained how he came up with the idea for the innovative plant-based meat.

While companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods focus on plant-based alternatives to ground meat,like burger patties,NovaMeat is involved in the creation of 3D-printed,plant-based alternatives to fibrous meats.In 2018,NovaMeat created what it then called the world's first 3Dprinted meatless beef steak,but the recently revealed 2.0 version exhibits the appearance and texture that meat lovers want.The company's goal is to create a plant-based steak that looks,feels,tastes and has the same nutritional value as real meat.

Dr.Scionti told Sifted Magazine that it plans to start selling its steaks on the market later this year and will start installing machines commercially next year.When its latest generation 3D-printers go online,they will be able to produce 10kg of steak per hour.At first,users will only have a limited number of choices for the kind of steaks they want to print,like sirloin or fillet,but adding more types is going to be as easy as a software upgrade.

“Maybe in the future,butchers and retailers will be able to design their own products,but that's not something we're focusing on right now,”NovaMeat's co-founder Adam Lahav said. “This new 3Dprinted,plant-based beef steak certainly sounds and looks very impressive,but as others have noticed,it has yet to undergo a public taste test.All we have to go on for now are the company's statements and a few photos.”

Reading Check

1.What's the function of the first paragraph?

A.To explain the meatless meat.

B.To lead to the main topic.

C.To describe 3D technology.

D.To show the tasty beef steak.

2.What can we know about the 3D-printed plant-based beef steak?

A.It is more sustainable than real beef steak.

B.It contains plant protein and some real meat.

C.Its texture is different from a real beef muscle cut.

D.Its appearance is less appealing than real beef steak.

3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.Adam Lahav is skeptical about the plant-based beef steak.

B.NovaMeat is concentrating on finding more retailers.

C.The public is confident in the future of 3D-printed beef steak.

D.The 3D-printed plant-based beef steak needs a public taste test.

Language Study

Sentence for writing

At first,users will only have a limited number of choices for the kind of steaks they want to print,like sirloin or fillet,but adding more types is going to be as easy as a software upgrade.一开始，用户只能有限地选择他们想要打印的牛排，比如西冷牛排或者菲力牛排，但是增加更多的种类就像软件升级一样简单。

【信息提取】本句由两个并列句组成，but adding more...upgrade 中为V-ing形式作主语，谓语动词用了单数is。

【句式仿写】考上重点大学是我的梦想。