TRIBUN-BALI.COM, DENPASAR – Inilah jawaban soal kegiatan siswa Reading: Activity 6, kunci jawaban Bahasa Inggris kelas 12 Kurikulum merdeka halaman 181 182.

Kali ini kita akan membahas soal pada Unit 4 yang berjudul Discussion Text: Carbon Footprints sesuai dengan buku Bahasa Inggris kelas 12 Kurikulum merdeka edisi tahun 2022.

Soal yang akan kita selesaikan adalah soal pada halaman 181 182 pada kegiatan siswa Activity 6 tenancy issue to stop eating meat may help protect the planet.

Jawaban di bawah ini diharapkan bisa membantu siswa sebagai alternatif jawaban untuk menyelesaikan soal pada halaman 181 182 di buku siswa Bahasa Inggris kelas 12 berjudul Life Today.

Baca juga: Jawaban Activity 1, Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 12 SMA Kurikulum merdeka Halaman 160

Reading

Activity 6

According to the reading text of Activity 5, discuss the questions in a group of 3 or 4.

1. What is the generic participant?

Jawaban:

Meat

2. What is the issue being discussed?

Jawaban:

Do we need to stop eating meat to help protect the planet?

Baca juga: Jawaban Activity 2 and 3, Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 12 SMA Kurikulum merdeka Halaman 155 156

3. Mention at least two of the writer’s arguments that he/she is for the issue?

Jawaban:

a. Globally, the UN estimates it makes up more than 14 persen of all man-made greenhouse gasses, including methane.

b. But livestock’s emissions also include methane, which is up to 34 times more damaging to the environment over 100 years than CO2, according to the UN.

c. In the report, it is said that half of all habitable land is used for agriculture, and three-quarters of that land is used to feed and raise livestock.

d. Beef produces the most greenhouse gas emissions, which include methane.

e. At one stage, beef production is the leading cause of deforestation in tropical rainforests which adds to the environmental impact of beef from that part of the world.

f. Moreover, the true climate impact of what we eat is not easy to calculate as carbon footprints of food vary with how it is produced and where it comes from, and thus changes with the seasons.

4. Mention at least two of the writer’s arguments that he/she is against the issue?

Baca juga: Jawaban Activity 3 and 4, Soal Bahasa Inggris Kelas 12 SMA Kurikulum merdeka Halaman 152 153

Jawaban:

a. But then on the other hand, meat is an essential source of nutrients and calories for a large part of the human population, and this in itself is one major argument for meat-eating.

b. Meat is a ready source of protein, vitamin B-12, fat, iron, zinc, and many more essential nutrients that the human body needs to survive.

c. All B vitamins are found in greater concentration in meats than in plant sources, and vitamin B-12 can only be found in animal sources.

d. Besides, the B vitamins are critical to health, especially mental health and deficits in these vitamins can cause confusion, impaired senses, aggression, insomnia, weakness, dementia, and peripheral neuropathy.

e. You can take protein supplements, but the best source of protein is meat. In addition, for body builders, eating meat is to get creatine, a nitrogen-containing compound that improves protein synthesis and provides muscles with energy, encouraging muscle gain.

f. The last argument is that the environmental effects of factory farming have also been criticized, particularly the waste produced during raising and slaughtering and the high cost of grain-based meat production.

5. What is the writer’s position?Is he for or against the issue? Explain.

Jawaban:

The writer’s position is for the issue. He believes that it’s not wise to keep eating meat while on the other hand, we cannot protect the environment’s sustainability for our life in the future.

Moreover, the writer suggests that we should find other food substitutions of meat that can provide all nutrients and vitamins needed.

6. Identify the passive voice taken from the text by classifying the “thing done” and the “doer”. One example has been done for you.

Jawaban:

1. Passive Voice: Moreover, the true climate impact of what we eat is not easy to calculate as carbon footprints of food vary with how it is produced and where it comes from, and thus changes with the seasons.

Thing done: food is produced

Doer: not mentioned/ people (generally known)

2. Passive voice: In the report, it is said that half of all habitable land is used for agriculture, … and three-quarters of that land is used to feed and raise livestock.

Thing done: half of all habitable land is used for agriculture, …and three-quarters of that land is used to feed and raise livestock is said

Doer: not mentioned/people (generally known)

3. Passive voice: …and three-quarters of that land is used to feed and raise livestock.

Thing done: that land is used

Doer: not mentioned/people (generally known)

4. Passive voice: For this reason, it is assumed that to feed a growing world population, … Thing done: to feed a growing world population is assumed

Doer: not mentioned/people (generally known)

5. Passive voice: All B vitamins are found in greater concentration in meats than in plant sources, and vitamin B-12 can only be found in animal sources

Thing done: All B vitamins are found

Doer: not mentioned/people (generally known)

Demikian jawaban soal Bahasa Inggris kelas 12 SMA Kurikulum merdeka halaman 181 182, kegiatan siswa Reading: Activity 6 sesuai dengan buku siswa Bahasa Inggris berjudul Life Today.

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