9. What can we conclude from paragraph 5?

A. The major argument of meat eating is that meat is an

essential source of nutrients and calories for a large
part of the human population.
B. People can only find vitamin B-12 in animal sources
rather than in plant sources.
C. It is suggested that people should follow better farming
practices, avoid antibiotics or hormones, and feed
animals natural diets to protect the environment.
D. Eating meat is crucial for bodybuilders to get creatine,
a nitrogen-containing compound that improves
protein synthesis and provides muscles with energy
to encourage muscle gain.
E. 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.

Activity 4
Now it’s time to explore the communicative purpose, the schematic
structures and the language features of discussion text.
Communicative purpose of discussion text

To present arguments and

Communicative purpose of
information from different
discussion text
points of view.

Unit 4 | Discussion Text: Carbon Footprints 171