高中英语人教版2000年高三上04

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 4  Feed the world
[00:02.60]第四单元  喂养世界
[00:05.20]Lesson 13
[00:06.82]第十三课
[00:08.44]1 Dialogue
[00:10.32]1 对话
[00:12.20]Wang Bing (WB) and Carl are having lunch in a cafe in Los Angeles.
[00:15.93]王彬和卡尔在洛杉矶的一个咖啡馆里面吃午餐。
[00:19.67]WB:Hi,Carl.Have you ordered yet?
[00:21.85]王彬：嗨，卡尔。你点菜了吗？
[00:24.03]CARL:No,I'm just looking at the menu.Are you hungry?
[00:26.85]卡尔：不，我正看着菜单，你饿了吗？
[00:29.68]WB:Yes,I sure am.I got up late and went without breakfast
[00:32.01]王彬：是的，我饿了.我早上起来晚了,没有吃早餐。
[00:34.35]Right now I could eat an ox.
[00:36.23]现在我要吃下一头牛。
[00:38.11]CARL:OK.I'll get the waiter.
[00:40.03]卡尔：好的。我去叫服务员。
[00:41.95]A few moments later
[00:43.77]过了一会，
[00:45.58]WAITRESS:Just let me wipe your table and then I'll take your order.OK?
[00:48.60]服务员：让我来擦擦你们的桌子，然后我就下你们的单，好吗？
[00:51.62]CARL:I'll have a ham salad,please.
[00:53.64]卡尔：我要一个火腿沙拉。
[00:55.67]WB:And I'll have a hot dog,with a potato salad.
[00:58.04]王彬：我要一个热狗加西红柿沙拉。
[01:00.42]WAITRESS:Anything to follow?
[01:02.34]服务员：接下去还要点什么吗？CARL:Banana ice cream with hot c
[01:04.26]CARL:Banana ice cream with hot chocolate sauce for me please.
[01:06.99]卡尔:一个香蕉冰淇淋加热的巧克力沙司。
[01:09.72]WB:I'll have apple pie with ice cream and jam sauce.
[01:12.66]王彬:我要一个苹果派加冰淇淋和果酱沙司。
[01:15.60]WAITRESS:OK.
[01:18.16]CARL:So how are you,Wang Bing?Are you excited about your new job?
[01:21.65]卡尔:王彬,你好吗?你对你新的工作满意吗?
[01:25.13]WB:Yes,I'll start work at the Farm Institute next month.
[01:28.10]王彬:是的,我下个月将到农业学院去工作.
[01:31.06]I'm looking forward to that.
[01:32.73]我很期待它的到来.
[01:34.41]My only regret is that it's quite a long way from all my friends.
[01:37.35]惟一的遗撼就是离我的朋友们太远了.
[01:40.28]CARL:All the same,I expect you'll enjoy coming into town now and again.
[01:43.81]卡尔:同样,我希望你时不时进城
[01:47.34]WB:Yes.I'd like to invite you to dinner at my flat before I move.
[01:50.67]王彬:是的.我想在我搬之前邀请你到我的公寓来与我共餐.
[01:54.00]CARL:That would be nice.Let's fix a date.
[01:56.28]卡尔:那太好了.让我们定个时间吧.
[01:58.57]Lesson 14
[02:02.80]第十四课
[02:07.03]2 Reading comprehension
[02:09.16]2 阅读理解
[02:11.29]FEED THE WORLD (1)
[02:13.32]喂养世界
[02:15.34]Agriculture first started about 10,000 years ago
[02:18.16]农业首先开始在大约10.000年前.
[02:20.98]when people began to grow crops in the river valleys of the Nile in Egypt,
[02:24.31]当人们在埃及的泥罗河的河流域那里开始种植庄稼时,
[02:27.64]in the middle East and in India.
[02:29.92]在中东和印度.
[02:32.19]Today farming employs more people than any other type of work.
[02:35.43]如今农场雇用比其他工作的人多.
[02:38.67]It is thought that one billion people,that is half the world's workers,
[02:42.49]一般认为,目前有十亿人即世界人口的半数,
[02:46.32]earn their living by farming.
[02:48.20]是以农业为生的.
[02:50.08]The problem is how to feed a growing world population of 5.7 billion.
[02:54.41]问题是怎样喂养不断增长的世界人口57亿.
[02:58.73]For one thing,two thirds of the earth's surface is water,
[03:02.01]首先,地球表面上三分之二是水,
[03:05.29]although this does provide a lot of food in the form of fish.
[03:07.56]尽管这给我们提供大量的食物.
[03:09.83]Only about 11% of the earth's land surface is suitable for growing crops.
[03:13.70]只有大约11%的土地才适合种植庄稼.
[03:17.56]And this area is becoming smaller day by day.
[03:20.75]这些土地日复一日地变得越来越小.
[03:23.94]In China there is only 7% of the land used for growing crops,
[03:27.41]在中国只有7%的土地可用来种庄稼.
[03:30.89]which feed more than one-forth of the world population.
[03:33.56]喂养世界人口的四分之一的人.
[03:36.24]That is why the Chinese people are making great efforts to protect their farmland
[03:39.82]那就是中国人为什么那么努力,在保护他们的农田
[03:43.40]and increase agricultural production.
[03:45.62]和增加他们的农产品.
[03:47.84]Farmland is being lost for several reasons.