高中英语人教版2000年高三上04

[03:50.37]农田流失有几个原因.
[03:52.91]First,it is being built on.
[03:55.04]第一,人们正在耕地上搞建筑.
[03:57.17]Second,when wind and rain have removed a lot of the soil,
[04:00.50]第二,风和雨冲走大量的泥土,
[04:03.83]no more crops can be grown on this land.
[04:06.26]在这土地上没有庄稼可以种植了.
[04:08.69]Third,a lot of irrigated land has become too salty to grow plants.
[04:12.26]第三,大量的水田变得含盐太高以至不能种植.
[04:15.84]Also,it is well known that pests continue to eat crops,causing damage.
[04:19.87]同样的,我们很清楚昆虫不断地吃庄稼,使它们受到损坏.
[04:23.89]The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
[04:28.46]联合国粮食和农业组织
[04:33.03]has worked out that up to 30% of food is lost in storage.
[04:36.36]已经解决了达到30%流失的食物贮藏起来.
[04:39.69]Food stores are frequently ruined by rain or damp,or eaten by mice.
[04:43.66]粮库经常被雨水或潮湿毁灭或被老鼠吃掉.
[04:47.63]In a word,hunger is a big problem in the world today.
[04:50.61]总而言之,挨饿是今天一个大问题.
[04:53.59]No one is sure how many people are hungry,
[04:55.97]没有人确定有多少人在挨饿.
[04:58.34]but it is thought that 500 million people in the world
[05:01.17]但是想想看,世界上有50亿人
[05:03.99]do not have enough to eat,
[05:05.72]没有足够的粮食吃,
[05:07.46]that is about one in ten.
[05:09.59]那就是大约十分之一.
[05:11.72]Every year about 40 million people starve to death.
[05:14.84]每一年大约有4000万有死于挨饿.
[05:17.96]Various things can be done to increase the food supply in the world.
[05:20.90]在世界上有不同的方法可以增大食品的供应量.
[05:23.84]The area of farmland can be increased by irrigation.
[05:26.62]在农田这一块可以用灌溉来提高.
[05:29.40]Take the Aswan Dam in Egypt for example,
[05:31.78]例如用阿斯旺水坝,
[05:34.16]where desert land can now be used for growing crops.
[05:36.68]沙漠地区就可以用来种庄稼了.
[05:39.20]The same has happened in the west of the USA particularly for the growing of fruit
[05:42.99]在美国的西部也这样做尤其是种水果.
[05:46.78]Farmers can increase their corn crops three times simply by watering their fields.
[05:50.65]农民们灌溉他们的农田可以增加他们的农产品至三倍.
[05:54.53]In Europe,Holland continues to increase its area of farmland
[05:58.01]在欧洲,荷兰不断地增加他们的农田.
[06:01.48]by pumping water from low-lying areas.
[06:03.82]从低洼地区泵水.
[06:06.16]Scientists continue to develop new types of plants which produce heavier crops.
[06:09.88]科学家们不断地发展新的品种来增加他们的收获.
[06:13.60]They are also developing new types of plants
[06:15.94]他们也发展新的庄稼品种
[06:18.28]that can be grown in poor soil or even sand,
[06:21.10]可以在贫瘠土壤甚至沙子上种植.
[06:23.92]and that are less likely to be attacked by pests and diseases.
[06:27.00]还有昆虫和疾病不喜欢攻击的特性.
[06:30.09]Lesson 15
[06:34.87]第十五课
[06:39.65]1 Reading comprehension
[06:41.99]1 阅读理解
[06:44.32]FEED THE WORLD (2)
[06:46.24]喂养世界
[06:48.16]What can be done in order to make sure that no one in the world goes hungry?
[06:51.85]为了保证世界上没有人挨饿,人们可以做些什么呢?
[06:55.53]Generally speaking,the human race has the information and experience to do this.
[06:59.62]一般而言,人类种族有资料和经验来做这些.
[07:03.71]However,humans have so far not been wise enough to make correct decisions.
[07:07.64]然而,到目前为止人类还不够明智的作出正确的决定.
[07:11.57]In the European Union (EU),where 81% of the land is farmed,
[07:15.75]在欧盟,81%的土地已用于耕作,
[07:19.93]there is plenty of food,in fact often too much.
[07:23.05]那有很多食物,事实上经常太多.
[07:26.17]Farmers have the right to sell their crops to the EU.
[07:28.76]农民有权力把他们的农产品卖给欧盟.
[07:31.34]For example,if the apple harvest is very good
[07:34.27]例如,如果苹果大丰收
[07:37.20]and there are so many apples on the market that farmers cannot sell them,
[07:40.43]市面上就会有太多的苹果农民无法卖出去,
[07:43.67]the EU will buy apples from the farmers and throw them away.
[07:47.06]欧盟就会从农民那里买走然后把它们扔掉.
[07:50.44]And the fact that farmers are also paid by the EU
[07:53.38]同时,农民们也从欧盟那里得到付款.