高中英语人教版2003年高一下07

[03:39.04]Another technique tries to create plants that produce more and bigger fruit.
[03:42.17]另外一项技术是试图开发能够结出更多更大水果植物
[03:45.31]In 1993,a kind of tomato was developed
[03:48.23]1993年,一种西红柿问世了
[03:51.16]that was very different from any grown before.
[03:53.39]那是与普通品种迥然不同的
[03:55.62]It was developed using a technique known as GM.
[03:58.20]它的开发靠的是一种叫做GM的技术.
[04:00.77]"G" stands for"genetically "from the word "genes".
[04:04.01]G代表"基因",源自"基因一词,
[04:07.25]"M" stands for"modified",which means "changed".
[04:10.36]"M"代表"变更"
[04:13.47]In other words,the way tomatoes grow from a natural seed is changed.
[04:16.74]换句话说,西红柿从自然种籽生长的方式改变了
[04:20.02]The new tomatoes are bigger and healthier.
[04:22.30]新的西红柿更大,更健康.
[04:24.57]They can grow without danger from diseases.
[04:26.79]这样的西红柿不会受到疾病的威胁.
[04:29.01]They also need much less time to get ripe.
[04:31.44]而且,它们生长成熟所需的时间要少得多.
[04:33.87]The tomato is one of nearly 4,500 different plants
[04:37.04]西红柿是大约4500个不同品种
[04:40.22]that are genetically modified.
[04:41.95]转基因植物中一例
[04:43.69]In China,about one hundred research stations
[04:46.37]在中国，有大约100个研究所
[04:49.04]are now doing GM research to make better tomatoes,cotton,tobacco,
[04:52.87]正在从事转基因的探索工作，以研制更好的西红柿，棉花烟草
[04:56.70]green peppers,flowers,watermelons,soybeans,fish and of course rice.
[05:01.37]青椒，花卉，西瓜，大豆，鱼，当然还有水稻。
[05:06.05]A variety of GM watermelons will be seedless
[05:08.62]有一种转基因的西瓜将是无籽的
[05:11.20]and there is GM rice sometimes called "golden rice",
[05:14.28]还有一种转基因水稻，有时称作“黄金水稻。
[05:17.36]which will have more vitamins and can grow in poor soil.
[05:20.18]它将富含维他命并可以在较为贫瘠的土豪中生长。
[05:23.00]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[05:26.94]综合技能
[05:30.87]Reading and writing
[05:32.34]读，写
[05:33.82]FARMING AND GARDENING
[05:35.65]农业和园艺业
[05:37.48]Agriculture has a long history in China.
[05:39.80]农业在中国有很长的历史.
[05:42.13]Much of the wisdom discovered by early Chinese scientists
[05:44.79]早期中国科学家积累的许多很多经验和知识
[05:47.45]is still useful for farmers and gardeners today.
[05:49.99]在今天仍然对农民和园艺工人很有裨益
[05:52.52]One of China's early agricultural scientists was Jia Sixie.
[05:55.45]贾思勰是中国最早的农业科学家之一
[05:58.37]Who lived in the sixth century AD.
[06:00.41]他生活在公元6世纪,
[06:02.45]He was born in Yidu,Shangdong Province.
[06:04.72]他出生在山东益都.
[06:06.99]He spent his time on research into agriculture.
[06:09.41]他毕生从事农业研究
[06:11.83]He collected information,studied it,
[06:14.24]他收集信息,研究资料,
[06:16.66]did experiments and learnt from the experiences of farmers.
[06:19.89]进行实验,并向农民学习取经.
[06:23.11]Around 540 AD,he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu.
[06:26.30]公元540年左右,他写了一本叫做《齐民要术》的书,
[06:29.49]The book is about both farming and gardening.
[06:31.81]这本书谈耕作和园艺
[06:34.14]It includes advice on the following subjects:
[06:36.56]它包含对以下课题的提议:
[06:38.99]growing green vegetables and fruit trees,
[06:41.42]蔬菜果树的栽培,
[06:43.85]keeping cows,sheep and fish in lakes.
[06:46.58]牛羊的饲养,湖泊养鱼
[06:49.31]There are also instructions for making wine.
[06:51.49]书中还说明了如何酿酒.
[06:53.68]For centuries after Jia Sixie died,
[06:56.39]在贾思勰去世后的许多世纪中,
[06:59.11]his book was studied by Chinese farmers and students of farming.
[07:02.19]在国农民和农业专业的学生还在学习他的这本书.
[07:05.27]Jia Sixie's book is a practical guide to farming.
[07:07.94]贾思勰的书是耕作的实用指南.
[07:10.60]Firstly,as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year.
[07:13.87]首先,作为农民,应该不违农时.
[07:17.13]If you sow seeds and grow young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year,
[07:20.71]如果你播种和育苗都很适时
[07:24.29]your work will be less and the results will be better.
[07:26.88]你就会花的劳动少而收效大.
[07:29.46]But if you go against the nature