BBC环球慢速英语 第409期:保护农作物多样性(6)

voice 2: The leader of agriculture in Norway is Terje Riis-Johansen. He explains the purpose of the vault.
声音2：特尔勒·里斯·约翰森是挪威农业部长。他解释了建造这个地窖的目的。

voice 3: "The vault's purpose is to protect the survival of crop diversity in the event of plant diseases, nuclear war, natural disasters or climate change. It will also offer the world a chance to restart growth of food crops that may have disappeared."
声音3：“这个地窖旨在发生植物病害、核战、自然灾害或气候变化时保护农作物多样性。地窖还将为世界提供重新发展可能已经消失的粮食作物的机会。”

voice 2: Their first duty is to collect all the earth's seeds!
声音2：他们的首个任务是收集地球上所有的种子！

voice 1: Just imagine trying to collect all of the world's different kinds of seeds. This would be a very hard job! Did you know that there are more that one hundred thousand different kinds of RICE alone? Now imagine collecting all the different kinds of fruits, vegetables and grains. The Global Crop Diversity Trust hopes to hold over three million seeds in their vault. It seems like an almost impossible job.
声音1：想象一下要收集世界上所有不同种子这项工作。这会是一项极为艰巨的任务！你们知道吗，仅水稻一种作物就有超过10万个种类！现在，想象一下要收集所有种类的水果、蔬菜和谷物这项工作。全球作物多样性信托基金希望地窖中能储存超过300万颗种子。看起来这几乎是不可能的工作。