VOA慢速英语:Why Grafting Still Fits Nicely Into Agriculture

1.Grafting can join scions with desirable qualities to rootstock that is strong and resists disease and insects.

with desirable qualities后置定语

介词短语作定语修饰名词或代词时，必须后置。常见的有表示所属的of短语，表示伴随状态的with短语，表示方位或穿戴的in短语等。例如：

The girl in the red hat is my younger sister．
戴红帽子的女孩是我妹妹。

China is a great country with a long history．
中国是一个历史悠久的伟大的国家。

2. It requires a scion with several buds on it.

with several buds on it复合结构

with+宾语+宾语补足语，构成with复合结构，宾语可以是名词或是代词，宾语补足语可以是介词短语、过去分词、现在分词、形容词、动词不定式、副词。且with后面的宾语与其后的宾语补足语有逻辑上的主谓关系。

1)With+宾语+介词短语

He was asleep with his head on his arms.

2)with+宾语+过去分词(宾语与宾补之间是被动关系)

All the afternoon he worked with the door locked.

He lay in bed with his head covered.

3)with+宾语+现在分词(宾语与宾补之间是主动关系)

With winter coming on，it's time to buy warm clothes.

4)with+宾语+todo(不定式做宾补有“将来”的含义)

I can't go out with all these dishes to wash.

5)with+宾语+形容词/副词

With John away，we've got more room.

Anderson was lying on the bed with all his clothes on.

3.The study found that many farmers have better harvests, better weed control and fewer losses from insect damage compared to traditional crops.

compared to与…相比

例句：Compared to me, he's rich.
      跟我比起来，他算有钱。

4.He wrote that in his town the population depends on agriculture and transgenic crops.

depend on依赖, 依靠

例句：You can't depend on your parents forever.
      你不能永远依赖你的双亲。

      You may depend on their support.
      你可依靠他们的支持。