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VOA慢速英语:Grow It Yourself: Diving Into Aquaponics

2012-02-01来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. It combines aquaculture, or fish farming, with hydroponics, a way to grow plants without soil.

combine with与…结合
例句:If your talent combines with diligence, you can excel in your pursuit.
如果你把天赋与勤奋结合起来, 你所追求的事业便会出类拔萃。

2. There are no weeds in her aquaponics garden, and no need to worry about watering.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句:He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。

3. Aquaponics farmer James Godsil says the Internet is helping many aquaponic gardeners connect and learn from one another.

learn from向…学习; 从…获得〔吸取〕
例句:She learned everything from me.
她什么都是向我学的。

4. The Sweet Water Foundation was dedicated to democratizing and globalizing the information and the methodologies required to advance this very Earth-friendly food production system, which, by the way, only uses about ten percent of the water normal farming does, and uses no pesticides. It's all natural.

dedicate to献(身)于…; 把(时间、精力等)用于…
例句:He dedicated his life to the cause of education.
他献身于教育事业。

5. We can actually bring it right into the middle of slums in the cities.

bring into把…拿入, 带入(某处)
例句:Who brought that unpleasant woman into my home?
是谁把那个讨厌的女人带到我家里来的?