人教版英语选修第一册 unit 5 Using Language 2 Listening and Speaking

News Report 1

新闻报道1

Today, in agricultural news, we are sad to report the passing of Professor Li Baoguo.

农业新闻快讯，我们沉痛播报李保国教授逝世的消息。

Li, a well-respected professor at Hebei Agricultural University, died of a heart attack on 10 April at the age of 58.

深受敬重的河北农业大学李保国教授于4月10日因心脏病突发离世，享年58岁。

Besides teaching at university, Professor Li spent more than 30 years working to make the Taihang Mountains green with many different types of trees.

除在校任教外，李教授三十余年扎根太行，栽种各类林木，致力于荒山绿化。

This has had a direct impact on the lives of more than 100,000 local farmers, who have been able to escape poverty through the regular harvesting and sale of their produce, such as apples and walnuts.

这直接改变了十万余名当地农民的生活，他们依靠苹果、核桃等农产品稳定采收与销售实现脱贫。

Though he had a short life, he will be greatly remembered as an agricultural reformer by the thousands of farmers whose lives he had helped.

虽然他的一生短暂，但无数受他帮扶的农民将永远铭记这位农业拓荒者。

News Report 2

新闻报道2

In other news, the first commercial vertical farm has been built in the UK.

另一则消息：英国建成首个商业化垂直农场。

In a vertical farm, crops are produced in a greenhouse in large trays stacked one above the other.

垂直农场在温室中利用层层堆叠的大型培育托盘种植作物。

With the growth of cities, farmland has become increasingly rare.

随着城市扩张，耕地日益稀缺。

Meanwhile, many countries lack enough farm workers to grow the crops they need.

与此同时，许多国家缺少足够农业劳动力来生产所需粮食。

The vertical farm built by Intelligent Growth Solutions near Dundee solves both these problems.

敦提附近由智能生长方案公司打造的这座垂直农场同时解决了两大难题。

Not only does it use space efficiently, but the farm is fully automated, and uses low amounts of energy and water.

它不仅高效利用空间，而且实现全自动化，能耗与耗水量很低。

At the moment, the farm just produces salad leaves and herbs.

目前该农场仅种植沙拉菜叶与香草。

However, future plans include tomatoes and cucumbers.

未来计划拓展种植番茄与黄瓜。

News Report 3

新闻报道3

Finally, the East African Farmer Innovation Fair has just ended in Kenya.

最后一则消息：东非农民创新博览会在肯尼亚落下帷幕。

The fair’s aim was to encourage innovation among farmers throughout the region.

本次博览会旨在激励整个地区的农民开展创新实践。

At the end of the fair, the host country’s Gerald Kibugi won an award for the creation of his software, Green House Do It Yourself.

博览会尾声，东道主肯尼亚的杰拉尔德·基布吉凭借自主研发软件《简易温室实操工具》斩获奖项。

This software allows farmers to look up information on how to use greenhouses.

这款软件可供农民查阅温室种植相关知识。

“Farmers do not have the time to read and apply the lessons learnt from books on greenhouse farming, which is why I developed this software,” said Kibugi.

基布吉说：“农民没有时间研读温室种植相关书籍并学以致用，所以我开发了这款软件。”

Now with this program, all the information farmers need about greenhouses is just a mouse click away.

如今借助这款程序，农民只需轻点鼠标，就能获取全部温室种植所需信息。

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