农业的英语-勤学培训网

　　农业（Agriculture）是利用动植物的生长发育规律，通过人工培育来获得产品的产业。农业属于第一产业，研究农业的科学是农学。农业的劳动对象是有生命的动植物，获得的产品是动植物本身。农业是提供支撑国民经济建设与发展的基础产业。

　　相关词汇

　　agricultural resources 农业资源

　　agriculture n. 农业

　　agronomist n. 农学家

　　breed v. 培育.培养

　　busy farming season 农忙季节

　　country/countryside n 农村

　　Crop n. 庄稼

　　experimental plot 实验田

　　fruit farm/orchard 果园

　　grain n. 谷物

　　land reform 土地改革

　　market gardening 商品蔬菜种植业

　　mechanization of farming 农业机械化

　　natural calamity 自然灾害

　　peasant/farmer 农民，农夫

　　pesticide n. 农药

　　private plot 自留地

　　rural adj. 农村的

　　scientific farming 科学种田

　　species n. 物种

　　情景对话:

　　A: Hey, it's said you've decided to return to your hometown after graduation. Is it true?

　　B: Yes. I made the decision a long time ago.

　　A: But why? How can you fulfill yourself in a small village like your hometown?

　　B: Of course I can. My major is Agriculture and Rural Regional Development, and the countryside is just the right place for me to put what I've learned into practice.

　　A:But...

　　B: Well, I know what you're worried about. But the countryside is totally different from what it used to be.

　　A: What does it look like now?

　　B: Take my hometown as an example. Now, the peasantsin our village have adopted scientific farming methods and realized the mechanization of farming. They're much better-off than before.

　　A: Oh, that's really great.

　　B: Yeah. I plan to make full use of the agricultural resources of our village to develop the market gardening better. Inaddition, I want to turn a private plot of my family into an experimental plot to breed new species.

　　A: Wow, good for you. Perhaps we'll have another great agronomist like Yuan Long ping several decades later.

　　参考译文:

　　A:嗨，听说你毕业后要回家乡发展，真的吗?

　　B:是的。我很久以前就这样决定了。

　　A:为什么呢?在你家乡那样的小乡村里.怎么可能实现你的理想抱负呢?

　　B:当然能了。我的专业是农业和农村区域发展，农村恰恰是我学以致用的好地方啊。

　　A:但是.....

　　B:我知道你担心什么。现在的农村和以前已经大不相同了。

　　A:那农村现在又是什么样呢?

　　B:就拿我的家乡来说吧。我们村的农民们都已经采用了科学的种田方法.并且实现了农业机械化，生活比从前好多了。

　　A:那太好了。

　　B:是啊。我打算充分利用我们村的农业资源更好地发展商品蔬菜种植业。而且，我还想把我家的一块自留地当作试验田来培育新品种。