英语听力精选进阶版 7082

Background: 韩国巨头企业大宇公司正在就租赁马达加斯加农地的计划进行最后细节的签订。此举旨在确保韩国未来的粮食供应。大宇公司已租下相当于比利时面积二分之一的农地种植庄稼作物，并采用非洲的技术力量。

Daewoo says it will grow corn and palm oil on huge tracts¹ 广阔的地面 of Madagascan farmland that the company has leased 租借 for 99 years.

This ambitious scheme 雄心勃勃的计划 will cover 1.2 million hectares 公顷 and is part of South Korea's plans to ensure its access to food supplies in the coming years.

The scheme is designed to provide more than half the country's imports of corn when it's fully² operational in 15 years' time.

A number of Asian countries have been attempting to ensure 确保 their access to food supplies since unrest 骚动 over food broke out earlier this year.

And some African countries have been keen to receive overseas investment 海外投资.

Angola has offered farmland for development 发展 and Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, said he's eager 急切地 to see foreign companies take a stake 整理 in his country's agriculture 农业.

GLOSSARY³ 词汇表

tracts 广阔的地面

leased 租借

ambitious scheme 雄心勃勃的计划

hectares 公顷

ensure 确保

unrest 骚动

overseas investment 海外投资

development 发展

eager 急切地

stake 整理

agriculture 农业

Questions and Answers

1. True or False? South Korea has bought a lot of farmland in Madagascar.

False. South Korea is renting the land for 99 years.

2. How much land is involved in the deal?

More than 1 million hectares.

3. How long will it take for the scheme to be fully functioning?

The scheme will take 15 years to become operational.

4. Which other African countries have expressed interest in doing something similar? 

Angola and Ethiopia are keen to get involved.

1 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。