CATTI考前热点话题：“农业与粮食问题“

 　　中国是一个人口大国，国情复杂，在推进农业现代化的进程中，我们将坚持家庭经营在农业中的基础性地位，推进多种形式的农业经营方式创新。在严格保护农民土地权益、尊重农民意愿的基础上，鼓励有条件的农户流转土地经营权，鼓励农民联合与合作。这几年，中国家庭农场已增加到87万家，平均规模达到13公顷(200亩)，农民专业合作社数量超过110万家，成为农业现代化的重要力量和发展方向。以家庭经营为基础，推进适度规模经营，发展现代农业，有利于更好地“供养中国”，也会对世界粮食安全作出贡献。

　　China is a big populous¹ country with complex national conditions. In the process of agricultural modernization², we will stick to the fundamental role of family farming in agriculture and continue to promote multi-form innovative³ ways of agricultural operation. On the basis of effectively protecting farmers' land rights and interests and respecting their will, we encourage farmers, as their conditions are ready, to transfer their land management right to others; we also encourage farmers' union and cooperation. In recent years, the number of Chinese household farms has increased to 870,000, with an average scale of 13 hectares (or 200 mu), and farmers' cooperatives, exceeding 1.1 million in number, have become an important force and development direction in agricultural modernization. To promote farm operation with an appropriate scale and develop modern agriculture on the basis of family farming will help better feed China, thus contributing to world food security.

　　人人有饭吃，是人类最基本的生存权利，是一切人权的基础。全球农业发展取得了长足的进步，但饥饿和贫困依然是一种“无声的危机”，是深深困扰全人类的“阿喀琉斯之踵”。

　　Food for all is, for mankind, the most fundamental right of survival, which serves as the basis for all other human rights. Great progress has been made in the global agricultural development. Yet hunger and poverty have remained a "silent crisis". They are like the "Achilles heel", deeply troubling all human beings.

　　中国与世界各国特别是发展中国家的农业合作发展很快。近些年，我们在亚洲、非洲、拉美、太平洋等地区近100个国家，建立了农业技术示范中心、农业技术实验站和推广站，先后派遣农业专家和技术人员3万余人次，同时帮助这些国家培养了一大批农业技术人员。我们这一代中国人经历过饥饿的痛苦，我们与仍处在饥饿状态的人们感同身受，我们希望看到饥饿和贫困在全球被消灭，我们愿意与各国分享农业技术、经验和农业发展模式。中国的杂交水稻良种已经使很多国家受益。

　　China's agricultural cooperation with other countries, in particular developing countries, has been on the fast track. In recent years, we have set up agricultural technology demonstration⁴ centers, experimental stations and promotion⁵ stations in nearly 100 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific. We have sent over 30,000 agricultural experts and technicians to these countries and helped them to train a large number of technicians of their own. The Chinese of my generation had suffered from hunger, so we share the feelings with people who are still suffering from hunger. We hope to see hunger and poverty eliminated in the whole world and we are willing to share with other countries agricultural technologies, experience and development models. In fact, China's improved hybrid⁶ rice strains have already benefited many countries.

1 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

2 modernization   

n.现代化，现代化的事物

参考例句：

• This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
• The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。

3 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

4 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

5 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

6 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。