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62 利用现代科技手段控制蝗虫

DATE=6-26-01
TITLE=AGRICULTURE REPORT - Controlling Locusts2 with Technology
BYLINE=George Grow

(Start at 59")This is Bill White with the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.  
Desert (1) locusts are a (2) threat to agriculture in many developing countries.  Large numbers of locusts can destroy crops in a few hours.  Locusts can eat as much food in one day as two-thousand-five-hundred people. The insects also move quickly.  They can travel more than one-hundred kilometers in a day.
The U-N Food and Agriculture Organization says desert locusts are found in twenty-five countries.  The countries cover an area of sixteen-million (3) square kilometers, from West Africa to India.
The local (4) Ministry3 of Agriculture generally is responsible for locust1 control.  In some areas, international organizations offer (5) assistance.  Chemicals to control locusts can (6) reduce the number of insects.  However, some locusts have developed a resistance to the chemicals.  Also, chemicals can be costly4 and harm the environment. 
Desert locusts caused major crop damage between Nineteen-Eighty-Seven and Nineteen-Eighty-Nine.  Locust experts are preparing for the next (7) major attack.
Presently, teams (8) investigate and collect information about the location of locusts. They send their reports to a national office.  From there, the reports are sent to F-A-O (9) headquarters.
Recently, United Nations officials described a method to ease the work of people studying the insects.  The method (10) involves (11) satellites in earth (12) orbit and computers. F-A-O officials say teams now can use satellites in a (13) global positioning system, or (14) G-P-S.  It provides position information to both (15) military and civilian5 users all over the world.  Researchers studying locusts can (16) identify their position to within ten meters. The team connects the G-P-S to a small hand-held computer.  The computer has a program for collecting information about locusts.  At the end of the day, the team connects the computer to a special radio in a (17) vehicle.  The radio sends the information to the national office through a special device.
F-A-O locust expert Keith Cressman says desert locust attacks can begin suddenly.  So it is important to be able to act quickly.  He says this technology will help send information quickly and correctly. The new system should help experts warn countries threatened by desert locusts.  It also should reduce the amount of chemicals needed to kill the insects. 
This VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT was written by George Grow. This is Bill White.


(1) locust [ 5lEukEst ] n.[动]蝗虫, 蚱蜢, 蝉
(2) threat [ Wret ] n.恐吓, 凶兆, 威胁
(3) square [ skwZE ] n.正方形, 广场, 平方, 直角尺 adj.平方的
(4) Ministry of Agriculture n.农业部
(5) assistance [ E5sistEns ] n.协助, 援助, 补助
(6) reduce [ ri5dju:s ] vt.减少, 缩小, 简化, 还原
(7) major [ 5meidVE ] n.<美>[教]主修课adj.主修的, 成年的, 大调的 vi.主修
(8) investigate [ in5vesti^eit ] v.调查, 研究
(9) headquarters [ 5hed7kwC:tEz ] n.司令部, 指挥部, 总部
(10) involve [ in5vClv ] vt.包括, 笼罩, 潜心于, 使陷于
(11) satellite [ 5sAtElait ] n.人造卫星
(12) orbit [ 5C:bit ] n.轨道, 势力范围, 生活常规, 眼眶 vt.绕...轨道而行
(13) global positioning system n全球卫星定位系统
(14) G-P-S= global positioning system
(15) military [ 5militEri ] adj.军事的, 军用的
(16) identify [ ai5dentifai ] vt.识别, 鉴别, 把...和...看成一样 v.确定
(17) vehicle [ 5vi:ikl ] n.交通工具, 车辆, 媒介物, 传达手段

 


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1 locust m8Dzk     
n.蝗虫;洋槐,刺槐
参考例句:
  • A locust is a kind of destructive insect.蝗虫是一种害虫。
  • This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面。
2 locusts 0fe5a4959a3a774517196dcd411abf1e     
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 );贪吃的人;破坏者;槐树
参考例句:
  • a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
  • In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西,什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
4 costly 7zXxh     
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
参考例句:
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
5 civilian uqbzl     
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
参考例句:
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

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