慢慢学英语：新加坡"天空农场”了解一下

20190729-这是第23篇-91 慢慢学英语：新加坡"天空农场”了解一下

Big changes in agriculture are taking place in Singapore.

新加坡的农业正在发生巨大变革。

take place发生
big changes巨大变革
changes 可变名词变化、变革
注意句型 change in ... be taking place

Some people say the small, Southeast Asian nation is leading a farming revolution.

有人指出，这个东南亚国家正在领导一场农业革命。

东南亚国家southeast asian nation
领导一场农业革命 lead a farming revolution
farming n 农业=agriculture
fish farms可数名词养殖场;饲养地
revolution=changes可数名词重大变革;巨大变化

Singapore aims to increase its own food production by growing vegetables on top of office buildings.

新加坡的目标是通过在办公楼顶部种植蔬菜来增加本国粮食产量。

aim to 目标
增加粮食产量 increase food production
production不可数名词产量 Production is the amount of goods manufactured or grown by a company or country.
product 制品，产品something that is produced and sold in large quantities, often as a result of a manufacturing process.
种植 grow /plant/farm
在……顶部 on top of
办公楼office buildings

It also has set up tiered fish farms and is using laboratories to grow shrimp, a popular treat.

该国还建立了分层养鱼场，利用实验室养殖虾――一种受欢迎的佳肴。

建立set up
tiered分层的
a two-tiered system 一个双层系统
tier一排
养鱼场fish farms
实验室laboratory【拼写】
grow养殖= = cultivate, breed, farm
shrimp虾
prown 大虾，对虾
shellfish贝类
crab蟹
a treat
treat noun[搭配]极大的乐事；特别的款待
great, real, special ，popular+treat
短语很出色的东西 If you say, for example, that something looks or works a treat, you mean that it looks very good or works very well

慢慢学英语：新加坡"天空农场”了解一下

That way, the island nation will not have to depend as much on imports to feed its 5.6 million people.

这样一来，这个岛国就不必过度依赖进口来养活560万人口。

岛国island nation
不必not have to
过度依赖depend as much on
overdependence过度依赖 n
过度 excessively
as much多
进口 imports
出口 exports
养 feed
nourish, feed, graze 这些动词均含“提供所需食物，喂养”之意。
nourish → 指提供生长、健康或维持生存所必需的食物或养料，尤指用营养品促进生长。
feed → 普通用词，含义广泛。既可指给人或动物提供食物，又可指给植物以养料或为机器等加燃料等。
graze → 侧重指用正在生长的青草喂养牲畜。

Singapore produces about 10% of its food.

But as climate change and population growth threaten food supplies, it wants to raise that to 30% by the year 2030, under a plan known as ‘30-by-30'.

新加坡的粮食产量约占其总产量的10%。

但由于气候变化和人口增长威胁到粮食供应，该国希望通过“30×30”计划到2030年将这一比例提高到30%。

produce
products
production
make, fabricate, manufacture, produce这些动词均有“做，制造”之意。
make → 普通用词，很常用，含义广，既可指制造具体的东西，也可指完成一种行为。
fabricate → 特指按照标准样式制作或把材料或部件组合成一个整体。
manufacture → 正式用词，一般指用机器大规模地批量生产各种生活或生产用品。
produce → 普通用词，侧重大量地生产出各种生产用品和生活用品。强调结果。也用于引申。
climate change 气候变化
population growth 人口增长
threaten 威胁---近音strengthen
粮食供应 food supplies---注意连读d和s
raise to提高到；by提高了多少（增加部分）
by the year 2030 到（未来的时间）
30-by-30 30×30计划
under a plan 通过……计划

The problem is space.Singapore is a small country, with only 724 square kilometers of land.

问题在于空间有限。

新加坡是一个小国家，国土面积只有724平方公里。
有……国土面积with num+ of land
square kilometers平方公里

Only one percent of that land area is used for agriculture. Food production costs are higher there than the rest of Southeast Asia.

只有1%的土地用于农业种植。当地食品生产成本高于东南亚其他地区。

be used for用于+sth
be used to do 用于
农业agriculture
食品生产成本 food production cost
production 生产
其他the rest of

The pressure is on new farmers to answer the government's call to "grow more with less."

新一代农民面临的压力是响应政府“用更低的成本生产更多的粮食”的号召。

pressure 压力+on sb
answer one's call 响应……的号召
用更低的成本生产更多的粮食grow more with less

"Whenever I talk about food security in Singapore, I tell folks don't think land - think space.Because you can go upwards and sideways," said Paul Teng.

Paul Teng称：“每当谈到新加坡的粮食安全问题时，我告诉人们要抛开土地，开发空间。因为你可以向上开发和向侧面延伸。