One way or another, farms are likely to have to keep getting more efficient with their water resources, as rising urban populations intersect with climate change that, scientists say, is making drought years more common in this region.
詞匯突破:1.One way or another 不管怎樣
2.Efficient高效的
3.Intersect with 與……交織=and=combined with
4.Drought year 旱年
5. rising urban populations 城市人口增長
6. climate change 氣候變化
主干識別:farms are likely to have to keep getting more efficient with their water resources
切分成分+獨立成句:
as rising urban populations intersect with climate change that, scientists say, is making drought years more common in this region. 狀語從句表示原因
結構簡化:A intersect with B is making C more common
A和B使得C更加普遍
A= rising urban populations
B= climate change
C= drought years
參考譯文:不管怎樣,城市人口增長以及氣候變化會使這個地區的旱年更常見(科學家認為),所以農場有可能越來越有效率地利用水資源了。
重要背景知識:
美國的第一用水大戶非農場主莫屬,農業消耗了全美百分之八十的水資源,在許多西部州,這一比例更是高達百分之九十。西南的農業常常因此而倍受詬病(are often targets for criticism),人們認為這些地區干燥的氣候并不適宜發展大面積的牧場(vast pasture lands),通常用來喂養牲畜的棉花和苜蓿 (alfalfa hay)因為耗水巨大更是顯得不合時宜。為應對各方壓力,美國的農場主們采用了一系列節水技術,如防止流水淤積的激光平地技術(laser leveling)、提高水利用率的滴灌技術(drip irrigation)以及栽種肥田作物(cover crop)。數據顯示,截止2008年農場每公頃土地平均比1998年節省了百分之十二的用水。美國的一位農場主說:“我們是土地的衛士。我們不浪費一滴水。”(We are good stewards of the land and we don’t waste water.)
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