Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture · 当代农业的挑战
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| food security/fuːd sɪˈkjʊərɪti/ | 粮食安全 | liáng shí ān quán |
| food deserts/fuːd ˈdezəts/ | 食物荒漠 | shí wù huāng mò |
| GMOs/ˌdʒiː em ˈəʊz/ | 转基因生物 | zhuǎn jī yīn shēng wù |
| organic farming/ɔːˈɡænɪk ˈfɑːmɪŋ/ | 有机农业 | yǒu jī nóng yè |
Can everyone be fed?
- Food security 粮食安全 is reliable access to enough safe, nutritious food.
- The world grows enough food, yet hunger persists where access is unequal.
- Food deserts 食物荒漠 are areas with little access to fresh, affordable food.
能养活所有人吗?
- 粮食安全(food security)是可靠地获得足够安全、营养的食物。
- 世界种出足够的粮食,但在获取不平等的地方饥饿仍然存在。
- 食物荒漠(food deserts)是几乎无法获得新鲜、可负担食物的地区。
Reliable access to enough safe, nutritious food is called... · 可靠地获得足够安全、有营养的食物被称为……
Food security means dependable access to good food. · 粮食安全意味着可靠地获取优质食物。
Technology and debate
- GMOs 转基因生物 are crops with genes changed to resist pests or boost yield.
- Supporters say they raise output; critics worry about health and control by big firms.
- The debate mixes science, economics, and ethics.
技术与争论
- 转基因生物(GMOs)是改变基因以抗虫或增产的作物。
- 支持者说它们提高产量;批评者担心健康和被大公司控制。
- 这场争论混合了科学、经济和伦理。
Which agricultural challenge? · 哪种农业挑战？
Match each example to the challenge it shows. · 将每个示例与其显示的挑战相匹配。
GMOs are crops whose genes have been changed, for example to resist pests. · 转基因生物（GMOs）是经过基因改造的作物，例如为了抗虫。
GMOs have modified genes to boost yield or resistance. · **转基因生物（GMOs）**具有经过修饰的基因以提高产量或抗性。
An area with little access to fresh, affordable food is a food . · 难以获得新鲜、廉价食物的区域是食物。
A food desert is defined by poor access, not lack of total supply. · 食物荒漠的定义在于获取困难，而非总供应量不足。
Match each term to its meaning. · 将下列术语与其含义匹配。
Security = access; desert = poor access; GMO = modified crop. · 安全 = 获取；荒漠 = 获取困难；转基因生物（GMO）= 改良作物。
Alternatives and land use
- Organic farming 有机农业 avoids synthetic chemicals; local-food cuts "food miles".
- Suburbanisation eats into farmland at the edge of cities.
- Balancing enough food, fair access, and a healthy environment is the core challenge.
替代方案与土地利用
- 有机农业(organic farming)避免合成化学品;本地食品减少“食物里程”。
- 郊区化侵蚀城市边缘的农田。
- 在足够的食物、公平的获取和健康的环境之间取得平衡,是核心挑战。
Select all · 所有 true statements about world hunger. · 选择关于世界饥饿的所有正确陈述。
Hunger is mostly about access and distribution; the world grows enough food overall. · 饥饿主要是关于获取和分配问题；全球粮食总产量是足够的。
World hunger is usually a problem of access and distribution, not total supply. Enough food is grown globally, but poverty, conflict, and food deserts block access. On the exam, explain hunger through distribution, not just production.
世界饥饿通常是获取和分配的问题,而非总供给。全球种出足够的粮食,但贫困、冲突和食物荒漠阻碍了获取。考试中,要通过分配而非仅生产来解释饥饿。
A poor urban neighbourhood with only corner shops selling packaged snacks, and no supermarket for kilometres, is a food desert. People there may go hungry for fresh food even though the country as a whole grows plenty — a problem of access, not supply.
一个贫穷的城市社区只有卖包装零食的小店,数公里内没有超市,这是食物荒漠。尽管整个国家种出充足的粮食,那里的人仍可能缺乏新鲜食物——这是获取问题,而非供给问题。
Contemporary agriculture must balance food security (reliable access), the GMO and organic debates, food deserts (poor access), and farmland lost to suburbanisation. World hunger is mainly about access and distribution, not total production.
当代农业必须平衡粮食安全(可靠获取)、转基因和有机之争、食物荒漠(获取不良),以及因郊区化而丧失的农田。世界饥饿主要关乎获取和分配,而非总产量。