VOA慢速英语《农业报道》文本：第6课.doc

1、英语翻议讲解：今天我们将收获一些词语。我们会解释一些植物和农田动物的常用术语。如果错过了节目，或者想自我测试，可以登录查看我们节目的文本或mp3。那么现在开始。有一些植物是一年生的。一年生作物与多年生植物不同，只生长一年或者一个生长季。多年生植物生长两年以上。多年生作物特别用来指代每年从同一个根系中生长出新的植株的药草等植物。人们食用药草，牛也一样。在各种牛中，bull指的是没有阉割过的雄性牛。如果雄性牛的生殖器官被割除，就叫做steer。calf指的是年轻的小牛。年轻的母牛，尤其是还没有生育过小牛的，叫做heifer。母牛与其他哺乳动物一样：它们为幼崽哺育牛奶，这叫做分泌乳汁，母牛分泌乳汁的

2、时间可以长达十个月。dry cow指的是不产奶的母牛。牛奶可能是曾微粒状分布的。均化作用是减小脂肪粒，使脂肪与牛奶充分混合的工序。否则，脂肪会在顶部聚集，有些人比较喜欢这样。有些人喜欢绵羊羊奶制品。ewe母羊指的是任何年龄段的雌性绵羊。母羊生产小羊。小羊指的是一岁以下的羊。任何年龄段的雄性羊都叫做ram。绵羊以一身厚密的羊毛著称。这是在没剪羊毛的情况下。剪羊毛指的是给绵羊“理发”，剪下的羊毛可以制成毛线。绵羊的肉也很有价值。来自一岁以上绵羊的肉叫做mutton。mutton羊肉是英国人最喜爱的传统食物。说到英国人，他们称阉割过的雄性猪为hog。但是Hog通常被用来指代任何种类的猪，尤其是圈养的

3、成年猪。生理成熟了的雄性猪叫做boar。成年雌性猪叫做sow，可以生产小猪。对于雄性马来说，阉割过的叫做gelding，没有阉割过的叫做stallion。幼马叫做foal。幼马由母马mare所生。mare指的是三岁以上的母马。三岁以下的雌性马叫做filly。四岁以下的雄性马叫做colt。英语听力原文：This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Today we harvest some words. We are going to explain some commonly used terms for plants and farm

4、animals. If you miss any, or if you want to test yourself, you can find a transcript and MP3 of our program at . So here we go.Some plants are annuals. Annuals live only one year or one growing season - unlike perennials. Perennials last for more than two years. This term is used especially for plan

5、ts like herbs that produce new growth year after year from the same root structure.img eat herbs, and so do cattle. Among cattle, a bull is a male cow that has not been castrated. A male is called a steer if it had its reproductive organs removed as a calf. A calf is a young cow. A young female cow,

6、 especially one that has not yet had a calf, is called a heifer: H-E-I-F-E-R.Cows are like all mammals: they produce milk for their young. This is called lactating. Cows lactate for up to ten months. A dry cow is a cow that is not producing milk.Milk may be homogenized. Homogenization is a process t

7、hat reduces the size of the fat particles and mixes the fat all through the milk. Otherwise, the fat will collect at the top, which is how some people like it.Some people like products made from sheeps milk. The milk comes from a ewe - spelled E-W-E. A ewe is a female sheep of any age. Ewes produce

8、lambs. A lamb is a sheep under a year old. Male sheep of any age are called rams.Sheep are known for their thick coat of fleece. That is, unless they have been sheared. Shearing is when a sheep gets a haircut so the fleece can be made into wool.Sheep are also valued for their meat. Meat from a sheep

9、 that is more than a year old is called mutton.Mutton was a traditional favorite of the British. Now speaking of the British, they call a castrated male pig a hog. But hog is a term commonly used for any swine, especially a domesticated adult pig. A sexually mature male is called a boar. And an adul

10、t female is a sow. She gives birth to litters of piglets.A male horse is a gelding if it was castrated and a stallion if it was not. A young horse is a foal. Foals are born to a mare, a sexually mature female. A mare is generally defined as three years or older. A female horse under three is a filly. And a male under four is a colt.So that is our lesson. And thats the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. Im Steve Ember.