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中英文本
Seven years after the 2008 melamine contamination scandal that rocked China's dairy industry, small-scale Chinese farmers are struggling to remain in the industry as they face increasing domestic and international competition. For one, there has been heavy investment by domestic dairy brands into creating their own modern dairy ranches in order to more closely control milk supply and quality. These modern ranches are behemoths, housing at least 10,000 heads of cattle and feature cutting edge technology like robotized milkingand automated systems for feed, temperature, bedding and litter. China's Shijiazhuang Junlebao Dairy Co. Ltd has begun construction on its own ranches in Zhangjiakou while one of China's largest dairy firms, China Mengniu Dairy Co., has been investing in 14 modern ranches since 2013.
七年前,三氯氰胺事件震动了中国奶制品行业,由于受到国内和国外的竞争压力,许多小型农场正在生死线中挣扎
。首先,国内奶制品品牌正在加大投资,其目的是要建立自己的现代农场,从而更加严格管控牛奶的供应,并保证质量 。这些现代农场规模巨大,每个农场至少都有1万只奶牛,并配有先进的设备,例如自动化的挤奶、喂养系统,并能够自动调节温度、帮助房室的建造,以及垃圾处理等问题 。中国石家庄君乐宝乳液有限公司已经开始在张家口建造自己的牧场,自从2013年起,中国最大的乳制品企业-蒙牛已经投资了14个现代农场 。These modern ranches are expected to phase out the small farms currently contracted with these firms, according to analyst Song Liang. Already, farmers report that dairy companies have been buying only four-fifths of their daily output since November.
分析师宋亮报告说这些现代农场很有可能会迫使那些小农场关闭
China, furthermore, is one of the world's largest dairy importers, having imported 1.5 million tons in nine months of 2014, a 36.5 percent increase from 2013. With more international free-trade agreements on the way, it will become even easier for overseas suppliers to join the race. The recently concluded China-Australia Free Trade Agreement will also see the removal of all tariffs on Australian dairy products within four to eleven years, which will in turn lower the prices of imported milk products. Prices for Australian-made baby formula in China may fall to more than half their current price,as it did when tariffs were cut for New Zealand products in 2013. Many local Australian dairy producers, taking advantage of Australia's current good dairy reputation, are making moves to enter the Chinese marketdue to the pricing dominance of large supermarket chains in theirown country. In May 2014, following a deal between China and Australia to expedite China's quarantine protocols, Norco Cooperative, based in Queensland, Australia, became the firstcompany to commercially ship fresh milk directly to China.
此外,中国是世界最大的奶制品进口国之一,在2014年的9个月的时间里,中国进口了1500万吨奶制品,这比2013年增加了36.5%
This will likely place even more of a burden on local farmers, particularly as the global surge in grain prices is set to lead to higher feed costs. For now, they can only try their best to keep up, forced to kill some cattle to cut losses or selling their product at low costs to pig farmers, while the extra milk is spilt into the earth.
这一举动很有可能为当地农民造成更大的压力,特别是随着全球粮食价格的上涨,牲畜的喂养价格也将上升
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重点讲解
1.phase out 逐渐停止
The company has phased out the truck mannfacturing.
这个公司已逐步停止了卡车生产
2.modern ranch 现代牧场
Currently 3 main production organization modes in China are rural household's scatter breeding, dairy plot,and modern ranch.
农户家庭散养、奶牛养殖小区和现代化牧场是我国目前三种主要的原料奶生产组织形式
3.free-trade agreement 自由贸易协定
We don’t say it all that often, but President Bush is right: Congress should pass the Colombian free-trade agreement now.
我们并没有那么经常地提到它,但布什总统是对的:议会应该马上通过哥伦比亚自由贸易协定
4.due to 应归于
Due to the internal rebellion within the army.
这是由于军队内部的反叛行为
5.melamine contamination 三聚氰胺污染
With border detainment, the imported products will be delayed by a month while extensive tests are performed for possible melamine contamination.
随着边境扣押,进口产品将被滞留一个月,期间将进行广泛的三聚氰胺污染可能性测试