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The Paris International Agricultural Show is the biggest farming event in France. The show has plenty of farm animals, growers and other people every year.
This year some of those attending considered the effects of climate change on farm production. Farmers and experts from around the world spoke about ways to prepare agriculture for a more difficult and possibly uncertain future.
Bigger droughts, more flooding and stronger storms are some of the effects that climate change has brought to our planet. Farmers are reacting to the effects of rising temperatures. But many small family farmers in developing countries suffer because of the changing conditions.
By the year 2050, farmers will have to feed a world population of about 9.6 billion. Just over seven billion people are alive today.
Jose Graziano da Silva is Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. He says that to deal with climate change, agriculture must become more sustainable, more resilient and more widely available. He says even the poorest people have a right to food.
"Always, the poorest and the smallest are the most vulnerable. Starting from the fact they are already in marginal awareness, so they are the first that are affected by a drought or by a flood that are let's say the current, ongoing impacts of the climate change."
The UN's Food and Agricultural Organization chief spoke at an international meeting in Paris. He and other delegates looked at the issue of climate change and agriculture. A major UN climate conference will take place in the French capital in December. The goal of those talks is to reach an international deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Studies have found links between such gases and rising temperatures.
French President Francois Hollande said the U.N. conference will not settle all the climate change problems. But he said it must at least give the world a reason for hope. He said it is important to define a plan of action to fight climate change, and agriculture must be part of the solution.
Evelyn Nguleka of Zambia is President of the World Farmers Organization. She told VOA that farmers are looking for real solutions.
"Because it is one thing just to send out an alarm that there is going to be weather pattern changes. But what is important for the farmer is how is a farmer going to be able to survive? So resilience for us is a key word - and of course, that goes with innovations."
Nadjirou Sall of northern Senegal heads an organization called ROPPA. It represents West African farmers. He said the area where he lives has been dealing with long, dry weather for many years.
He said the Paris climate conference will be useful if it considers the problems of family farmers like himself. If not - as far as he is concerned - it will be a failure.
I'm Marsha James.
词汇解释
1.resilient adj. 弹回的，有弹力的；立即复原的
When the U.S. stock market collapsed in October 1987, the Japanese stock market was the most resilient.
当美国股市在1987年10月崩盘时，日本股市是最快复苏的。
2.marginal adj. 边缘的；临界的；末端的
The analysts applaud the cuts in marginal businesses, but insist the company must make deeper sacrifices.
分析家们赞同对边际业务的削减，但坚持认为公司必须作出更大牺牲。
内容解析
1.So resilience for us is a key word - and of course, that goes with innovations.
go with 伴随…而有；伴随…而存在
For many women, the status which goes with being a wife is important.
对许多女性来说，伴随为人妻而来的地位很重要。
the lucrative $250,000 salary that goes with the job.
这份工作所提供的25万美元的丰厚薪水。
参考译文
巴黎国际农展是法国最大规模的农业盛会，每年都有很多农场动物和种植者等人参加展会。
今年展会的一些参加者考虑了气候变化对农业生产的影响，全世界各地的农场主和专家谈到让农业为更艰难和可能不确定的未来做好准备。
更严重的干旱、更多洪灾和更强风暴是气候变化带来地球的一些影响，农民们正在应对气温上升的影响，但发展中国家的很多小农业主因为环境变化受到影响。
到2050年，农民们将继续养活全世界96亿人口，今天只有70亿人口。
何塞·格拉齐亚诺·达席尔瓦是联合国粮农组织总干事，他说，为应对气候变化，农业必须变得更加可持续、复原能力更强且更加普及。他说即使是最贫困人口也要有权获得食物。
“最贫困和年龄最小者是最脆弱的，他们总是已经处于边缘意识中，所以他们最先受到干旱、洪灾的影响，这些就是目前持续的气候变化的影响。”
这位联合国粮农组织总干事最近在巴黎的国际会议上发了言，他和其他代表们探讨了气候变化和农业问题。12月将在法国首都举行一次重要的联合国气候会议，这些会谈的目的是达成减少气体排放的国际协议，研究已经发现此类气体和气温上升之间的关联。
法国总统弗朗索瓦·奥朗德说，这次联合国会议不会解决所有的气候变化问题，但他说必须至少给全世界希望的理由，他说重要的是制定对付气候变化的行动方案，而农业必须成为解决方案的一部分。
赞比亚的Evelyn Nguleka是世界农民组织主席，她告诉美国之音，农民们在寻求真正的解决办法。
“因为会议只是在发出气候形势会有变化的警报，但对农民来说重要的是如何生存，所以对我们来说复原能力是个关键词，当然这就需要创新。”
塞内加尔北部的Nadjirou Sall是一家名为ROPPA的组织的负责人，该组织代表西非农民，他说他生活的地区多年来一直在应对长期的干旱天气。
他说巴黎气候会议如果能考虑到像自己这样的家庭农户的问题才有用，对他来说，如果不行则意味着失败。
我是玛莎·詹姆斯。
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