听力万花筒 第279期:美国加州遇百年干旱 粮食价格将上涨
日期:2014-02-12 14:44

(单词翻译:单击)

Drought bakes California, could dry up your wallet
California produces half of the country's homegrown produce. It's drought could mean bigger grocery bills nationwide.

Water, we drink it, we wash with it and we use it to grow our food. In California, it’s running out. The historic drought in the west now be filled in grocery stores around the country. On the left, that’s what California first look like, it’s one year ago, on the right, that’s how it looks today. That’s right, two thirds of the state is classified as being extreme or exceptional drought. It is the most serious categories. If it continues, it’ll be the worst drought in 130 years. This will hurt you even if you don't live in California, why? California's 80,000 farms, produce nearly half of US grown fruits, nuts and vegetables ,that's more than any other state in the country. And some of those things you put in your grocery cart, you can't get anywhere else.90% of the nation’s supply of ,they all come from California. Many of them, water intensive and water is in short supply. And such as grains, wine, beef, dairy could all face price pressures, price increases. So how high could prices go? A vegetable crop specialist Usy Rivercide Momen Giffen told us this drought could hike product’s prices 10% over the next few months. Law makers are preparing emergency relief bills. What the farm need now is rain.

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重点单词
  • exceptionaladj. 例外的,异常的,特别的,杰出的
  • droughtn. 干旱
  • walletn. 皮夹,钱包
  • producen. 产品,农作物 vt. 生产,提出,引起,分娩,制片
  • extremeadj. 极度的,极端的 n. 极端,极限
  • reliefn. 减轻,解除,救济(品), 安慰,浮雕,对比 adj
  • supplyn. 补给,供给,供应,贮备 vt. 补给,供给,提供,
  • cartn. 手推车,(二轮)载货车 v. (用手推车)运送,(