垂直農業

山東 孫啟祿

主題語境：農業 篇幅：350詞 關鍵詞：vertical farming

1Vertical farming involves growing plants indoors,which is why it's sometimes also known as indoor farming.Instead of sunlight and rain,vertical farms use LED lighting and controlled growing and nutrition systems.Plants are stacked(放成整齊的一堆) vertically in layers,so many of the farms look like warehouses filled with large shelving units.

2Vertical farming is considered a highly efficient and sustainable way of producing food.For instance,it uses 250 times less water than a traditional farm would need.Automation is the key to this efficiency.Software,robotics and data science are some of the technologies used in vertical farms to monitor crops and create best growing conditions.

3Controlled environment agriculture like this helps to reduce the vertical farms' environmental impact,getting rid of the need for pesticides for example.Vertical farms also don't rely on the weather,so fresh produce can be grown all year round.

4Instead of growing fruit and vegetables on big farms and then transporting them over long distances in trucks and planes,vertical farming can supply local produce from neighbourhood buildings.This means less fuel is used and the food is fresher.

5Vertical farms also tend to produce more than traditional farms.Experts say plants can be harvested 15 times a year.In a traditional field,harvesting is twice a year.

6By precisely controlling the growing environment,products can last for 13 to 14 days,against three to four days for the equivalent products from traditional agriculture.

7However,cost is a big hurdle for vertical farming.Sunlight and rain are free.Powering LED lights,software and complex growing systems aren't.

8While some facilities run on electricity from wind turbines,vertical farms running on fossil fuels may be adding to the problem of climate change rather than making it better.Buying urban real estate to build vertical farms can also be expensive.

9“It's our mission to cultivate a sustainable future to meet global demands for fresh and local food,and this new farm is the manifestation (表明)of that commitment.This new facility serves as a model for what's possible around the globe,”says an expert.

Reading Check

1.What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?

A.What vertical farming is.

B.How vertical farming originated.

C.What the benefits of vertical farming are.

D.How vertical farming will change agriculture.

2.What can we infer from paragraphs 2 and 3?

A.Vertical farming does harm to climate.

B.It needs high technology to open a vertical farm.

C.Vertical farming is very popular around the world.

D.It costs more to open a traditional farm than a vertical farm.

3.What does the underlined word“hurdle”in paragraph 7 most probably mean?

A.Puzzle.B.Problem.

C.Advantage.D.Convenience.

4.What is the expert's attitude towards the future of vertical farming?

A.Positive.B.Negative.

C.Uncertain.D.Suspicious.

?語篇解碼

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了垂直農業的定義、好處及影響，并說明了垂直農業不是一個全球性的種植方案的原因。

?語言學習

Ⅰ.語料薈萃

Ⅱ.語句分析

1.Vertical farming involves growing plants indoors,which is why it's sometimes also known as indoor farming.垂直農業涉及在室內種植植物，這就是為什么它有時也被稱為室內農業。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。Vertical farming involves growing plants indoors是主句，which引導的是非限制性定語從句，why引導的是表語從句。

2.While some facilities run on electricity from wind turbines,vertical farms running on fossil fuels may be adding to the problem of climate change rather than making it better.

雖然一些設施使用風力渦輪機發電，但使用化石燃料的垂直農場可能會加劇而不是改善氣候變化問題。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。vertical farms may be adding...it better 是主句；while意為“雖然”，引導的是讓步狀語從句；rather than意為“而不是”，表轉折。

?語言運用

Ⅰ.例句仿寫

1.請積極參加課外活動，這不僅會讓你的學校生活豐富多彩，還會提高你的學習水平。

Please actively take part in after-class activities,________________,but also improve your learning.

2.最后但同樣重要的是，讓我們受人尊敬的是內在的美，而不是外表。

Last but not least,it is the inner beauty ________________that makes us respectable.

Ⅱ.寫作實踐

假定你是李華，最近你們班在英語課上組織了一場主題為“Vertical farming”的辯論會。請你根據下列結果寫一篇英語短文。

注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。