跟读练习: Are Robot Milkers the Future of Dairy Farming - 通过YouTube学习英语口语

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
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The future has arrived at a dairy farm near Washington, D.C.
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A robot there milks the cows.
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The wood-borne creamery is in Mount Airy, Maryland.
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The cows stand in line for a turn at the robot.
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John Fendrick is the owner of the farm.
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He observes the progress of the animals by looking at a computer screen.
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That is all he has to do.
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The robot does all the work.
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It uses a laser to find each teat,
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the place on the cow where the milk comes out.
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The robot then cleans the teat and connects it to a milking tube.
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The robot also tests the milk for possible impurities.
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If it finds a problem, it rejects the milk.
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The machine knows to stop when the cow's milk flow slows.
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John Fendrick says robots change life on a dairy farm.
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He says they give the farmer freedom.
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Most farmers must milk their cows once in the morning and once at night.
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The animals are milked in good weather or bad.
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But Mr. Fendrick's cows do not follow such an order.
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They stay in the field until they want to be milked.
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The robot is always available.
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Mr. Fendrick does not need to be present.
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He can watch from his telephone.
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And he gets reports about the milking of each cow on his phone.
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The cow milking robot is not low-cost technology, however.
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Mr. Fendrick Fendrick paid more than $150,000 for it.
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But he notes paying someone to milk the cows is also costly.
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He says he will make up the cost of the robot in three years.
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Mr. Fendrick says he gets about 475 liters of milk a day,
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and he does not have to touch a cow.
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And that is a good thing.
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Mr. Fendrick says he does not like milking.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villareal.

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  • 观察进展 - "He observes the progress of the animals."
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