跟读练习: VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 393 - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
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Sorghum is an important grain for Africa.
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Millions of Africans have more to eat because of Gabisa Ejeta.
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The Ethiopian scientist developed sorghum seeds that can resist long dry periods.
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The seeds can also resist the Striga weed,
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a big cause of crop failures in Africa.
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Now his work has earned him this year's World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement in Washington in June.
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She pointed out that Professor Ejeta did not just develop the seeds.
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He also worked to get them to farmers.
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He will receive the $250,000 award at a ceremony in October.
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He is only the second African to win the prize since it was established in 1986.
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Monty Jones, a rice expert from Sierra Leone,
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was the winner in 2004.
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Gabisa Ejeta is a professor at Purdue University in Indiana.
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Over the years, he has worked with farmers and seed companies and developed more than 80 seed types for Africa.
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In the early 1980s, Professor Egeta developed the first sorghum hybrid seeds.
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These resisted drought and led to a major increase in production.
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Drought is not the only enemy.
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Striga is a parasitic weed that Africans commonly call witchweed.
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The plant attacks sorghum and other crops and steals water and nutrients from the roots nutrients from the roots.
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In the 1990s, Gabisa Ejeta and another Purdue researcher,
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Larry Butler, identified the complex relationships between striga and sorghum plants.
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That finding led to the development of seeds resistant to both striga and drought.
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Gbisa Ejeta was raised in a one-room hut in a rural village in west central Ethiopia.
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His mother wanted him to get an education.
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He walked 20 kilometers to school in a neighboring town.
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He left home on Sunday nights and returned on Friday.
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For secondary school, he attended an agricultural and technical school.
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It was established by Oklahoma State University under an American government program.
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From there, he received an invitation to study at Purdue,
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where he earned a doctoral degree.
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But Professor Ejeta has never forgotten his African roots.
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Today, he encourages other scientists to turn their attention to Africa's needs.
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And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
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Transcripts and MP3s of our reports are at voaspecialenglish.com.
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Thank you.
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本报告来自美国之音（VOA）的特别农业报告，专注于非洲及其农业发展的重要性。埃塞俄比亚科学家加比萨·埃杰塔（Gabisa Ejeta）在抗干旱和抵御寄生草的高粱种子研发上做出了巨大的贡献，帮助数百万非洲人改善了他们的饮食条件。他获得的世界粮食奖表彰了他的伟大成就和对农业的奉献。这一成就不仅体现了个人的努力，也突显了科学对经济发展的促进作用。
日常交流中的五个重要短语
- 农业报告 - 本文讨论农业和粮食生产的重要性。
- 抗干旱种子 - 加比萨·埃杰塔研发的种子能够抵抗长时间的干旱。
- 寄生草 - 该植物是导致非洲作物失败的主要原因之一。
- 世界粮食奖 - 一个全球性的奖项，用以表彰在粮食安全方面的杰出贡献。
- 教育背景 - 加比萨的教育经历展示了他从贫困到成就的历程。
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