One way or another, farms are likely to have to keep getting more efficient with their water resources, as rising urban populations intersect with climate change that, scientists say, is making drought years more common in this region.
词汇突破:1.One way or another 不管怎样
2.Efficient高效的
3.Intersect with 与……交织=and=combined with
4.Drought year 旱年
5. rising urban populations 城市人口增长
6. climate change 气候变化
主干识别:farms are likely to have to keep getting more efficient with their water resources
切分成分+独立成句:
as rising urban populations intersect with climate change that, scientists say, is making drought years more common in this region. 状语从句表示原因
结构简化:A intersect with B is making C more common
A和B使得C更加普遍
A= rising urban populations
B= climate change
C= drought years
参考译文:不管怎样,城市人口增长以及气候变化会使这个地区的旱年更常见(科学家认为),所以农场有可能越来越有效率地利用水资源了。
重要背景知识:
美国的第一用水大户非农场主莫属,农业消耗了全美百分之八十的水资源,在许多西部州,这一比例更是高达百分之九十。西南的农业常常因此而倍受诟病(are often targets for criticism),人们认为这些地区干燥的气候并不适宜发展大面积的牧场(vast pasture lands),通常用来喂养牲畜的棉花和苜蓿 (alfalfa hay)因为耗水巨大更是显得不合时宜。为应对各方压力,美国的农场主们采用了一系列节水技术,如防止流水淤积的激光平地技术(laser leveling)、提高水利用率的滴灌技术(drip irrigation)以及栽种肥田作物(cover crop)。数据显示,截止2008年农场每公顷土地平均比1998年节省了百分之十二的用水。美国的一位农场主说:“我们是土地的卫士。我们不浪费一滴水。”(We are good stewards of the land and we don’t waste water.)
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