时间:2019-01-09 作者:英语课 分类:VOA慢速英语2008年(八)月


英语课
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
 






Angora goats



Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat. Or for their ability to help renew 1 grasslands 2 and control weeds. Or even for their ability to be friendly and gentle around children.

Goats can also be valuable for their hair.

Cashmere goats produce cashmere and Angora goats produce -- thought we were going to say angora? No, angora fiber 3 in fact comes from rabbits. Angora goats produce mohair.

Mohair is used in sweaters, scarves, coats and other clothing. Mohair is also used in floor rugs 4 and carpets and things like doll hair.

An adult Angora can produce as much as seven kilograms of hair each year. As the goats grow older, however, their hair becomes thicker and less valuable. Hair from white or solid-colored goats is the most popular, but the appeal of mixed-color mohair has grown in recent years.

The United States is one of the main producers of mohair, and exports most of its production.

Angora goats are also popular show animals. They require little special care. The animals need milk from their mothers for three or four months. They reach full maturity 5 when they are a little more than two years old. But even then they are smaller than most sheep and milk goats.

Cashmere goats are usually larger than Angoras. They can grow big enough to be kept with sheep and cattle.

The outer hair of the animal is called guard hair. Behind it is the valuable material on a cashmere goat. Cashmere is valued for its softness and warmth without much weight.

Some farmers comb their cashmere goats to remove the hair. But if the animals do get a haircut, it often takes place at the time when they naturally lose their winter coat -- between December and March.

Angora goats generally get their hair cut two times a year, in the spring and fall. The job can be done with simple cutting tools or by hiring a professional shearer 6. Angoras may need special protection from the cold for about a month after shearing 7.

The value of an animal's coat depends on the age, size and condition. But whatever kind of goat you choose, be sure to have a good fence. Goats love to explore.

And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. To learn more about agriculture, go to voaspecialenglish.com for transcripts 8 and MP3 archives of our reports.



vt.使更新,复始,使恢复,补充;vi.更新,重新开始
  • The most important thing is to renew your health.最重要的是恢复你的健康。
  • We must renew our supplies of coal.我们必须补充煤的储备。
n.草原,牧场( grassland的名词复数 )
  • Songs were heard ringing loud and clear over the grasslands. 草原上扬起清亮激越的歌声。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Grasslands have been broken and planted to wheat. 草原已经开垦出来,种上了小麦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.纤维,纤维质
  • The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
  • The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。
n.小块地毯( rug的名词复数 )
  • rugs handmade by local craftsmen 由当地工艺师手工制作的小地毯
  • Try to avoid colours that jar when choosing curtains and rugs. 选择窗帘和地毯时,尽量避免颜色不调和。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
  • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
  • This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
n.剪羊毛的人;剪切机
  • A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙匠无利器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Eventually, Shearer lost faith, dropping him to the bench. 最终,希勒不再信任他,把他换下场。 来自互联网
n.剪羊毛,剪取的羊毛v.剪羊毛( shear的现在分词 );切断;剪切
  • The farmer is shearing his sheep. 那农夫正在给他的羊剪毛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The result of this shearing force is to push the endoplasm forward. 这种剪切力作用的结果是推动内质向前。 来自辞典例句
n.抄本( transcript的名词复数 );转写本;文字本;副本
  • Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样,都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
  • You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书,你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
AAMT
adure
age(ing) hardening
amplexicaul
animal experiment
archaeon
as hard as marble
autopsied
bagan
Bhadaur
Björneborg
Br. R.
bull stretcher
cantab
carburises
checkrow planter
chowachsit (khovakhsite)
cloacal bursa
conical volcano
critical specific surface
damion
data type default rule
decree-law
defining relative clause
destroyabler
dieblock
digital console
Dimetfol
direct spinning
duffle coats
Dutch New Guinea
eugenia jamboss
exclusive use
experimental factilities
external magnetic circuit
extinct natural radionucleus
fakey
fashion police
Finkenbach
for starter
gestational proteinuria
get a crush on sb
grays in silicon
hadromycosis
hart-royal
have a regard for
have occasion to
heizmznnia (heizmznnia) lii
Home Loan Bank
iabp
idolatrious
improving agent
incoronation
incroyable
indocaine
jachymov (joachimsthal)
Joseph Black
keep under the lee of land
Kesarevo
key sequenced file
Kvens
lanctot
Lepersonnite
low altitude sonde
made an example of
maraka
Merschwitz
mignonette tree
moambique
molten aluminum
mortiseandtenon
Mount Magnet
narayan
normal form of a matrix
perfluoroalkyl group
phase wound motor
postpositively
preditor
primary capacitor
probabilistic transition mechanism
prom-goers
pump money into
quar-man
regiones buccalis
Schorbach
siegelson
slide valve chamber
superstitiously
Swiss Reformation
systematicness
teletype input-output device
Tibagi
tilles
trimask structure
twilight correction
typed memory name space
underharvesters
unit buying the product
urners
uva-
vitex oil
well-grooved