时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(八月)


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Farm Bill Key Issue on Presidential Campaign Trail in Iowa



A lack of rain and scorching 1 temperatures are taking a toll 2 on eastern Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt.


On his farm outside Davenport, a creek 3 bed usually flowing with water is almost completely dried up. His grazing pastures are so bare he has to bring in hay and water daily to keep his cows fed.


To make matters worse, some of his corn crop has wilted 4, and Ewoldt is worried that low supply and high prices will impact other parts of his farming operation. “The hog 5 operations are going to be really hurting because they need to feed corn. The poultry 6 is really going to be in a squeeze because that’s all a chicken will eat is corn. And a dairy guy has to feed corn to get his cows to produce a lot of corn," he said.


While campaigning in Iowa, President Barack Obama announced the U.S. government would buy up to $170 million worth of pork, chicken, and lamb to help those producers affected 7 by the drought. Ewoldt views the announcement as a political maneuver 8.


“In the short run it’s going to help us, but to sustain us through what were going to see over the next eight to ten months in these crop prices and our input 9 costs for livestock 10, it’s not going to do much at all," he said.


Ewoldt says what would help are certain benefits provided by the Farm Bill, such as crop insurance. He wants the legislation renewed before it expires to help provide a sense of security amid the drought. “We’re tired of the gridlock. We’re tired of hearing that the Congress, the House and Senate are all locked up, and there’s so much - everybody’s so divided," he said.


“In this part of the country especially, they feel very disconnected from Washington," said Augustana College Political Science Professor Christopher Whitt. He said in Iowa, the drought could determine the November election. “The ways in which the people from the two parties either respond or didn’t respond to the drought, would be a game changer.”


Oklahoma Republican Congressman 11 Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, hopes lawmakers visiting their districts during the recess 12 will see the impact of the drought, and act to pass the Farm Bill. “I’m counting on farmers and ranchers across the country who are impacted by the drought to remind their members of Congress, that’s what constituents 13 do a wonderful job of, to work with committee to get the job done," he said.


“Hopefully we can get by this bickering 14 and let’s get it done, and let’s do what’s best for the country not what’s best for the parties," said Ewoldt.


In the meantime, what would be best for Ewoldt is more rain, to get the water running through his creek again, and to help the grass grow in his pastures so his cows can eat on their own, without his help.




adj. 灼热的
  • a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
  • a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.小溪,小河,小湾
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
(使)凋谢,枯萎( wilt的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The flowers wilted in the hot sun. 花在烈日下枯萎了。
  • The romance blossomed for six or seven months, and then wilted. 那罗曼史持续六七个月之后就告吹了。
n.猪;馋嘴贪吃的人;vt.把…占为己有,独占
  • He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
  • Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。
n.家禽,禽肉
  • There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
  • What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
n.策略[pl.]演习;v.(巧妙)控制;用策略
  • All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后,所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
  • I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。
n.输入(物);投入;vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
  • I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
  • All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
n.家畜,牲畜
  • Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
  • The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处)
  • The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
  • Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
n.选民( constituent的名词复数 );成分;构成部分;要素
  • She has the full support of her constituents. 她得到本区选民的全力支持。
  • Hydrogen and oxygen are the constituents of water. 氢和氧是水的主要成分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁
  • The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
  • The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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a poon
A tent
absorption water
actuarial table
Alasin
alicycle
amidrazone
apogranite
attribution model
autocatalysts
avian-flu
bastard fount
Beaconsfield
bench-drill
boat bearer
bolillos
bresaolas
Bupleurum longicaule
cage hydraulic press
carbide insert bit
Catcher in the Rye
centimoes
channel decoder
comma construction
contact reliability inspection
cotton-enamel covered wire
course
Critesion
crystal tea
decontraction
demolition of property
Deuteronomic, Deuteronomical
deviation of borehole
DIIC
distance of relative movement
distesol
dividend payout ration
duquesnel
equivalent bar
error status register
family Rhinolophidae
gang seeder
general recursive predicate
geographic proximity
gridpoints
GVE
have a peep ab sb
have something on one's shoulders
hereditary predisposition
HF-24
high pressure turbine bypass
hobnail
icker
ignition residue
intermediate preference targets
irenina malloticola
Kannose-gawa
lameller tearing
leave one's card upon someone
left-click
level of organization
library member
man of quality
mangadom
mesomeric theory
miniaturizes
moneymaking
moral duty
moving speed of table
noise level
north land (severnaya zemlya)
Orroroo
outdoor motor
ovonic threshold switch
partial solid solution
partner's capiatl
perissus asperatus
personal computing conference
photoelectric photometer
pillar shaping machine
placentotrophy
Planchonella obovata
plex structure
primary safety valve for inner container
project production
rekles
sample pulse phase
Shentoo's line
sinaed
spring for air pump
stewed
suck-boy
takehome
thermal decomposition method
transmission standards
ultrasonic test method
UNRPR
UVPROM
uvular diastematia
walkback
weirty
workcentre