新西兰英语 123 World Potato Conference in Christchurch
The 7th World Potato Conference 1 was held in Christchurch this week. This is the first time it has been held in New Zealand. A large number of scientists from many different countries attended the conference.
New Zealand is a good country to host a potato conference because we grow and eat a lot of potatoes. Each person in New Zealand eats about 65kg of potatoes a year. We sell $6 million worth of potatoes overseas 2 every year; 70% of our potato exports go to Australia for potato chips and the rest of the exports are to the Pacific and Asia. We can grow 50 tonnes per hectare 3, on average, of potatoes.
However, China is now the biggest grower of potatoes and India is also growing potatoes. Potatoes may be a better food for feeding millions of people than rice or wheat. A growing potato plant doesn’t need as much water as grain. It can grow in most kinds of soil and climate.
Potatoes can be used in many ways: baked, boiled, mashed 4, or as french fries. A slang 5 word for the potato in New Zealand is “spud”. If you hear someone say they are going to have spuds for dinner, that means 6 potatoes.
- We're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.我们将举行一次会议，希望你来旁听。
- The conference will come to a close this afternoon.今天下午会议闭幕。
- Her man has been sent overseas by his employers.她的丈夫已被雇主派往海外。
- Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。
- A hectare is equal to 15 mu.1公顷合15市亩。
- The lands were to be sold at $2.50 per hectare.土地的售价为每公顷2.50美元。
- two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
- Just one scoop of mashed potato for me, please. 请给我盛一勺土豆泥。
- The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。
- Slang often goes in and out of fashion quickly.俚语往往很快风行起来又很快不再风行了。