时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2012年


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 Holy cow ! You have to take a look at this picture. Yeah, this bovine 1 has given birth to not one, but four calves 2. I guess that will really earn her the world heifer. They got us thinking how common is this? Of course, we crunch 3 the numbers and we found out the odds 4 of quadruplet calves being born. All female and all alive,1 in 179.2 million. They got us wondering about how natural this is? And if hormones 5 were involved. We asked Paul Roberts, who is author of the End of food. Why are the first reaction to this picture which is rather cute was actually alarm. Well, because you know, the first thing we think is what we're wrong. You know, a hundred years ago, four healthy births we would've thought is a miracle. Today, given all the questions we have about food system, where food comes from about the ingrediants and about the conditions under which is made. We are wondering whether this is another sign of another problem. And that's really indication where we're, and the food system in level distressed 6 a lot of consumers have about food system. All right, it's pretty interesting, I think, think about. Let us know what you think on our facebook page about our food supply.



1 bovine
adj.牛的;n.牛
  • He threw off his pack and went into the rush-grass andand munching,like some bovine creature.他丢开包袱,爬到灯心草丛里,像牛似的大咬大嚼起来。
  • He was a gentle,rather bovine man.他是一位文雅而反应迟钝的人。
2 calves
n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解
  • a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
  • The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 crunch
n.关键时刻;艰难局面;v.发出碎裂声
  • If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
  • People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。
4 odds
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
5 hormones
痛苦的
  • He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑,无法回答他们的问题。
  • The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。
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