六级Migrants to cities are attracted by plentiful jobs, access to hospitals and education, and the ability to escape the boredom of a farmer's agricultural life.

大量的工作、医院和教育，以及摆脱农民农业生活无聊的能力吸引着移民到城市。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考But he is providing a few years during which the farmers will, perhaps, be able to find other means of adapting.

但他提供了几年的时间，在这几年里，农民们也许能够找到其他适应的方法。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.

通过卫星跟踪该地区的牧群和狮子，他们将能够确定他们的心理骗术是否有助于阻止农民射杀狮子。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as do consumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed.

当这些水用于农业灌溉时，农民有可能吸收致病细菌，生吃和未洗农产品的消费者也是如此。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

面对水资源短缺和化肥成本不断上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水（“，下 水道污水) 根据一份新的报告，灌溉和施肥近4900万英亩的农田，这可能不是一件坏事。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考Farmers in many countries are also adapting like this—either by growing new produce, or by growing the same things differently.

许多国家的农民也在这样适应，要么种植新产品，要么以不同的方式种植相同的东西。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考In Peru, local farmers around a mountain with a glacier that has already fallen victim to climate change have begun painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that the added reflectiveness will restore the life-giving ice.

在秘鲁，一座冰川已经成为气候变化牺牲品的山峰周围的当地农民已经开始将整座山峰涂成白色，希望增加的反射率将恢复赋予生命的冰。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.

除了从他们自己的85头牛群中供应牛奶外，他们还开始帮助修道院地区的其他农民从传统到认证的有机和草食，以进入枫树山供应链。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Those dangers can be addressed with farmer and consumer education, he said, while the free water and nutrients from human waste can help urban farmers in developing countries to escape poverty.

他说，这些危险可以通过农民和消费者教育来解决，而人类粪便中的免费水和营养可以帮助发展中国家的城市农民摆脱贫困。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考Small farmers may gain some advantages over big ones.

小农可能比大农获得一些优势。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

六级Many dairy farmers were persuaded to switch to grass-fed when they saw its advantage in terms of profits.

许多奶农在看到草饲料在利润方面的优势后，被说服改用草饲料。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one advertised as lost in the local paper.

一位当地农民告诉他们，这条狗听起来像是当地报纸上刊登的走失广告。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

六级Farmers and consumers may be affected by harmful bacteria.

农民和消费者可能受到有害细菌的影响。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.

虽然这种做法对许多人带来了严重的健康风险，但城市贫困农民和需要负担得起的食品的消费者的社会和经济收益超过了这些风险。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考In my hometown, there is always a harvest supper for the farmers after all the wheat has been cut.

在我的家乡，在所有的小麦都被收割后，农民们总会有一顿丰收晚餐。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文

高考Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number.

不久之后，这些人中的许多人开始定居下来成为农民，他们的语言也变得越来越固定，数量也越来越少。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考The farmer freed him, and he began to run happily around again.

农夫把他放了，他又开始快乐地到处跑。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲在西班牙内战期间曾是一个著名的战场，现在它正在进行一场不同的竞赛，一场是让稻农与两个敌人较量：吃大米的巨型苹果蜗牛和海平面上升。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

高考With farmers over the age of 65 outnumbering farmers younger than 35 by six to one, and with two-thirds of the nation's farmland in need of a new farmer, we must clear the path for talented people willing to grow the nation's food.

65岁以上的农民比35岁以下的农民多6:1，全国三分之二的农田需要新农民，我们必须为愿意种植国家粮食的人才扫清道路。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The average age of farmers hovers around 58 years old, but he is just 26.

农民的平均年龄在58岁左右，但他只有26岁。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

高考A tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local slow money group.

几年前，田纳西州的一位年轻农民乔纳森·迪辛格（Jonathan Dysinger）利用当地一家慢钱组织的小额贷款开发了一种工具。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级Supermarkets offer more variety than ever, and there are over four times as many farmers' markets in the U.S. as there were 20 years ago.

超级市场的种类比以往任何时候都多，美国农贸市场的数量是20年前的四倍多。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级He said "Monsanto should not be able, just because they've got billions of dollars to spend on legal fees, to try to terrify farmers into obeying their agreements by massive force and threats.

他说，“孟山都不应该仅仅因为他们有数十亿美元的法律费用，就试图用大规模的武力和威胁恐吓农民遵守他们的协议。

2013年12月阅读原文

高考But in agriculture, small farmers can get the best of the major players.

但在农业领域，小农可以从主要参与者中获益。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Reading magazines like The Stockman Grass Farmer and Graze, he got hooked on the idea of grass-fed agriculture.

读过《牧民》、《牧场主》和《放牧》等杂志后，他迷上了以草为食的农业理念。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.

桑切斯说，虽然耕种对身体和我来说都很困难，但他和他的许多年轻农民伙伴都是出于建立新的农业标准的愿望。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级Young farmers are guided by their love for agriculture and aided by their knowledge of technology to find inexpensive and appropriately sized tools.

年轻的农民以他们对农业的热爱为指导，以他们的技术知识为帮助，找到价格低廉、尺寸合适的工具。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

高考By connecting directly with customers, and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems (生态系统), small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys.

通过与客户直接联系，以及通过快速响应市场和生态系统的变化(生态系统), 小农场主可以比大农场主领先一步。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Farmers and consumers alike can choose whether or not to use whichever version prevails: "I'm giving people an option."

农民和消费者都可以选择是否使用流行的版本：“我给人们一个选择。”

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级All appears to be well, but the farmers who planted the bushes are worried.

一切似乎都很好，但种植灌木的农民们很担心。

2016年12月听力原文

六级The robots also lean the most efficient and safest passages, and allow engineers and farmers to analyze and better optimize the attributes and tasks of the robot, as well as provide a live stream giving real-time feedback on exactly what is happening on t

机器人还可以倾斜最有效和最安全的通道，让工程师和农民能够分析和更好地优化机器人的属性和任务，并提供实时流，实时反馈机器人上发生的事情

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Smith says he'll provide services ranging from formal seminars to on-farm workshops on holistic management, to one-on-one hand-holding and an almost 24/7 phone hotline for farmers who are converting.

史密斯说，他将为正在转化的农民提供各种服务，从正式的研讨会到关于整体管理的农场研讨会，到一对一的手持设备和几乎全天候的电话热线。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研While few crafts men or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views less fully intellectualized.

虽然很少有工匠或农民，更不用说家属和仆人，留下文学作品进行分析，但很明显，他们的观点没有完全理智化。

2009年考研阅读原文

六级In 2018, farmers will plant the varieties with the most promise in the Ebro Delta and Europe's other two main rice-growing regions—along the Po in Italy, and France's Rhone.

2018年，农民将在埃布罗三角洲和欧洲其他两个主要水稻种植区种植最有希望的品种，这两个地区分别位于意大利的波河沿岸和法国的罗纳河沿岸。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

高考As the co-founder of the National Young Farmers Coalition NYFC (美国青年农会) and a family farmer myself, I have a front-row seat to the innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.

作为全国青年农民联盟NYFC的联合创始人(美国青年农会) 我自己也是一个家庭农民，我在小农户的创新活动中坐在前排，这些创新活动正在改变这个行业。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

许多农民反对这项计划，因为他们担心狼会杀死他们的农场动物或宠物。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级"We want to improve the quality of animal health and make it easier for farmers to maintain large landscapes where animals roam free," says Sukkarieh.

Sukkarieh说：“我们希望提高动物健康的质量，让农民更容易维护动物自由活动的大型景观。”。

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级since he began to informally announce the network at farming conferences and on social media, he's received a steady stream of inquiries from interested farmers.

自从他开始在农业会议和社交媒体上非正式宣布该网络以来，他收到了感兴趣的农民源源不断的询问。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考Another reason for corn's rise: the government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve water quality.

玉米价格上涨的另一个原因是：政府鼓励农民种植玉米而不是大米，以改善水质。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

六级Another factor is the squeeze that conventional dairy farmers have felt as the price of grain they feed their cows has gone up, tightening their profit margins.

另一个因素是传统奶农在他们饲养奶牛的谷物价格上涨时所感受到的压力，从而收紧了他们的利润率。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Another grass-fed booster spurring farmers to convert is EpiC, which makes meat-based protein bars.

另一个以草为食的助推器是EpiC，它生产基于肉的蛋白质棒。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级But Bowman's supporters argue that Monsanto is trying to expand the scope of patents in ways that would enrich big corporations and hurt small farmers

但鲍曼的支持者辩称，孟山都正试图扩大专利的范围，以使大公司致富并伤害小农户

2013年12月阅读原文

六级The extreme isolation of these massive farms leaves them often unattended, and monitored only once or twice a year, which means if the livestock falls ill or requires assistance, it can be a long time for farmers to discover.

这些大规模农场的极端隔离使它们常常无人看管，每年只监测一两次，这意味着如果牲畜生病或需要援助，农民可能需要很长时间才能发现。

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Monsanto's critics have attacked the company for its "merciless legal battles against small farmers," and they are hoping this will be the case that puts it in its place.

孟山都公司的批评者抨击该公司“对小农户进行无情的法律斗争”，他们希望这将是该公司取而代之的案例。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

根据一份新的报告，面对水资源短缺和化肥成本上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水灌溉和施肥近4900万英亩的农田，这可能不是一件坏事。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Maple Hill signs a contract pledging to buy the farmer's milk at a guaranteed base price, plus quality premiums and incentives for higher protein, butter fat and other solids.

Maple Hill签署了一份合同，承诺以有保证的底价购买农民的牛奶，加上质量溢价和对更高蛋白质、黄油脂肪和其他固体的奖励。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级If this were a Hollywood movie, the courageous old Indiana farmer would beat the profit-minded corporation before the credits rolled

如果这是一部好莱坞电影的话，这位勇敢的印第安纳老农民会在票房收入滚滚之前击败这家以盈利为目的的公司

2013年12月阅读原文

高考A study found that a strong nifio in 1997-98 helped America's economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the midwest gained from extra rain.

一项研究发现，1997-1998年强劲的nifio帮助美国经济增长了150亿美元，部分原因是中西部农民从额外的降雨中获得了更好的农业收成。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Before the tool came out, small farmers couldn't touch the price per pound offered by California farms.

在这种工具问世之前，小农场主无法触及加州农场提供的每磅价格。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级If the method works, it could provide farmers in Botswana-and elsewhere with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.

如果这种方法奏效，它可以为博茨瓦纳和其他地方的农民提供一种低成本、可持续的工具来保护他们的牲畜，并提供一种保护狮子不被杀死的方法。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级If the method works, it could provide farmers in Botswana-and elsewhere -with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.

如果这种方法奏效，它可以为博茨瓦纳和其他地方的农民提供一种低成本、可持续的工具来保护他们的牲畜，并提供一种保护狮子不被杀死的方法。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考The conflict between farmers and gray wolves.

农民和灰狼之间的冲突。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

六级The idea that all energy and wealth comes from the sun really intrigued him He thought the shorter the distance between the sun and the end product, the higher the profit to the farmer.

所有的能量和财富都来自太阳的想法让他很感兴趣，他认为太阳和最终产品之间的距离越短，农民的利润就越高。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考With a new farm bill to be debated in congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.

随着一项新的农业法案将在国会进行辩论，消费者必须与年轻农民站在一起。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.

在某些情况下，水是如此的稀缺，以至于农民们打开了污水管，将废物输送到当地河流中。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Mr.Kibara and hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.

Kibara先生和其他数百名农民已经搬走了他们的一些茶树，并种植了肯尼亚茶叶研究基金会开发的一种新型茶叶。

2016年12月听力原文

六级In poor, dry regions, untreated wastewater is the only viable irrigation source to keep farmers in business.

在贫穷、干旱的地区，未经处理的废水是保持农民经商的唯一可行的灌溉来源。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级In poor, dry regions, untreated waste water is the only viable irrigation source to keep farmers in business.

在贫穷、干旱的地区，未经处理的废水是保持农民经商的唯一可行的灌溉来源。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级"The yield is never going to be high," Farrant says, so these plants will be targeted not at Iowa farmers trying to squeeze more cash out of high-yield fields, but subsistence farmers who need help to survive a drought like the present one in South Africa

法兰特说：“产量永远不会很高”，因此这些植物的目标不是爱荷华州试图从高产田榨取更多现金的农民，而是需要帮助才能在像目前南非这样的干旱中生存的自给自足的农民

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Joseph has learned that a farmer has to have a certain mindset to successfully convert.

约瑟夫已经了解到，一个农民必须有一定的心态才能成功地转变信仰。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考The officer immediately sent a local farmer out to check on the pony.

警官立即派一位当地农民去检查小马。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级In the grass fed system, farmers are also not subject to the wildly fluctuating milk prices of the international commodity market.

在草食制中，农民也不会受到国际商品市场上剧烈波动的牛奶价格的影响。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考It enables small-scale farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour—a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen pounds by hand—suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California.

它能让小规模的农民每小时收获175磅绿色蔬菜，这比手工收获几十磅的蔬菜有了巨大的进步，这使得小规模的农民能够与加利福尼亚州的大农场竞争。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The robots have provided major benefits to farmers in various ways, from hunting and pulling weeds monitoring the condition of every single fruit.

这些机器人以各种方式为农民带来了巨大的好处，比如打猎和拔草，监测每一种水果的状况。

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级If this were a Hollywood movie, the courageous old Indiana farmer would beat the profit-minded corporation before the credits rolled.

如果这是一部好莱坞电影的话，这位勇敢的印第安纳老农民会在票房收入滚滚之前击败这家以盈利为目的的公司。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级But Bowman's supporters argue that Monsanto is trying to expand the scope of patents in ways that would enrich big corporations and hurt small farmers.

但鲍曼的支持者辩称，孟山都正试图扩大专利范围，以使大公司致富并伤害小农户。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级More productive farmers meant there was a surplus that could feed cities; in turn, that created a pool of labour for factories.

多产的农民意味着有多余的粮食可以养活城市；反过来，这又为工厂创造了大量劳动力。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Over the years, Tim Joseph's partners have helped many dairy farmers to switch to grass-fed.

多年来，蒂姆·约瑟夫的合作伙伴帮助许多奶农改用草饲料。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级In the Netherlands, Shell delivers CO2 to farmers who pipe it into their greenhouses, increasing their yield of fruits and vegetables.

在荷兰，壳牌公司向农民输送二氧化碳，这些农民通过管道将二氧化碳输送到温室中，从而提高了水果和蔬菜的产量。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级If farmers like Bowman are able to use these seeds without paying the designated fee, it will remove the incentives for companies like Monsanto to innovate.

如果像鲍曼这样的农民能够在不支付指定费用的情况下使用这些种子，这将消除像孟山都这样的公司进行创新的动机。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Farmers have a long history of invention and is no different today.

农民有着悠久的发明历史，今天也不例外。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级However, it is farmers that are pushing for the advancements due to ever-increasing labor vacancies, making it difficult to maintain large-scale operations.

然而，由于劳动力空缺不断增加，使得维持大规模经营变得困难，因此推动进步的是农民。

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考Papa, as a son of a dirt-poor farmer, left school early and went to work in a factory, for education was for the rich then.

爸爸是一个穷苦农民的儿子，早早离开学校到工厂工作，因为当时的教育是为富人准备的。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Farmers are reporting steep losses and a new $20 million tomato-paste factory has halted production due to the shortages.

农民们报告说损失惨重，一家价值2000万美元的新番茄酱工厂因短缺而停产。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考There are solutions that could light a path toward a more sustainable and fair farm economy, but farmers can't clumsily put them together before us.

有一些解决方案可以为实现更可持续、更公平的农业经济铺平道路，但农民不能笨拙地将它们组合在一起。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The experiment is based upon the idea that farmers who're protecting their herd from lions would shoot and kill lions in an effort to protect their livestock.

这项实验基于这样一种想法，即保护牛群不受狮子伤害的农民会射杀狮子，以保护他们的牲畜。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Developers, and established large farmers makes owning one's own land unattainable for many new farmers.

开发商和老牌大农使得许多新农民无法拥有自己的土地。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级It will also be necessary to understand what sort of yield farmers might expect and to establish the plant's safety.

还有必要了解农民可能期望的产量，并确定工厂的安全性。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级And not every farmer has the option of going grass-fed.

并不是每个农民都可以选择吃草。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级By replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices, grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.

通过用再生管理方法取代昂贵的谷物饲料，草食农民可以免受饲料价格上涨的影响。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考In 1943, a Mexican farmer was surprised to see smoke rising from a small part of his land.

1943年，一位墨西哥农民惊讶地看到烟雾从他的一小块土地上升起。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Loans to small local farmers are necessary.

向当地小农户提供贷款是必要的。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

高考The sustainable success of small farmers, though, won't happen without fundamental changes to the industry.

然而，如果没有对该行业进行根本性的改革，小农的可持续成功是不可能实现的。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Vernon Bowman, a 75-year-old farmer from rural Indiana, did something that got him sued.

来自印第安纳州农村的75岁农民弗农·鲍曼（Vernon Bowman）做了一些让他被起诉的事情。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级He said "Monsanto should not be able, just because they've got billions of dollars to spend on legal fees, to try to terrify farmers into obeying their agreements by massive force and threats

他说，“孟山都不应该仅仅因为他们有数十亿美元的法律费用，就试图用大规模的武力和威胁恐吓农民遵守他们的协议

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Allow small farmers to grow genetically modified soybeans

允许小农种植转基因大豆

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Whether measures should be introduced to protect small farmers.

是否应该采取措施保护小农户。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Through using CO2, Dutch farmers have been able to

通过使用二氧化碳，荷兰农民已经能够

2012年6月阅读原文

六级"My vision is for the subsistence farmer," Farrant says.

法兰特说：“我的愿景是维持生计的农民。”。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Usually a farmer will get to the point where financially, what they're doing is not working.

通常情况下，农民会在经济上陷入困境，他们所做的一切都不起作用。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级He said “Monsanto should not be able, just because they’ve got billions of dollars to spend on legal fees, to try to terrify farmers into obeying their agreements by massive force and threats.

他说：“孟山都不应该仅仅因为他们有数十亿美元的法律费用就试图通过大规模的武力和威胁恐吓农民遵守他们的协议。

2013年12月六级考试真题（二）

六级(It doesn’t do much good for farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa to produce more food if they can 't get it to hungry consumers. )

（如果撒哈拉以南非洲等地的农民不能把食物带给饥饿的消费者，那么生产更多的食物对他们没有多大好处。）

2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（二）

六级The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲是西班牙内战期间著名的战场，现在是一场不同的比赛的背景，这场比赛让稻农与两个敌人对抗：吃米的巨型苹果蜗牛和不断上升的海平面。

2018 年 6 月6级真题第1套

六级Farmers and consumers alike can choose whether or not to use whichever version prevails :"I'm giving people an option. "

农民和消费者都可以选择是否使用流行的版本：“我给人们一个选择。”

2018 年 6 月6级真题第2套

六级"The yield is never going to be high,"Farrant says, so these plants will be targeted not at Iowa farmers trying to squeeze more cash out of high-yield fields, but subsistence farmers who need help to survive a drought like the present one in South Africa.

Farrant说：“产量永远不会高。”因此，这些工厂将不会针对试图榨取更多现金的爱荷华州农民

2018 年 6 月6级真题第2套

六级Perhaps it is time for farmers to put their feet up now that robots are used to inspect crops, dig up weeds, and even have become shepherds, too.

也许是时候让农民们站起来了，因为机器人已经被用来检查作物、挖掘杂草，甚至已经成为牧羊人。

2018年12月6级真题第一套

六级Why More Farmers Are Making The Switch to Grass-Fed Meat and Dairy Though he didn't come from a farming family, from a young age Tim Joseph was fascinated by the idea of living off the land.

为什么越来越多的农民转向草饲肉类和奶制品

2019年12月六级真题（第3套）

六级Maple Hill signs a contract pledging to buy the farmer's milk at a guaranteed base price, plus quality premiums and incentives for higher protein, butter-fat and other solids.

Maple Hill签署了一份合同，承诺购买农民的牛奶

2019年12月六级真题（第3套）

六级The Price of Oil and the Price of Carbon A group of corn farmers stands huddled around an agronomist (农学家)and his computer on the side of an irrigation machine in central South Africa.

石油价格和碳价格

2020年12月六级真题（第1套）

六级Competition from overseas led farmers to specialize and increase yields.

来自海外的竞争促使农民专业化并提高产量。

2008年12月英语六级真题