您正在看的高中三年级是:Feed the world。 ，类似的词组还有put/do to death，译为“处死，杀死”.

　　10.Farmers can increase their corn crops three times simply by watering their fields.

　　农场主只需灌溉土地就可以使玉米作物的产量增加三倍.simply adv.仅仅(only)常放在被修饰语的前面.例如：

　　He failed simply because he was lazy.

　　他失败，只因他懒惰.

　　I don’t like driving.I do it simply to get to work each day.

　　我不喜欢驾驶，我每天开车只是为了上班.

　　11.Generally speaking，human race has the information and eXPerience to do this.

　　一般来说，人类已有这方面的知识和经验了.

　　1)generally speaking为插入语，修饰主句.例如：

　　Generally speaking ，you can’t find green field where there is little water.

　　一般来说，凡是少水的地方，你就找不到绿色的田野.

　　2)human race人类

　　human beings，humans，man，mankind，people都是用来表示人类总称的.

　　12.In the European Union (EU) ，where 81% of the land is farmed，there is

　　plenty of food，in fact often too much.

　　在欧洲联盟有81%的土地用于耕作，那儿粮食充足，事实上，粮食常常是太多了.

　　1)where引导的非限制定语从句修饰先行词the EU.

　　2)百分数加名词做主语的句子，其谓语动词必须和介词of后的名词的数保持一致.

　　3)too much太多，在句中可作主语、宾语和定语.例如：

　　Don’t think too much of yourself.

　　不要自以为了不起.

　　Too much has been done.

　　已经做得太多了.

　　13.And the fact that farmers are also paid by the EU not growing crops surprises many people.

　　还有一件令人吃惊的事，这就是，欧洲联盟还给农民付钱，叫他们不要种农作物.

　　the fact that that引导的是同位语从句，说明fact的内容.例如：

　　The fact that the earth is round is known to us all.

　　地球是圆的这一事实是众所周知的.

　　同位语从句通常用在表示抽象概念的名词之后，用以说明该名词所表示的具体内容.

　　He made a promise that he would return the money in time.

　　他答应准时还钱.

　　I have no idea when he will come.

　　我不知道他什么时候来.

　　14.It has been proved that the way to produce the most food is to let farmers grow crops either to feed their family or to sell，whichever they choose.

　　事实证明，产粮最高的办法，就是让农民自己决定种粮是供自家食用或出售.

　　1)本句属于It is/was + done + that...句型.

　　It has been proved that事实证明，用此句型提出话题.

　　例如：

　　It has been proved that the best way of solving food problem is to control the growth of population.

　　事实证明，解决粮食问题的最好办法是控制人口的增长.

　　2)whichever n.无论哪一个(no matter which)，引导状语从句，例如：

　　Whichever you choose，make sure that it is a good one.

　　不论你选择哪一个，务须知道那一个是好的.

　　whichever adj.

　　Whichever side wins，I shall be satisfied.

　　不论哪一边胜，我都满意.

　　15.If the peasants could farm the land themselves，food production would be much higher.

　　倘若农民能够为他们自己耕田，那么粮食产量就会高得多.

　　1)本句使用的虚拟语气，是对当前的情况作相反的假定.在这种句子中if条件句中的谓语动词用一般过去时(be动词用were)，主句用should/would/could/might +动词原形.

　　例如：If there were an earthquake，what should we do?

　　要是现在地震的话，我们该怎么办?

　　If I knew his telephone number，I would ring him up.

　　如果我知道他的电话号码，我就打电话给他了.(事实上我不知道)

　　16.What is needed is a change in land ownership and it has been suggested that the land should be shared equally among the peasants.

　　这就需要改变土地所有制.已有人建议，土地应当在农民中平均分配.

　　1)整个句子是由并列连词and连接的两个分句构成.在第一个分句中有一个what引导的主语从句;在第二个分句中有一个that引导的主语从句.

　　2)在It has been suggested that句型中that引导的主语从句应用虚拟语气(should).例如：

　　It has been suggested that a new library should be built in our city.

　　有人建议在我市建一个新的图书馆.

　　17.They would not vote to lose their land and wealth，even if it resulted in a fair society.

　　使自己的土地和财产遭受损失的事，他们是不会投赞成票的，即使这样做的结果能导致一个更为公平的社会.

　　1)vote v.n.投票，选举，表决

　　You’re only 16;you’re too young to vote.

　　你只有16岁，还没到选举的年龄.

　　Money for a new school was voted by the board.

　　创办一所新学校的钱已由董事会通过.

　　Every vote tells.

　　每票都有效.

　　2)result in结果，终归，导致

　　The accident resulted in the death of 2 passengers.

　　那次事故导致两个乘客的死亡.

　　Eating too much food which is high in fat and sugar will result in heart illness.

　　吃过多高脂肪和高糖类的食物会导致心脏疾病.

　　18.As a result，farmers are forced to plant “cash crops”，like coffee，tea，cocoa，nuts and tobacco that are sold abroad in order to pay off the country’s debts.

　　因此，他们强迫农民种植“经济作物”，如咖啡、茶叶、可可、坚果和烟草.他们把这些经济作物在国外销售，以偿还债务.

　　1)be forced to被迫(have to do...)

　　Marx was forced to leave his homeland for political reasons.

　　因政治原因，马克思被迫离开故乡.

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