VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Want Truly Homema
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2010年VOA慢速英语(九)月
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat. Or for their ability to control weeds and help renew 1 grasslands 2. Or even for their ability to be gentle around children. Goats can also be valuable for their hair.
Cashmere goats produce cashmere and Angora goats produce --
Did you think we were going to say angora? No, angora fiber 3 comes from rabbits. Angora goats produce mohair.
Mohair is used in sweaters, scarves, coats and other products, including floor coverings and doll hair.
The United States is a leading producer of mohair, along with South Africa and Turkey. America's top producing state is Texas.
An adult Angora can produce as much as seven kilograms of hair each year. As the goats grow older, however, their hair becomes thicker and less valuable.
Hair from white or solid-colored goats is the most popular, but the appeal of mixed-color mohair has grown.
Angora goats are also used as show animals. They require little special care. The animals need milk from their mothers for three or four months.
Austin Stoner tries to control his goat while showing him last month at the Maryland State Fair
They reach full maturity 4 when they are a little more than two years old. But even then they are smaller than most sheep and milk goats.
Cashmere goats are usually larger than Angoras. They can grow big enough to be kept with sheep and cattle.
The outer hair of the animal is called guard hair. Behind it is the valuable material on a cashmere goat. Cashmere is valued for its softness and warmth without much weight.
Some farmers comb their cashmere goats to remove the hair. But if the animals do get a haircut, it often takes place at the time when they naturally lose their winter coat -- between December and March.
Angora goats generally get their hair cut two times a year, in the spring and fall. The job can be done with simple cutting tools or by hiring a professional shearer 5. Angoras may need special protection from the cold for about a month after shearing 6.
The value of an animal's coat depends on the age, size and condition. But whatever kind of goat you choose, be sure you have a good fence. Goats love to explore.
And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. To learn more about agriculture, go to voaspecialenglish.com for transcripts 7 and MP3s of all of our reports. We're also on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at VOA Learning 8 English. I'm Steve Ember.
- The most important thing is to renew your health.最重要的是恢复你的健康。
- We must renew our supplies of coal.我们必须补充煤的储备。
- Songs were heard ringing loud and clear over the grasslands. 草原上扬起清亮激越的歌声。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Grasslands have been broken and planted to wheat. 草原已经开垦出来，种上了小麦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
- The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。
- These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
- This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
- A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙匠无利器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Eventually, Shearer lost faith, dropping him to the bench. 最终，希勒不再信任他，把他换下场。 来自互联网
- The farmer is shearing his sheep. 那农夫正在给他的羊剪毛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The result of this shearing force is to push the endoplasm forward. 这种剪切力作用的结果是推动内质向前。 来自辞典例句
- Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
- You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句