时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  The winner of the Young Farmer of the Year Contest is Stuart McNaughton from the Tasman region 1. About 300 young men and women entered the contest earlier this year. Each region had one finalist. They each got good prizes. Then those seven finalists competed for three days in Gore 2, Southland, finishing last night.

They have to do many things in front of judges. They each had a 45 minute interview about themselves, farming, the community and the environment. Then they had a test where they had to answer all kinds of questions on sheep, dairy 3 and deer farming and on growing crops like wheat. And they had to give a 3-minute speech. The second day was a practical day. They did not know what to expect until they opened their envelopes. Then they had to make a fence with a gate, plant trees, move sheep, build a mail box, cook venison (meat from a deer) and show first aid skills. This was a public day where people could watch. The last day finished on Saturday evening when again people could buy tickets and watch the show.

Stuart McNaughton is 26 years old. He said the contest was a mixture of hard work, study and physical fitness 4. He won prizes worth more than $100,000. They include a car, a 4-wheel farm bike, some money, outdoor power equipment like a chain saw, outdoor clothes, fertilizers 5, a scholarship to study at Lincoln University and to travel for three to four weeks to a partner university overseas.

Questions

What farming skills would you like to watch in a Young Farmer of the Year contest?

Do you think a good farmer needs to be able to make a speech?

Can you think of some questions they might be asked about the community?

Can you think of some questions they might be asked about the environment?

Why does NZ have a contest like this? Does your country have a contest for young farmers?



n.地区,地带,区域;范围,幅度
  • The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
  • It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。
n.凝血,血污;v.(动物)用角撞伤,用牙刺破;缝以补裆;顶
  • The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
  • Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
n.牛奶场,乳品店;adj.乳制品的
  • The yogurt sold by this dairy is delicious.这家乳品店出售的酸奶非常好喝。
  • He kept a few dairy cows.他养了几头奶牛。
n.适合,适当,健康,健身
  • They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
  • No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。
肥料,化肥( fertilizer的名词复数 )
  • the long-term effects of fertilizers 肥料的长远影响
  • Crushed bones make one of the best fertilizers. 骨粉是最佳肥料之一。
学英语单词
a-root
Acrinolin
amiantoid
antitrochanter
arteria carotis
artery of postcentral sulcus
as-forged state
asparagus knife
attrition crushing
barley
biocollections
capacity management information system
cheaping out
chiladium
closed environment
decagram(me)
descriptive labelling
developmental state
Deyyer
Dion Chrysostom
drawing strength
duignan
exhaust air filter
external pressure strength
facialium
facies articular posterior
family Juglandaceae
fin chord
fire resisting roof
fuel flexibility
generator support
Gilbert reversed polarity epoch
girasole(girasol)
Glazhevo
haysbert
himals
ice splinter
INERMIIDAE
inherent fine grain
input velocity
insurance wire
keymaster
km
lead peroxide
load model
Madaras
made good your retreat
magic mushroom
medial tarsal artery
micro flask
mountain podzolized soil
multinationally
near-certainty
nickelbischofite
nitroquinoxaline
North Star State
outcounts
Padovan
pagetoid
pagonis
paravirtualisations
penetrating gunshot wound
pentagonales
perilobulitis
phalansteries
pigmentate
plural beam cathode tube
polynucleated
praepositi
priestliness
proof-
psalmodial
pulse height spectrum
qantar
reblogging
rectangular plane coordinate
rickeys
Rona, Island of
root-hair zone
rotary air drill
RST (readability,strength,tone)
run-time server
savanahs
sociopathics
solicitation to larceny
split outer race of the wound roller bearing
sporobolus indicus flaccidus
substrate transmission
Suwayqīyah, Hawr as
target-hunting
tibialis posticus
tiros (television and infared observation satellite)
tool outfit
trepang agate
unsignalized
uv (ultra violet)
vena vorticosums
vertical leveling mirror
welshest
Willard Huntington Wright
wrong numbers
zendon