禽流感导致台湾农产品短缺
英语课
Experts in Taiwan have expressed concern that the spread of bird flu may cause a shortage of poultry 1 products and price fluctuations 2 in the market.
Taiwan Poultry Association Secretary General Wang Chien-pei says the spread of the virus could make it hard to meet demand for poultry ahead of the approaching Spring Festival.
"We usually need two million poultry to meet customers' demand for Spring Festival. But our investigation 3 shows that there are only 1.5 million now."
The supply shortage may cause price hikes, but concerns over the risk of bird-flu infection may drag the price down again.
禽流感导致台湾农产品短缺
Local epidemic 4 control authorities recently tested poultry from 24 facilities across Taiwan after suspected bird flu was reported.
They have detected H5N8 bird flu virus in Chiayi County and H5N2 virus in Pingtung County.
So far 120 thousand chickens in Pingtung have been culled 5, but those chickens represent only a small number of poultry in Taiwan.
In the meantime, Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety has banned all egg imports from Taiwan with immediate 6 effect due to bird flu outbreaks.
About 6 million poultry eggs were imported into Hong Kong from Taiwan between January and November last year.
n.家禽，禽肉
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
波动，涨落，起伏( fluctuation的名词复数 )
- He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. 他用统计表显示价格的波动。
- There were so many unpredictable fluctuations on the Stock Exchange. 股票市场瞬息万变。
n.调查，调查研究
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
- That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
- The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
v.挑选，剔除( cull的过去式和过去分词 )
- The herd must be culled. 必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜。 来自辞典例句
- The facts were culled from various sources. 这些事实是从各方收集到的。 来自辞典例句
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