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1、ReferenceforTeaching一、异域风情1.ModernFarmPigs,fishpondsandcrops—allhousedintallbuildings.ThisisavisionofindustrialfarmingintheNetherlands(荷兰).Inaworldconcernedabouttheenvironmentandtransport,woulditnotmakesensetoconcentratefoodproductionnexttoaharborandanairport?Andsincehum
2、anscanliveintallbuildings,whynotpigsandfish?ThecreativemindsbehindagovernmentreportsuggestjustthisforasiteatRotterdamveryclosetomainlandEurope'slargestport.Thescaleisvast:imagine10footballfields,sixfloorsofequalarea,atotalof500acres(亩)stretchingskywards.Thebuilding,known
3、asDeltapark,visualizes(让人想象到)300000pigs,1.2millionchickens,tensofthousandsoffishandagiantvegetablegrowingareaallunderoneroof.Thepigscouldenjoymorespacethanonanaveragepigfarm,andendtheirdaysintheslaughterhousedownstairs.Spacewithoutdaylightinthegiantbuildingcouldbeusedfor
4、cultivatingmushroomswhichgrowwellinthedark.Higherup,greenhousesfulloftomatoesandflowers,growninnutrientsolutioncollectedfromelsewhereinthebuilding,wouldprofitfromthelight.Thesystemistheoreticallyacompletefarmingcycle,withoneactivityfeedinganotherandeverythingbeingrecycle
5、d.Deltaparkistoberunbymanagers,notfarmers.Ithasnothingtodowithagricultureaswenowknowit,andsofar,onlyexistsonpaper.Buttheideahascreatedaheateddebate(讨论)intheNetherlandsandattractedattentionabroad.2.AutomaticFarmingCanhardworkbereplacedbymachinesinagriculture?Yes,manistryi
6、ngout(试验)automaticfarming.Itisfuntowatchamachinepickingtomatoes.Thestrangemachinesailslikeashipacrossaseaofplants.Initsfrontisahole.Asthemachinemovesforward,tomatoplantsarepulledintothehole.Thetomatoesaregatheredwhiletherestoftheplantsarethrownbackontothefields.Twelvewor
7、kerssitontopofthemachine.Theyrapidlypickoutthebadfruitfromthetomatoes.Aredstreamofripetomatoesisbeingsentintoacartthatispulledalongsidethemachine.Onedriverandtwelveworkerscanpickinanhourtentonsofanewkindoftomato.Withouttheinvention,itwouldtake60mentodothejob.Notallplants
8、cooperate(合作)wellwiththefarmingmachines.Takelettuce(莴苣)forexample,seedsplantsinthesamefieldinthesametim
