2025考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day93

英语阅读能力依靠什么？必然是词汇的积累，但，仅仅是词汇的积累是不够了，更应该了解英语句式，不同句型所表达意义。如何培养自己的阅读语感呢？那么就跟着聚创考研网小编每天学一点英语，一起为考研筑起坚实的地基。阅读是需要积累的，就像我们需要经常和人沟通才会促进我们的表达能力一样~小伙伴跟着小编一起，每天坚持打卡，培养英语阅读能力及语感，了解文章一些经典词汇的用法。

经济学人：美农场新技术---采摘蓝莓与收集太阳能两不误(上)

I’m standing on a hillside.All around me are short shrubs with purple stems and waxy leaves.A brisk December wind moves through the lowbush blueberry bushes.But among the plants sits an odd sight… row after row of solar panels.You’ve heard of solar farms. And you’ve heard of blueberry farms.But a solar-blueberry farm?Probably not–this is the first farm to combine the two sun harvesters.And that combo could be vital as the Earth’s climate changes.Reporting from the coast of Maine, I'm Teresa Carey, and this is Scientific American's 60-Second Science.In this area we've got the solar panels in among the blueberry plants.

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我站在山坡上。我周围都是矮小的灌木，它们有着紫色的茎杆和光滑的叶子。十二月的寒风吹过低矮的蓝莓丛。但在这些植物之间却有一种奇怪的景象——一排排的太阳能电池板。你曾听说过太阳能农场。也曾听说过蓝莓农场。但是你听说过太阳能蓝莓农场呢?也许没有——这是第一个将两种太阳采集机结合在一起的农场。随着地球气候的变化，这种结合可能至关重要。从缅因州海岸为您带来报道，我是特蕾莎·凯里，这里是科学美国人——60秒科学系列。在这个区域，我们在蓝莓植物中安装了太阳能电池板。

 

And up here, it's more open.We still have stone walls there and some rock piles, but most of the land is just opened for the blueberry production.When it comes to raising blueberries, Paul Sweetland has seen it all.I've been doing blueberries basically my whole life.It's been amazing to see how we've changed our cultural practices over time.Sweetland farms Maine's lowbush blueberries – the tiny wild berries the state is famous for.In fact, Maine is the only state in the country where wild blueberries are commercially harvested.You can buy them in grocery stores from Hawaii, to Texas, to Alaska.
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放在上面，更开阔。我们在那里仍然有石墙和一些石堆，但大部分土地刚刚开放，用于生产蓝莓。说到种植蓝莓，保罗·斯威特兰很有经验。我这辈子都在和蓝莓打交道。看到我们如何随着时间改变我们的文化习俗，真是令人惊讶。斯威特兰农场种植缅因州的矮灌木蓝莓——该州以这种微小的野生浆果而闻名。事实上，缅因州是美国唯一一个商业采收野生蓝莓的州。从夏威夷到德克萨斯，再到阿拉斯加，你都可以在杂货店里买到。

They’re about half the size of conventional blueberries, but with twice the antioxidants and even more flavor.Way back, probably 30 years ago, the pruning method was burning.So we used to come in and burn the whole field.Originally, we all used hand rakes.We won't be able to use some here, but we have the tractor harvesters.There's still a lot of blueberries ready to rake by the hand but there's fewer people willing to work that hard.Sweetland has tried every farming technique. He knows what works best.But for the 2022 harvest, things are going to be different.
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这种蓝莓的大小大约是传统蓝莓的一半，但含有两倍的抗氧化剂，味道也更好。很久以前，大概30年前，修整的方法是焚烧。所以我们常常进来把整块地都烧了。原来，我们都用手耙来处理。我们不能在这里使用手耙，但我们有拖拉机收割机。仍然有很多蓝莓可以用手耙，但愿意这么努力工作的人少了。斯威特兰农场尝试过各种农业技术。他知道什么最有效。但在2022年的收获季节，情况将会有所不同。