VOA慢速英语2011--Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms

Agriculture Report - Refugees² Bring Flavor³ of Home to Community Farms

 

农业报道 - 移民美国的难民开设社区农场种植本国农作物

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.

这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。

Generations of newcomers have brought their tastes and sometimes their farming skills to American soil. These include refugees who have gotten help from government agencies⁴ and private groups to grow crops on community farms. These farms and gardens can be found across the country.

一代又一代的新移民给美国本土带来了他们的饮食习惯和农业技能。其中包括得到了政府机构和民间组织的帮助，在社区农场种植作物的难民。这类农场和菜园现在遍布美国各地。

Bantu refugees from Somalia helped start the New Roots Community Farm in San Diego, California. Many of them did not have much money or much fresh produce in their lives. Some, especially young people, were eating unhealthy fast food.

来自索马里的班图族难民帮助开设了加州圣地亚哥的New Roots社区农场。他们中很多人在生活中缺少钱和新鲜农产品。其中一些人，特别是年轻人吃着不健康的快餐食品。

The refugees wanted to grow their own food. Cambodians and other groups in San Diego were in a similar situation.

这些难民希望种植他们自己的食物。圣地亚哥的柬埔寨人和其他团体也处于同样境地。

A community farm seemed like a good answer. The refugees got help from the group that had resettled many of them, the International Rescue Committee. But getting a permit to use some open land owned by the city took about two years.

社区农场貌似是一个很好的解决办法。这些难民得到了安置他们的国际救援委员会的帮助，但获许使用城市所拥有的一些空地花了大约两年时间。

The New Roots Community Farm opened in two thousand nine. The farm is almost one hectare. People can learn how to grow foods from back home as well as traditional American crops.

New Roots社区农场开设于2009年。该农场占地近1公顷。人们可以学习如何种植本国以及美国的传统作物。

Refugee1 gardeners participating in the International Rescue Committee's New Roots program at Drew Gardens in the Bronx area of New York City

The growers sell some of their produce at a marketplace and to restaurants.

种植者在一个市场或向餐馆销售他们的产品。

One result of the community farm is that people are learning⁵ about foods from other people's homelands. First lady Michelle Obama -- who has her own vegetable garden at the White House -- visited the farm in San Diego last year, where Dadiri Nuro grows crops.

社区农场的成果之一是人们正学习着来自他人故土的食物。在白宫拥有自己菜园的美国第一夫人米歇尔去年曾到圣地亚哥参观了Dadiri Nuro种植作物的农场。

A group called the Somali Bantu Zigua Community has operated a farm for several years near Boise, Idaho. Dadiri Nuro is the group's president.

（一个名为索马里班图族联合会的组织在爱达荷州博伊西附近经营一个农场已经数年时间，Dadiri Nuro担任该组织会长。）

DADIRI NURO: "We are farming people. We like to farm. We need fresh food. We have two kinds of corn. We have African corn, we have American corn. Americans, they like soft corn, and the Bantu, we like hard corn."

DADIRI NURO：“我们是农民，我们喜欢种地。我们需要新鲜食物。我们种了两种玉米，美国人喜欢软质玉米。而班图人喜欢硬质玉米。”

Mr. Nuru came to the United States in two thousand four. He and his family had been living in a refugee camp in Kenya.

NURO先生于2004年来到美国。他和家人此前一直生活在肯尼亚一个难民营中。

He says more than fifteen crops are grown without pesticides⁶ at the farm.

他表示，该农场种植了超过15种无农药作物。

DADIRI NURO: "We have potatoes, we have tomatoes, we have kale, lettuce⁷, cabbage, onion, shallots … "

DADIRI NURO：“我们种了土豆、西红柿、甘蓝、生菜、卷心菜、洋葱、红葱... ...”

The community group sells some of its produce at a farmers market and has now bought storage freezers. The group has also donated food to other communities.

该联合会在农贸市场销售部分产品，并且现在已经购买了冷柜。他们还向其它社区捐赠食物。

The Idaho state Office for Refugees has advice on its website about starting a community garden. You can find a link at voanews.cn.

爱达荷州难民办公室已经就社区菜园在其网站上征求意见。

And that’s the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. Our programs help people learn English while learning about different subjects. Go to voanews.cn or the VOA Learning English Channel on YouTube. I'm Bob Doughty⁸.

1 refugee   

n.难民，流亡者

参考例句：

• The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
• The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。

2 refugees   

n.避难者，难民( refugee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
• They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民，不是经济移民。

3 flavor   

n.味，滋味，味道；风味；vt.调味，加味于

参考例句：

• I like the flavor of chocolate.我喜欢巧克力的味道。
• Each flavor was totally unique.每一种味道都是独一无二的。

4 agencies   

n.代理( agency的名词复数 )；服务机构；（政府的）专门机构；代理（或经销）业务（或关系）

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations. 联合国有许多专门机构。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The project is funded by the World Bank and other multilateral agencies. 这项计划由世界银行和其他多国机构资助。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

6 pesticides   

n.杀虫剂( pesticide的名词复数 )；除害药物

参考例句：

• vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
• There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
• The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。

8 doughty   

adj.勇猛的，坚强的

参考例句：

• Most of successful men have the characteristics of contumacy and doughty.绝大多数成功人士都有共同的特质：脾气倔强，性格刚强。
• The doughty old man battled his illness with fierce determination.坚强的老人用巨大毅力与疾病作斗争。