2014年高考英语阅读理解素材：13_阿富汗罂粟种植量创新高素材.docVIP

阿富汗罂粟种植量创新高 Afghan opium cultivation has reached a record level, with more than 200,000 hectares planted with the poppy for the first time, the United Nations says. 联合国称，阿富汗鸦片的种植量已创下新记录，首次有20万多公顷的土地被种上罂粟。 ? The UNODC report said the harvest was 36% up on last year, and if fully realised would outstrip global demand. ? Most of the rise was in Helmand province, where British troops are preparing to withdraw. ? One of the main reasons the UK sent troops to Helmand was to cut opium production. ? The head of the UN office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Kabul, Jean-Luc Lemahieu, said that production