托福基础词汇(知名北美考试机构内部)浅析.ppt

Lesson 1 Food Crops Target Words 1.abandon 7.irrigation 2.adversely 8.obtain 3.aggregate 9.photosynthesis 4.cultivation 10.precipitation 5.fertilize 6.intensify Nature In countries like Niger and Mauritania, the cultivation of land has changed little in the past several countries. Additionally, these countries mono-modal rainfall pattern brings precipitation for only three months the year. As a result, food production doesnt nearly meet demand. Several agencies and organizations have intensified their efforts to increase the productivity of the land in these countries. They have introduced new strains of seed, improved irrigation techniques, and introduced new methods of fertilization and soil management. With ample sunlight for photosynthesis and modern irrigation techniques, sustainable farming techniques should allow farmers too boost aggregate production in order to meet demand. Still, crop revitalization faces an unexpected adversary: institutional incompetence. Where crop specialists have convinced individual farmers to abandon old farming techniques in place of new, they cant readily obtain the governmental cooperation they need. The biggest hurdles are political corruption, incompetence and the absence of a marketing infrastructure. Definition and Samples abandon /?b?nd?n/ v. To leave; to give up 遗弃、放弃 eg: To save their lives, the sailors had to abandon the sinking ship. 相关词：abandonment n. abandoned a. adversely /?dv?:sli/ ad. In a harmful way, negatively 不利地，负面地 eg：Excessive fainfall early in the spring can adversly affect the planting of crops. 相关词:adversity n. adverse a. aggregate /?grig?t/ a. Gathered into or amounting to a whole eg: It is impossible to judge last years performance without knowing the aggregate sales number. 相关词: aggregate v./n. cultivation /k?ltivei??n/ n. Preparing the land to grow crops; improvement for agricultural purposes With the development of land cultivation, hunters were