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语言积累 交际用语 话题语言应用-农业 说服；劝说（persuasion） I’d rather… I’d prefer… because… If I have a choice I’ll choose… This is good value because… It’s better to … I don’t like … because… What the advantage of… ? It’s a great pity that… You need to … The advantages are… You’ll taste the difference when … 话题词句 【高清课堂：】 Get to know the farming steps (rice) plough the field sow seeds/grow young plants insert the young plants into the field spray the agricultural chemicals harvest rice 拓展阅读 American beekeeping operations have been hit hard by what scientists call colony collapse disorder. Almost half of their worker bees have disappeared during the past season. C.C.D. has also been reported in Israel, Europe and South America. Bees fly away from the hive and never return. Sometimes they are found dead; other times they are never found. Many crops and trees depend on pollination by bees to help them grow. A new report says a virus may be at least partly responsible for the disorder in honey bee colonies in the United States. This virus is called Israeli acute paralysis virus. It was first identified in Israel in two thousand four. Ian Lipkin at Columbia University in New York and a team reported the new findings in Science magazine. Doctor Lipkin says the virus may not be the only cause. He says it may work with other causes to produce the collapse disorder. The team found the virus in colonies with the help of a map of honey bee genes that was published last year. They examined thirty colonies affected by the disorder. They found evidence of the virus in twenty-five of them, and in one healthy colony. The next step is further testing of healthy hives. The researchers suggested that the United States may have imported the disorder in bees from Australia. They say the bees may carry the virus but not be affected. The idea is that unlike many American bees, the ability of Australian bees to fight disease has not been