现代农林英语（史宝辉）Unit 3.pptVIP

Grammar 7) The seed industry has become another main contributor to the disappearance of traditional plant varieties. A few huge companies now produce much of the seed used by farmers. Fore example, in 1998, the 10 largest seed companies controlled about 33% of the global seed market, and today 69% of all corn and 47% of all soybean seeds in the US were purchased from just four major companies. As is shown/ demonstrated/ exhibited in the diagram/ graph/ chart/ table...As can be seen from the diagram, great changes have taken place in... As can be seen from the graph, the two curves show the fluctuation of... According to the chart/ figures...From the table/ chart/ diagram/ figure, we can see clearly that... It is clear/ apparent from the chart that... Writing When making a request, you don’t necessarily say “please”. Some of the following expressions can help you to fulfill the function of request: I’m wondering if you could possibly tell me what biodiversity is. Could you please elaborate on some causes of the loss of biodiversity? Would you mind explaining it in more detail? ? Oral communication 1）I’d like to… May / Could I… 2）Would you mind … Would you kindly … 3）I was wondering if you could possibly… 4）Would you be kind enough to … 5）I should/would be pleased if you could … 6）I’d be very grateful if you’d… Oral communication China is one of the countries boasting the richest biodiversity and also one of the earliest adopting the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Chinese Government has highly valued the work of biodiversity conservation by formulating and enforcing a series of related laws and regulations，so that a legal system on the conservation and biodiversity has fundamentally formed. In addition, it has established and consolidated the coordination mechanism on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity as well as the scheme of Inter-ministerial Joint Meeting on biological