一个年轻棉农的梦想

江西 孙朝岚

主题语境：棉花种植 篇幅：325词 建议用时：7分钟

1Yang Haoran was born into a family of cotton farmers and spent his childhood playing in the cotton fields.He witnessed how hard his parents had to work using traditional farming methods,as well as how automation has boosted productivity and saved labor.

2After he finished university,Yang returned to his hometown to become a cotton farmer himself.However,his experience has been very different from his parents and grandparents: he manages over 200,000 square meters of cotton fields and always seeks new ways to improve efficiency through technological innovations.

3In 2018,he saw the great business potential of using drones(无人机)in farming and set up his own company,which employs 13 drone operators,all of whom are post-90s workers like Yang himself.“We are like a big family,with members from different ethnic groups including Han,Hui and Kazak,”Yang said proudly.

4In peak growing seasons,they move their drones in a skillful way over the fields,while in the off-season,they train local farmers to operate drones.Over the past three years,Yang's team has trained hundreds of local farmers to operate agricultural drones.“This will enable more farmers to acquire new technologies and use modern equipment,allowing them to keep pace with the advancements in modern agriculture and increase their income,”he said.

5Yang's dream does not end there.He has recently taken up a precision farming project,which uses drones to collect data for spectral analysis (光谱分析),and transmit realtime data on crop growth and soil moisture to the irrigation and fertilizer equipment for precision agriculture.

6About 90 percent of China's total cotton output comes from Xinjiang,a region that takes up one sixth of the country's territory.Apart from drones,Xinjiang also employs satellite navigation and large-scale agricultural machines to boost cotton production.Data from the region's agriculture and rural affairs authorities shows 90 percent of the cotton cultivation and harvest is carried out by machines.

Reading Check

Inference

1.What made Yang Haoran return to his hometown after finishing university?

A.His childhood playing in the cotton fields.

B.The advancements in modern agriculture.

C.Providing employment opportunities for villagers.

D.Helping increase productivity and save labor.

Detail

2.What business did Yang see potential in?

A.Farming with large-scale machines.

B.Cotton cultivation and harvest.

C.Using drones in farming.

D.Spectral analysis of crop growth.

Detail

3.What does Yang's team do in the off-season?

A.Increase local farmers'income.

B.Improve efficiency in cotton farming.

C.Train local farmers to operate drones.

D.Move drones skillfully over the fields.

Detail

4.What technology does Yang Haoran use to improve farming efficiency?

A.Satellite navigation.B.Drones.

C.Large-scale machines.D.Data analysis.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

In 2018,he saw the great business potential of using drones in farming and set up his own company,which employs 13 drone operators,all of whom are post-90s workers like Yang himself.2018年，他看到了在农业中使用无人机的巨大商业潜力，于是成立了自己的公司，雇用了13名无人机操作员，他们都是像杨自己一样的“90后”工人。

【点石成金】本句中，which 引导的是定语从句，在从句中作主语；whom 引导的也是定语从句，修饰先行词13 drone operators。

Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box in proper forms.

1.The menu contained traditional favorites ________more adventurous dishes.

2.In recent months,though,environmental studies indicate there have been signs of________.

3.We must make the most ________use of the available financial resources.

4.He ________his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month.

5.More often than not,it is easier to make a plan than to ________a plan.

6.They were walking so fast that the small boy hardly ________them.