农业工程英语

Unit One Sustainable Farming
Text A The New Sustainable Farm
Text B The Pros and Cons of Modern Farming
Unit Two Agricultural Mechanization
Text A Greatest Achievements---Agricultural Mechanization
Text B Potato Seed Cutting to Improve Planter Spacing
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Unit Three Cropping Techniques
Text A Escalating Diversity and Stability to a Higher Level
Text B Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
Unit Four Chemical Control
Text A Drift Control
Text B "Natural" Biopesticide to Be Developed
Unit Five Soil Management
Text A Plant Nutrients, Soil Fertility and Grid Sampling
Text B Acid Eats into Farm Incomes
Unit Six Water Resources
Text A Rainwater Harvesting: a New Water Source
Text B Water Scarcity: Forecasting the Future with Soottv Data
Unit Seven Energy Resources
Text A Oceans of Electricity
Text B Power Harvests
Unit Eight Food Processing
Text A Computers Control Flexible Manufacturing
Text B The Potential of Electro-Technologies for the Processing
of Foods
Unit Nine Automation
Text A Agricultural Automation in the New Millennium
Text B Robot Milkers Expected to Double
in Ontario by Year.End
Unit Ten Remote-Sensing Technologies
Text A Remote Sensing Keeps an Eye on Natural Resources
Text B Agriculture Remote Sensing: Getting a Closer Look
Glossary
Key to Exercises
Chinese Translation for Text A
New Words
Phrases and Expressions
Proper Names