相关词汇 　　animal husbandry 畜牧业 　　artificial feed 人工饲料 　　barn n. 牲口棚 　　cattle n. 牛(总称) 　　chicken yard 养鸡场 　　dairy cattle 奶牛 　　dairy farming 乳品业，乳牛业 　　farm laborer 农场工人 　　fish farm 养鱼场 　　fodder/feed n 饲料 　　food company 食品公司 　　herd n. 牧群，(一)群(牛，马等) 　　hive n. 蜂箱，蜂房 　　lawn n. 草地 　　livestock n. 牲畜 　　milking machine 挤奶器 　　poultry n. 家禽 　　ranch n. 大农场，牧场 　　rancher n 牧场主 　　shepherd n. 牧人
[图片0] 　　情景对话: 　　A: Wow, how large and beautiful your uncle's ranch is! 　　B: Yeah. I like it very much. When I was a child, I often came here with my sisters and brothers for our holidays. 　　A: Look at the large herd of cattle on the lawn over there! 　　Are they diary cattle or beef cattle? 　　B: They're dairy ones. Some workers from a food company in the city come here to collect milk every day. 　　A: Oh, I see. The house with red roof is very beautiful. 　　What's it for? 　　B: It's the chicken yard. There're about ten thousand chickens inside it. 　　A: Ten thousand?! Oh, my God. It's hard to imagine. 　　B: Yeah. Besides, there're dozens of hives and a large fish farm behind the little hill. They also belong to my uncle. 　　A: Wow, your uncle is really a very rich rancher. But... 　　I wonder how he can cope with all these poultry and livestock only by himself. 　　B: Oh, don't worry. He has hired some farm laborers to help him. 　　A: I see.
　　参考译文: 　　A:噢，你叔叔的农场好大好漂亮啊! 　　B;是啊.我非常喜欢这里.小时候。我常常和我的兄弟姐妹们来这里度假。 　　A:看.那边的草地上有那么一大群牛!是奶牛还是肉牛啊? 　　B:是奶牛。城里的一家食品公司每天都会派人来这里收牛奶。 　　A:哦.原来如此。那边的那栋红顶的房子好漂亮啊，是用来做什么的呢? 　　B:那是养鸡场，里面大概养了上万只鸡。 　　A:上万只吗?!天哪。真是令人难以置信. 　　B:是啊。除了这些，在那座小山的后面还有几十个蜂箱和一个大的养鱼池，也都是我叔叔的。 　　A:噢。你叔叔真是一个大农场主啊。但是，养这么多的家禽和牲畜。他一个人怎么忙得过来呢? 　　B:不用担心。他雇了一些农工来帮忙打理。 　　A:原来如此。