• 英语视觉词汇
The Farm - Continued
农场 - 续
Working the Land
耕作土地
crops 农作物
agriculture 农业
farmhand 农场工人
fallow 休耕（暂时不种植的土地）
to plow 犁地
to sow 播种
to plant 种植
to irrigate 灌溉
to till 翻耕土地
to rotate (crops) 轮作（更换种植的作物）
to clear (land) 开垦（土地）
Plow the fields.
犁田
This year we planted tomatoes and eggplant.
今年我们种了西红柿和茄子。
The farmer uses a tractor to pull the plough.
农民用拖拉机拉犁。
They rotate crops to maintain soil fertility.
他们轮作以保持土壤肥力。
The land was cleared to create new farmland.
土地被开垦以创建新的农田。
The farmer decided to lay fallow the field for a year to restore its nutrients.
农民决定让土地休耕一年以恢复养分。
You reap what you sow.
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆（种什么收什么）
fertilizer 肥料
manure 他们在农货市场销售当地农产品。
fertile 肥沃
to sprout 发芽
to fertilize 施肥
Close to the river the soil is very fertile.
靠近河流的土壤非常肥沃。
Harvesting
收获
harvest 收成
crop yield 作物产量
to harvest 收割
to gather 收集
Silos are used to store grain.
筒仓用于储存谷物。
We gathered the apples from the orchard.
我们从果园里收集了苹果。
Separate the wheat from the chaff.
分清良莠（比喻区分好坏）
Like finding a needle in a haystack.
大海捞针
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
不要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里
vineyard 葡萄园
The field workers picked peaches.
田间工人采摘了桃子。
These olives were picked by hand.
这些橄榄是手工采摘的。
Pest Control
病虫害防治
pest 害虫
pesticide 农药
insecticide 杀虫剂 m.
herbicide 除草剂 m.
organic 有机的
blight 枯萎病（植物病害）
locust 蝗虫
to spray 喷洒
to treat 处理（施加处理）
Organic farms do not use synthetic pesticides.
有机农场不使用合成农药。
The farmer sprayed the crops to treat them for pests.
农民给作物喷药以防治害虫。


Ranching
畜牧业
ranch 牧场
ranch hand 牧场工人
cattle rustler 偷牛贼
to brand 烙印（给牲畜打标记）
to graze 放牧
to feed 喂养
to fence 围栏
The cowboys rounded up the cattle to brand them.
牛仔们把牛赶在一起打烙印。
The sheep are kept in a pen near the barn.
羊被关在靠近谷仓的圈里。
The cattle graze in the pasture all day.
牛整天在牧场吃草。
The farmer feeds the animals twice a day.
农民每天给动物喂两次食。
They fenced the property to keep the livestock safe.
他们围起了土地以保护牲畜安全。
No Trespassing!
禁止入内
Till the cows come home
等到牛回家（比喻很长时间）
You can argue with him till the cows come home, but he’ll never change his mind.
你可以和他争论到牛回家，但他永远不会改变主意。
plantation 种植园
The rubber plantation stretched for miles through the rainforest.
橡胶种植园在雨林中延绵数英里。