Two Farm
Q1: The yeilds of corn exploded from 20 bushels to 2000 bushels per acre for two reasons: the hybrided seeds with modified genes, and the fertilizer that rearranged nitrogen.
Q2: Some of the exceeded fertilizers evaperate into the air and contribute to the sour rain. Most of them go down into the soil and rushed to the rivers and oceans, polluting the drinking water and damaging the ecosystem.
Three The Elevator
surfeit 过度 恶心
amiss 有毛病的,有缺陷的,出差错的
sacrilegious 亵渎神明的
fungible 代替的 可取代的 代替物
metolachlor 异丙甲草胺
atrazine 莠去津(除草剂)
burlap 粗麻布 布袋
discrete 离散的,不连续的,分立元件,独立部件
panoply 华丽服饰,全套甲胄
trajectory 轨道,轨线
maw（动物的）胃；嗉囊（鸟的）；（动物的）咽喉
Four The Feedlot
unfurling 展开,公开,松开
ramrod n.推弹杆 死板的人 adj.生硬的 v.迫使
Proustian 普鲁斯特的 (n. proust)
herald 先驱,传令官,报信者 v.通报 宣布
lagoon 泄湖,环礁湖,咸水湖
chug 间歇性燃烧,嚓嘎声
bovine 牛的,牛类动物的
ranch 大农场,大牧场
calf 腓肠 小腿 小牛 小牛皮
prairie 大草原 大牧场
paddock 围场,小牧场
pathogens 病原体,致病菌
stagecoach 公共马车
perambulate 巡行,漫步
funnel 漏斗,烟囱
lush adj. 丰富的, 豪华的 v.喝酒 n. 酒鬼
semen 精液
nibble 一点点地吃
ruminant 反刍动物的 沉思的
manure 肥料 施肥
rumen 瘤胃 第一胃
overgraze 过度放牧
arid 干旱的,不毛的,荒芜的
wean 断奶
bunk 铺位床铺 逃课
jest 笑话 俏皮话
pestilential 引起稳一点
medieval 中世纪的 原始的
estrogen 雌性激素
silage 青贮
trough 水槽 低谷期 低气压
molass tangjiang
tallow 牛脂 动物油脂
unassailable 不容置疑的 无懈可击的
encephalopathy 脑病变
cannibal 食人者
carcass 实体 残害
cavalierly 傲慢地 像骑士般地
flout 嘲笑 轻视 愚弄
prion 朊病毒
veterinarian 兽医 宠物医生
belch 打嗝 喷出
copious 丰富的 很多的 多产的
slime 粘液 烂泥
hose 软管 长筒袜
esophagus 试管 食道
Too many new words.
And I gave up recording the vocabulary....
The most impressive part for this week is the connection between the author and his calf, that steer. I was so worried about the end of the story of them. Will it be him sending the little creature the a slaughter house? So cruel. It is such a relief that he left at the pen.
"No attachments, human. You guys eat us. Why so emotional?"
The fast food part unexpectly gave me an eager for fast food. Yes the first luggets in my life tasted nothing similar to any other chicken before. And the burger was a big disappointment. The ads are so inducing, and I had been expecting for so long a time since I saw them on the TV in my hometown with no KFC or McDonald's. But now as a "social being" in the subway reading a book about fast food, I would like to rush into the nearest one of them to swallow a burger. Industrial food chain has changed me, a lot.
