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Reading The changing colours of our crops
閱讀 莊稼的顏色在變化
Read this newspaper article about Sunqiao Modern Agricultural development Zone in Shanghai.
閱讀這篇關于上海孫橋現代農業園區的新聞。
Recently, agriculture has become more colourful.
最近，農業變得更加豐富多彩了。
Green agriculture' means traditional farming that grows plants in soil.
“綠色農業”指在土壤中種植農作物的傳統農業。
Blue agriculture' farms fish or water plants in natural sources of water such as oceans or lakes.
“藍色農業”在海洋、湖泊等自然水資源環境下養殖魚類或水生農作物。
The newest of the colours is 'white agriculture'.
最新的有顏色農業是“白色農業”。
It is practised at Sunqiao Modern Agricultural Development Zone in Shanghai.
上海孫橋現代農業園區發展的就是這種農業。
With white agriculture, plants are grown in water.
在白色農業中，植物是生長在水里的。
Sometimes sand or small stones are used to help hold up the plants.
有時也使用沙子或小石子來幫助固定植物。
However, soil is not used.
但不用土壤。
The plants are nourished only by a mixture of water and fertilizer.
植物只靠水和肥料的混合物來培養。
White agriculture is useful for places with poor soil quality since it makes the best use of both water and fertilizer.
白色農業非常適宜于土質較差的地方，因為它可以充分利用水和肥料。
Sunqiao is both an experimental research facility and a business enterprise.
孫橋既是一個實驗研究機構，也是一個企業。
The research involves making green agriculture more profitable and finding farming techniques which do not use manmade chemicals.
該研究旨在提高綠色農業的利潤，探索不使用人造化學物品的農業技術。
It also produces seeds which help farmers grow better crops.
這種種植方法還能幫助農民種出更好的作物。
However, the most unusual aspect of Sunqiao is their research on white agriculture.
然而，孫橋最非比尋常的地方是他們對白色農業的研究。
Through this new technology, Sunqiao Modern Development Zone has proved to be one of the fastest developing areas in China.
有了這項新技術，孫橋現代開發區已成為中國發展最快的地區之一。
Seeds and new varieties of plants from Sunqiao have brought economic benefits to more than 16,000 farming families.
來自孫橋的種子和新品種為16,000多個農戶帶來了經濟效益。
The farmers that it has helped now have bigger and better harvests.
受益的農民如今有了更多更好的收成。
Their lives have been changed forever.
他們的生活發生了徹底的改變。
People who live in cities used to regard farming as boring and backward.
過去，城里人大多認為務農既無聊又落后。
However, the introduction of modern technology has made Sunqiao famous.
然而，現代科技的引入使得孫橋聞名于世。
Every week, about 5,000 people visited Sunqiao.
這里每周的游客量高達5000人左右。
They appear amazed to see the vegetables which Sunqiao grows without using soil.
看到孫橋不用土就能培植出蔬菜大家都吃驚不已。
Farming has become exciting and high-tech.
農業已經變得令人興奮， 變成了高科技領域。
This is a place where technology and nature work well together.
在這里，技術和自然得以和諧共處。
