10月18日午间英语新闻：新西兰拟向农场牲畜收打嗝税

Self-sufficient primary school in Yunnan goes viral

云南乡村小学因三餐食材师生自给自足走红网络

Jingwai Mingde, a primary school in Xuanwei, Yunnan province, with more than 1,000 teachers and students, has achieved food self-sufficiency over 15 years by offering farming for students. Each class is allocated a piece of land to plant seasonal vegetables or raise livestock, which become ingredients for their daily meals.
15年来，云南省宣威市靖外明德小学的上千名师生通过让学生种地实现了粮食自给。每个班级都分有一块责任田，用来种植时令蔬菜或饲养牲畜，这些都将成为他们日常膳食的原料。

Students do farm chores twice a week under the guidance of teachers. There is also a zoo in the school with deer, ostriches and other animals to help students expand their horizons and get along with animals. The school set up a greenhouse with fruit trees and medicinal herbs for students to learn about botanicals in nature, instead of just listening to teachers in the classroom.
每周学生会在专职劳动教师的带领下完成两次劳作。学校还有一个动物园，饲养梅花鹿、鸵鸟等动物，学生在开阔眼界的同时，也学会了如何与小动物相处。学校设立了一个种植果树和草药的温室，让学生们在大自然中学习植物学知识，而不是在课堂上听老师讲课。

"Children who have not kissed the land will not have a complete childhood," said school principal Lei Yingfei. "The farm labor will build excellent character that lasts a lifetime."
校长雷应飞说：“没有亲吻过土地的孩子，童年是不完整的，劳动形成的优秀品格，会影响孩子的一生。”

重点词汇：
1、viral
英 [ˈvaɪrəl]

美 [ˈvaɪrəl] 
adj. 病毒性的，病毒引起的；（与）利用病毒式营销手段（有关）的
n. 互联网上迅速传播的图片（或视频、广告等）

2.allocate
英 [ˈæləkeɪt]

美 [ˈæləkeɪt] 
v. 分配，分派，划拨

3.ingredients
英 [ɪnˈɡriːdiənts]

美 [ɪnˈɡriːdiənts] 
n. 材料，佐料，原料；（成功的）要素，因素（ingredient 的复数）

New Zealand government plans to tax animals' gas emissions

一半温室气体排放来自农场？新西兰拟向农场牲畜收打嗝税

New Zealand’s government has proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals create by burping and urinating as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly products.
日前，新西兰政府提议对农场动物因打嗝和小便产生的温室气体征税，作为应对气候变化计划的一部分。新西兰政府表示，该项税收将是世界首创。农民可以通过抬高“气候友好型”产品的价格来收回成本。

The plan would see farmers pay for gas emissions from their animals, such as methane gas emanating from cows, and nitrous oxide in the urine of livestock. Opposition lawmakers from the conservative ACT Party said the plan would actually increase worldwide emissions by moving farming to other countries that were less efficient at making food.
这项计划旨在让农民为其饲养牲畜所排放的气体付费，这些气体包括牲畜排出的甲烷气体，以及牲畜尿液中排放的一氧化二氮等。反对党议员则表示，该计划实际上将使产业转移到其他生产效率较低的国家，最终会增加全球温室气体排放。

New Zealand's farming industry is vital to its economy, and dairy products are the nation’s largest export earner. There are just 5 million people in New Zealand but some 10 million beef and dairy cattle and 26 million sheep. The outsized industry has made New Zealand unusual in that about half of its greenhouse gas emissions come from farms. Under the government's proposed plan, farmers would start to pay for emissions in 2025, with the pricing yet to be finalized.
据悉，新西兰养殖业对该国经济至关重要，乳制品是其最大的出口创汇来源。据统计，新西兰人口约500万，但有约1000万头牛和2600万只羊。这个庞大的产业使新西兰变得与众不同，因为该国约一半的温室气体排放来自农场。新西兰政府表示，农民将在2025年开始为排放付费，但定价尚未确定，征集的税款将全部用于资助农业新技术的研究。

重点词汇：
1、emission
英 [ɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n]

美 [ɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n] 
n. 排放物，散发物；（尤指光、热、气等的）散发，排放；射精，遗精；<古>发行

2.burp
英 [bɜːp]

美 [bɜːrp] 
n. 打嗝；饱嗝儿
vi. 打嗝；打饱嗝
vt. 使打嗝

3.emanating
美 [ˈeməneɪtɪŋ] 
从……处传出，传出（emanate 的现在分词）