2022年考研英语二阅读 Text 1 原文翻译及答案解析

On a recent sunny day, 13,000 chickens roam over Larry Brown's 40 windswept acres in Shiner, Texas. Some rest in the shade of a parked car. Others drink water with the cows. This all seems random, but it’s by design, part of what the $ 6.1 billion U.S. egg industry bets will be its next big thing: climate-friendly eggs.

在一个阳光明媚的日子里，13,000只鸡在德克萨斯州Shiner的Larry Brown的40英亩风吹草动的土地上漫步。有些在停放的汽车阴影下休息。其他的与牛一起喝水。这一切看起来是随机的，但这是有意为之，是美国价值61亿美元的鸡蛋行业押注的下一个大事件的一部分：气候友好型鸡蛋。

These eggs, which are making their debut now on shelves for as much as $ 8 a dozen, are still labeled organic and animal-friendly, but they're also from birds that live on farms using regenerative agriculture— special techniques to cultivate rich soils that can trap greenhouse gases. Such eggs could be marketed as helping to fight climate change.

这些鸡蛋现在在货架上首次亮相，价格高达每打8美元，仍然被标记为有机和动物友好型，但它们也来自生活在使用再生农业的农场中的鸟类——一种培养肥沃土壤的特殊技术，这种土壤可以捕获温室气体。这样的鸡蛋可以被宣传为帮助对抗气候变化。

"I'm excited about our progress9” says Brown, who harvests eggs for Denver­ based Nest Fresh Eggs and is adding more cover crops that draw worms and crickets for the chickens to eat. The birds' waste then fertilizes fields. Such improvements “allow our hens to forage for higher-quality natural feed that will be good for the land, the hens, and the eggs that we supply to our customers.”

"我对我们的进展感到兴奋，"布朗说，他为丹佛市的Nest Fresh Eggs收获鸡蛋，并正在增加覆盖作物来吸引虫子和蟋蟀供鸡吃。鸟类的废物然后给田地施肥。这些改进"允许我们的母鸡觅食更高质量的天然饲料，这对土地、母鸡和我们供应给客户的鸡蛋都有好处。"

The egg industry's push is the first major test of whether animal products from regenerative farms can become the next premium offering. In barely more than a decade, organic eggs went from being dismissed as a niche product in natural foods stores to being sold at Walmart. More recently there were similar doubts about probiotics and plant-based meats, but both have exploded into major supermarket categories. If the sustainable-egg rollout is successful, it could open the floodgates for regenerative beef^ broccoli, and beyond.

鸡蛋行业的推动是再生农场动物产品能否成为下一个高端产品的首次重大测试。在短短十多年里，有机鸡蛋从被自然食品商店视为小众产品到在沃尔玛销售。最近，对益生菌和植物性肉类也有类似的怀疑，但两者都已经爆炸式增长为主要超市类别。如果可持续鸡蛋的推广成功，它可能为再生牛肉^西兰花等打开闸门。

Regenerative products could be a hard sell, because the concept is tough to define quickly, says Julie Stanton, associate professor of agricultural economics at Pennsylvania State University Brandywine. Such farming also brings minimal, if any, improvement to the food products (though some producers say their eggs have more protein).

再生产品可能很难推销，因为这个概念很难快速定义，宾夕法尼亚州立大学Brandywine分校的农业经济学副教授Julie Stanton说。这种农业对食品产品的改善也很小，如果有的话（尽管一些生产商说他们的鸡蛋含有更多蛋白质）。

The industry is betting that the same consumers paying more for premium attributes such as free-range, non-GMO, and pasture-raised eggs will embrace sustainability. Surveys show that younger generations are more concerned about climate change, and some of the success of plant-based meat can be chalked up to shoppers wanting to signal their desire to protect the environment. Young adults "really care about the planet/’ says John Brunnquell, president of Egg Innovations. "They are absolutely altering the food chain beyond what I think even they understand what they're doing.”

该行业押注于那些为散养、非转基因和牧场饲养鸡蛋等高端属性支付更多费用的消费者会接受可持续性。调查显示，年轻一代更关心气候变化，植物性肉类的一些成功可以归因于购物者想要表达他们保护环境的愿望。年轻人"真的关心地球，"Egg Innovations的总裁John Brunnquell说。"他们绝对在改变食品链，超出了我认为甚至他们自己理解他们在做什么的程度。"

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