2024-06-07
25 分钟Hello, dear listener, and welcome into ielts speaking part three, agriculture and food production.
Rory here is a super expert on agriculture and food production.
Surprise, surprise.
Today, today I am.
Have new kinds of plants been grown in your city recently?
Well, spring came recently, so I suppose a lot of plants will be germinating after the winter period.
But if you mean ones grown by people, then none near me, possibly further towards the countryside then it's possible.
But where I live, it's too exposed and it's too close to the sea for such things to thrive.
Are there many people growing their own vegetables now?
In my country?
I would say fewer than before, actually, since mass agriculture allows for economies of scale, that people growing things in allotments just cant beat.
They still do, though, just not in anywhere near as large numbers as before.
Should schools teach children how to grow plants?
I dont see why not, since.
Well, it should help people understand life cycles and the important roles that plants play in our lives, not just as things to eat, but as things like national symbols and natural barriers, like with field borders and hedgerows.
If they can see and understand the process, they'll be more likely to explain and preserve plants as they see the value of them.
What do you think of the job of a farmer?
Well, I know I wouldn't want to do it.
It seems like a load of very hard work with minimal rewards, especially with the almost predatory role the large food corporations play in paying them the bare minimum.
It can't be easy, and I doubt they get enough credit.