中國南方地區是一片廣闊的土地,面積足足有英國國土面積九倍之大。這里經常下雨,積水到處可見。夏末時節,南方地區是一片金色的稻海。作為世界上重要的水稻種植區之一,這里的水稻產量占世界總產量的四分之一。如今,在這里的大片土地上,人們種植了新培育的高產(high-yielding)水稻品種,施的是化學肥料(fertilizer),并用聯合收割機(combine-harvester)來進行大規模收割。
Southern China is a vast area which is nine times larger than the UK. It often rains here and standing water can be seen everywhere. By late summer, Southern China will turn into a golden sea of rice. As one of the important rice planting areas in the world, this area produces a quarter of the world’s rice. Nowadays, new-bred high-yielding strains are grown in much of the rice land, applied with chemical fertilizers and reaped by combine-harvesters on a large scale.