米国赴任52週目が終了。
Vertical Farming (3)ではaquaponicsなど見慣れない単語が出てくるので調べてみたら、wikipediaのaquaponicsのページを見つけました。
そこには次のように定義されています。
Aquaponics is a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment.
Vertical Farming (3)ではaquaponicsなど見慣れない単語が出てくるので調べてみたら、wikipediaのaquaponicsのページを見つけました。
そこには次のように定義されています。
Aquaponics is a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment.
テキストの文章と似ていますね。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics
このwikipediaでは、田んぼでどじょうを飼うのもaquaponicsの一種とありました。結構、歴史は古いのです。
Aquaponicsのキットが販売されています。その名もAquaFarm。
https://www.backtotheroots.com/Products/Details.aspx?p=12
すべてカルフォルニアで生産しているそうです。送料無料で$59.99なので部屋の潤いのために買ってみてもよいかもです。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics
このwikipediaでは、田んぼでどじょうを飼うのもaquaponicsの一種とありました。結構、歴史は古いのです。
Aquaponicsのキットが販売されています。その名もAquaFarm。
https://www.backtotheroots.com/Products/Details.aspx?p=12
すべてカルフォルニアで生産しているそうです。送料無料で$59.99なので部屋の潤いのために買ってみてもよいかもです。
3.実践ビジネス英語 2014/4 Lesson 2 Vertical Farming 1,2,3
■前回の復習です
nudge
antidote to isolation
catch on
hit upon an idea
what's this I hear about
gym-allergic
proponent
effortlessly and spontaneously
in a natural setting
be up to
take a leaf from someone's book
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています
Singapore is making its mark in another field these day: vertical farming.
A local entrepreneur realized that people would pay a premium for fresh, locally grown produce.
The vertical farm I saw was like a Ferris wheel.
Singaporeans have taken farming to the next level with these vertical farms.
I was surprised to learn that Singapore has no few than 120 vertical farms.
One interesting feature is the way it uses aquaponics.
Conventional aquaculture means raising aquatic creature like fish, prawns and snails in tank.
Hydroponics means to grow plants in water without soil.
It's a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture with hydroponics in a symbiotic environment.
Although they're quite promising, their long-term commercial viability has yet to be established.
It's our job at H&B to keep on top of these new development so our competitors don't steal a march on us.
How much of a premium are city dwellers prepared to pay for locally grown produce?
More and more people describe themselves as "locavores" - people who prefer to eat food that's sourced locally.
★make one's mark, 名を成す、有名になる、成功する
Singapore is making its mark in another field these day: vertical farming.
★pay a premium for, ...に対して割増料金を払う
A local entrepreneur realized that people would pay a premium for fresh, locally grown produce.
★Ferris wheel, 観覧車
The vertical farm I saw was like a Ferris wheel.
★take farming to the next level, 農業を次の段階に持っていく
Singaporeans have taken farming to the next level with these vertical farms.
★no fewer than, 少なくとも
I was surprised to learn that Singapore has no few than 120 vertical farms.
★aquaponics, アクアポニックス（水耕栽培と魚類の養殖を同時に行う、循環型のシステム）
One interesting feature is the way it uses aquaponics.
★aquaculture, 養殖業
Conventional aquaculture means raising aquatic creature like fish, prawns and snails in tank.
★hydroponics, 水耕栽培
Hydroponics means to grow plants in water without soil.
★symbiotic, 共生の
It's a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture with hydroponics in a symbiotic environment.
★commercial viability, 商業的な実行可能性、商業化
Although they're quite promising, their long-term commercial viability has yet to be established.
★keep on top of, （情報など）に通じている
It's our job at H&B to keep on top of these new development so our competitors don't steal a march on us.
★steal a march on, ...を出し抜く、...に先んじる
It's our job at H&B to keep on top of these new development so our competitors don't steal a march on us.
★city dweller, 都会人、都市生活者
How much of a premium are city dwellers prepared to pay for locally grown produce?
★locavore, 地元食材愛好家
More and more people describe themselves as "locavores" - people who prefer to eat food that's sourced locally.
■前回の復習の答えです
nudge, 説得して...させる
antidote to isolation, 孤立化対策
catch on, 人気を得る、流行する、ヒットする
hit upon an idea, 考えを思いつく
what's this I hear about, 私が耳にする...は何ですか
gym-allergic, ジム嫌いの
proponent, 提唱者、支持者
effortlessly and spontaneously, 難なく無意識のうちに
in a natural setting, 自然環境の中で
be up to, ...をやりこなせる
take a leaf from someone's book, （人）のやることを手本にする[まねる]
■前回の復習です
nudge
antidote to isolation
catch on
hit upon an idea
what's this I hear about
gym-allergic
proponent
effortlessly and spontaneously
in a natural setting
be up to
take a leaf from someone's book
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています
Singapore is making its mark in another field these day: vertical farming.
A local entrepreneur realized that people would pay a premium for fresh, locally grown produce.
The vertical farm I saw was like a Ferris wheel.
Singaporeans have taken farming to the next level with these vertical farms.
I was surprised to learn that Singapore has no few than 120 vertical farms.
One interesting feature is the way it uses aquaponics.
Conventional aquaculture means raising aquatic creature like fish, prawns and snails in tank.
Hydroponics means to grow plants in water without soil.
It's a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture with hydroponics in a symbiotic environment.
Although they're quite promising, their long-term commercial viability has yet to be established.
It's our job at H&B to keep on top of these new development so our competitors don't steal a march on us.
How much of a premium are city dwellers prepared to pay for locally grown produce?
More and more people describe themselves as "locavores" - people who prefer to eat food that's sourced locally.
★make one's mark, 名を成す、有名になる、成功する
Singapore is making its mark in another field these day: vertical farming.
★pay a premium for, ...に対して割増料金を払う
A local entrepreneur realized that people would pay a premium for fresh, locally grown produce.
★Ferris wheel, 観覧車
The vertical farm I saw was like a Ferris wheel.
★take farming to the next level, 農業を次の段階に持っていく
Singaporeans have taken farming to the next level with these vertical farms.
★no fewer than, 少なくとも
I was surprised to learn that Singapore has no few than 120 vertical farms.
★aquaponics, アクアポニックス（水耕栽培と魚類の養殖を同時に行う、循環型のシステム）
One interesting feature is the way it uses aquaponics.
★aquaculture, 養殖業
Conventional aquaculture means raising aquatic creature like fish, prawns and snails in tank.
★hydroponics, 水耕栽培
Hydroponics means to grow plants in water without soil.
★symbiotic, 共生の
It's a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture with hydroponics in a symbiotic environment.
★commercial viability, 商業的な実行可能性、商業化
Although they're quite promising, their long-term commercial viability has yet to be established.
★keep on top of, （情報など）に通じている
It's our job at H&B to keep on top of these new development so our competitors don't steal a march on us.
★steal a march on, ...を出し抜く、...に先んじる
It's our job at H&B to keep on top of these new development so our competitors don't steal a march on us.
★city dweller, 都会人、都市生活者
How much of a premium are city dwellers prepared to pay for locally grown produce?
★locavore, 地元食材愛好家
More and more people describe themselves as "locavores" - people who prefer to eat food that's sourced locally.
■前回の復習の答えです
nudge, 説得して...させる
antidote to isolation, 孤立化対策
catch on, 人気を得る、流行する、ヒットする
hit upon an idea, 考えを思いつく
what's this I hear about, 私が耳にする...は何ですか
gym-allergic, ジム嫌いの
proponent, 提唱者、支持者
effortlessly and spontaneously, 難なく無意識のうちに
in a natural setting, 自然環境の中で
be up to, ...をやりこなせる
take a leaf from someone's book, （人）のやることを手本にする[まねる]
