極端氣候下的農業
Farming under extreme weather — Chinese reading, HSK 7–9
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氣候變遷使極端天氣愈發頻繁：春季乾旱、夏季暴雨、冬季暖冬，讓仰賴天時的農民苦不堪言。以臺灣的高山茶為例，暖冬導致茶樹提早發芽，隨後一場寒流便可能使嫩芽凍傷，一季的心血付諸東流。
qì hòu biàn qiān shǐ jí duān tiān qì yù fā pín fán chūn jì gān hàn xià jì bào yǔ dōng jì nuǎn dōng ràng yǎng lài tiān shí de nóng mín kǔ bù kān yán yǐ Tái wān de gāo shān chá wéi lì nuǎn dōng dǎo zhì chá shù tí zǎo fā yá suí hòu yì cháng hán liú biàn kě néng shǐ nèn yá dòng shāng yí jì de xīn xuè fù zhū dōng liú
Climate change is making extreme weather ever more frequent — spring droughts, summer downpours, warm winters — and farmers who depend on the seasons are suffering terribly. Take Taiwan's high-mountain tea: a warm winter makes the bushes bud early, and a cold snap afterwards can frostbite the young shoots, wasting a whole season's work.
為了因應衝擊，農委會推出農業保險，並輔導農民改用耐旱品種、架設防雨棚。一些年輕農民更引進感測器與大數據，精準掌握土壤溼度與氣溫變化。
wèi le yīn yìng chōng jí nóng wěi huì tuī chū nóng yè bǎo xiǎn bìng fǔ dǎo nóng mín gǎi yòng nài hàn pǐn zhǒng jià shè fáng yǔ péng yì xiē nián qīng nóng mín gèng yǐn jìn gǎn cè qì yǔ dà shù jù jīng zhǔn zhǎng wò tǔ rǎng shī dù yǔ qì wēn biàn huà
To cope with the impact, the agriculture authorities have introduced crop insurance and helped farmers switch to drought-resistant varieties and put up rain shelters. Some young farmers have gone further, bringing in sensors and big data to track soil moisture and temperature precisely.
與其被動承受天災，不如未雨綢繆，以科技降低風險。
yǔ qí bèi dòng chéng shòu tiān zāi bù rú wèi yǔ chóu móu yǐ kē jì jiàng dī fēng xiǎn
Rather than passively enduring natural disasters, it's better to plan ahead and use technology to reduce risk.
生詞
氣候變遷 qìhòubiànqiān climate change
仰賴 yǎnglài to rely on
苦不堪言 kǔbùkānyán to suffer unbearably
寒流 hánliú cold snap
付諸東流 fùzhūdōngliú to come to nothing
因應 yīnyìng to respond to, cope with
輔導 fǔdǎo to guide, assist
未雨綢繆 wèiyǔchóumóu to prepare before it rains