day 60fields and farms

fields and farms

Talk about farming (ploughing, irrigating, fertilising, planting, picking and harvesting) and offer alternatives with 或……，或…….

today’s words

• 耕 gēng · to plough, till
• 耕地 gēngdì · to plough; farmland
• 耕耘 gēngyún · to cultivate, work hard
• 开垦 kāikěn · to clear land, reclaim
• 锄 chú · hoe; to hoe, weed
• 灌溉 guàngài · to irrigate
• 肥料 féiliào · fertiliser
• 化肥 huàféi · chemical fertiliser
• 粪 fèn · dung, manure
• 粪便 fènbiàn · excrement, droppings
• 禾苗 hémiáo · young crops, seedlings
• 稻草 dàocǎo · rice straw
• 作物 zuòwù · crop
• 棉花 miánhuā · cotton
• 麻 má · hemp, flax
• 栽 zāi · to plant, grow
• 栽培 zāipéi · to cultivate, grow; to train
• 茁壮 zhuózhuàng · sturdy, thriving
• 采摘 cǎizhāi · to pick, harvest (by hand)
• 收割 shōugē · to harvest, reap
• 盛产 shèngchǎn · to produce in abundance
• 农场 nóngchǎng · farm
• 田间 tiánjiān · in the fields
• 田野 tiányě · open fields, countryside
• 田园 tiányuán · countryside, rural life
• 泥土 nítǔ · soil, earth
• 淤泥 yūní · silt, sludge
• 泥泞 nínìng · muddy
• 泥潭 nítán · mire, quagmire
• 坑 kēng · pit, hole; to cheat
• 池塘 chítáng · pond
• 流水 liúshuǐ · running water
• 流淌 liútǎng · to flow, run
• 淡水 dànshuǐ · fresh water
• 地下水 dìxiàshuǐ · groundwater

sentences

• 我岳父岳母在乡下有一个农场。 · My parents-in-law have a farm in the countryside.
• 这一带盛产苹果和棉花。 · This area is famous for its apples and cotton.
• 火车开过一片片田野和牧场。 · The train runs past field after field and pasture after pasture.
• 下过雨，路很泥泞。 · After the rain the road is very muddy.
• 池塘里的水是从山上流下来的。 · The water in the pond comes down from the hills.