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Behnazzz Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
sustainable resources
MARY GEARIN: Central to the campus is a specially designed building called wadambawilam or 'learning place', a working example for students of sustainable resources, designed for maximum insulation, using solar panels and windmills for power.
But taking pride of place is the first , state of the art, dairy.
The dairy has been designed for both education and production.
But despite the kick bars and the splash plates, the dairy still seems to offend the delicate sensibilities of city kids.
Julian Bennet runs this as a genuine commercial venture.
We hope to aim it at about 200 cows, 220 cows, and then from there on increase production not by cow numbers, but more by herd improvement by genetics, and also by increasing the feed into the cows, better to lift the production per cow up, hopefully aiming at a figure of around about 1.2 million litres a year.
MARY GEARIN: Of course, the dairy keeps to the environmental theme, using recycled storage pond water for wash downs.
JULIAN BENNET: As well, we are looking at the dairy putting the nutrients back on the property, back on the farm.
We have got a slurry tanker and during the summer, especially onto crops like turnips, we do put the slurry back on those and hopefully save on fertilizer further down the track.
The students will continue to monitor the dairy through an internal computer link up at school, and use their lessons from the camp in subjects, and years, to follow.
Hi
What are the meanings of the parts in bold,please?
Thanks alot:):)
But taking pride of place is the first , state of the art, dairy.
The dairy has been designed for both education and production.
But despite the kick bars and the splash plates, the dairy still seems to offend the delicate sensibilities of city kids.
Julian Bennet runs this as a genuine commercial venture.
We hope to aim it at about 200 cows, 220 cows, and then from there on increase production not by cow numbers, but more by herd improvement by genetics, and also by increasing the feed into the cows, better to lift the production per cow up, hopefully aiming at a figure of around about 1.2 million litres a year.
MARY GEARIN: Of course, the dairy keeps to the environmental theme, using recycled storage pond water for wash downs.
JULIAN BENNET: As well, we are looking at the dairy putting the nutrients back on the property, back on the farm.
We have got a slurry tanker and during the summer, especially onto crops like turnips, we do put the slurry back on those and hopefully save on fertilizer further down the track.
The students will continue to monitor the dairy through an internal computer link up at school, and use their lessons from the camp in subjects, and years, to follow.
Hi
What are the meanings of the parts in bold,please?
Thanks alot:):)
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This is a huge post, consisting of 8 questions. ” “ As well ” means “ also ” or “ in addition to ”. “ we are looking at” is a phrase that means “we are doing”, or “we intend to do”.
- This is a huge post, consisting of 8 questions.
- ” “ As well ” means “ also ” or “ in addition to ”.
- “ we are looking at” is a phrase that means “we are doing”, or “we intend to do”.
- “putting … back” means “return …”, so they are returning the nutrients to the farm (recycling).
- ” ---“save on fertilizer further down the track” To “save on” something, means to “use less of” something, or to “save money”.
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This is a huge post, consisting of 8 questions. I will answer 2 of the questions…
---“As well, we are looking at the dairy putting the nutrients back on the property, back on the farm.”
“As well” means “also” or “in addition to”.
“we are looking at” is a phrase that means “we are doing”, or “we intend to do”.
“put
---“As well, we are looking at the dairy putting the nutrients back on the property, back on the farm.”
“As well” means “also” or “in addition to”.
“we are looking at” is a phrase that means “we are doing”, or “we intend to do”.
“put
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