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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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What does the phrase "a fallow landscape" mean?
"While the rest of the world grows more and more genetically modified food crops, the EU remains a fallow landscape for the technology. "
How to understant the phrase of :"a fallow landscape" here? Does that mean the EU remains some field to grow genetically modified crops in the future? or is this just a metaphor, it means something else.
How to understant the phrase of :"a fallow landscape" here? Does that mean the EU remains some field to grow genetically modified crops in the future? or is this just a metaphor, it means something else.
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A fallow field is one that is left unsown, that has nothing growing in it.
- A fallow field is one that is left unsown, that has nothing growing in it.
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A fallow field is one that is left unsown, that has nothing growing in it.
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Anonymousis this just a metaphor, it means something else.Yes. The EU is not a fertile place for this kind of technology to grow and blossom and yield results.
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