http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/28/gm-canola-organic-farmer-loses-court-case-over-alleged-contamination
Summary
A
farmer, called Steve Marsh, sued another farmer and his ex-friend, Michael
Baxter.
Marsh
said that Baxter’s GM crop drifted onto his crops and sheep. As a result, his
organic certification was cancelled and he lost amount of profit by the GM crops.
Mr.
Marsh asked a financial compensation and the GM crop should be banned for plantation.
However,
the judge said that Baxter only needed to pay Marsh for his financial loss for
Marsh. It is not necessary to stop planting the legal GM crops. Otherwise, the
US Company Monsanto claims that the GM crop “were harmless to animals, people
and land even if consumed.”
Vocabulary
1.
Course
case 訴訟案件
2.
Canola
(n.) 加拿大油菜
3.
Drift
onto
Drift into (v.) 無意間進入，不知不覺陷入
4.
Injunction
(n.) 命令、禁令、強制力
5.
Interference
(n.) 干涉、干擾、衝突、介入、妨礙
6.
Swath
(n.) 收割的痕跡
7.
Pose
(v.) 造成、威脅、問題
8.
Methodology
(n.) 方法學 (從事某一活動的) 一套方法
9.
Broadace
10.
Implement
(v.) 實施、執行、始生效
11.
Incursion
(n.) 侵犯、侵入
12.
Scathe
(v.) 使之枯萎
13.
Dismissal
(n.) 駁回、拒絕受理、解雇
14.
Contamination
(n.) 汙染、毒害
15.
Roundup
Read 轉殖
16.
Issue
(v.) 造成‧‧‧結果、 在‧‧‧上挑起爭端
17.
Claim
for (v.) 要求支付‧‧‧費用
18.
Germinate
(v.) 發芽、生長、發展
19.
Withdraw
(v.) 撤走、拿走
20.
Compensation
(n.) 補償、賠償、修正
21.
Compatible
(adj.) 兼容的、相容的【生物學】可共存的
Quotes
1.
Holding
their breath in hopes.
