VOA慢速英語：馬拉維試行種植工業(yè)大麻

In Malawi, the government has approved plans to grow industrial hemp for export on a trial or temporary basis.

在馬拉維，為了出口，在試行或暫時(shí)的基礎(chǔ)上，政府已批準(zhǔn)種植工業(yè)用大麻的提案。

The government's decision followed years of heated debate. The proposal continues to meet resistance from anti-drug activists and religious leaders.

經(jīng)過幾年激烈爭(zhēng)論后，政府做出該決定。該提案遭到來自禁毒活動(dòng)人士與宗教領(lǐng)袖的阻力。

Industrial hemp and marijuana are from the same family of crops. But industrial hemp does not contain the psychoactive chemical agents found in marijuana, the plant known as chamba in Malawi.

工業(yè)用大麻與大麻來自同種類作物。但工業(yè)用大麻不包含大麻中發(fā)現(xiàn)的精神化學(xué)物質(zhì)，在馬拉維，該植物被稱為昌巴。

Biomass company CEO Ed Lehburger examines a barrel of shredded hemp on the way to being turned into pulp and used for paper and other products, at Pure Vision Technology, a biomass factory in Fort Lupton, Colo., May 19, 2015.

Last May, parliament member Boniface Kadzamira asked lawmakers to reconsider the plant's economic abilities. In his country, he says, people used to think that chamba caused madness and crime. He said people now understand that industrial hemp is purely a money-making crop.

去年五月，議會(huì)成員Boniface Kadzamira要求議員重新考慮該植物的經(jīng)濟(jì)能力。在他的國家，他說，人們過去認(rèn)為昌巴會(huì)導(dǎo)致瘋狂與犯罪。他還說人們現(xiàn)在明白了，工業(yè)大麻純粹是一種賺錢的作物。

Industrial hemp can be used to make paper, cloth, medicine and even food products.

工業(yè)大麻可以用來制造紙、布、藥品，甚至是食品。

But the government's decision has anti-drug campaigners worried. Nelson Zakeyu is director of Drug Fight Malawi, a local non-governmental organization.

但政府的決策使一些反毒品運(yùn)動(dòng)者感到擔(dān)心。Nelson Zakeyu是馬拉維打擊毒品組織的主任，其為當(dāng)?shù)氐囊粋€(gè)非政府組織。

"That will just give an easy access to marijuana. The country will have so many problems. Some of the problems are shootings and suicides as it is in some states in the U.S., like California."

“這只是為人們獲得大麻提供方便。該國家將面臨許多問題。其中可能包括槍殺與自殺，就像美國的一些州所面臨的問題一樣，如加利福尼亞。”

Tony Burden is director of Herbarium, a South African company.

Tony Burden是植物標(biāo)本室的主管，一家南非的公司。

He says industrial hemp is very different from marijuana.

他表示工業(yè)大麻與大麻是完全不同的。

"We will have to bring in the certified low-drugvarieties. And they come from Europe so we have to see if they can grow here in Malawi. If they don't grow then we have to look around Malawi to see if maybe there is also industrial hemp in Malawi or we can see if we can make new varieties that grow well for Malawi's climate." Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

“我們將不得不把它列為所認(rèn)證的低藥物種類。它們來自于歐洲，因此我們要看看它們是否能在馬拉維種植。如果它們?cè)谶@里不能生長，那么我們要在馬拉維到處查看或許還有其他地方可以種植，或者我們將研發(fā)新的品種使它們適應(yīng)馬拉維的氣候，生長的更好。”

Joseph Chidanti Malunga is deputy chairperson of the parliamentary committee on agriculture. He told local radio that hemp will help the local economy.

農(nóng)業(yè)議會(huì)委員會(huì)副主席，Joseph Chidanti Malunga，他告訴當(dāng)?shù)仉娕_(tái)，大麻有助于帶動(dòng)當(dāng)?shù)亟?jīng)濟(jì)。

"I understand the money it fetches is more than what tobacco would fetch for a given unit area. So we think that if we go this direction, we might even surpass what even what we get from tobacco."

“對(duì)于一個(gè)給定的單位面積而言，我認(rèn)為它所帶來的利潤要遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于煙草。因此，我們認(rèn)為，如果我們朝著這個(gè)方向邁進(jìn)，我們甚至可以超越我們從煙草中獲得的利潤。”

But religious leaders disagree. Dinala Chabulika is with the Muslims Association of Malawi.

但宗教領(lǐng)袖們反對(duì)該政策。Dinala Chabulika是馬拉維穆斯林協(xié)會(huì)的領(lǐng)袖。

"Whether it is going toboost the economy or not, it is not acceptable. There is no inner permission Islam gives to any drug or something that would disturb the intelligence of a human being. So our recommendation is it should not be done."

“不管它是否能夠提振經(jīng)濟(jì)，這種做法讓人無法接受，伊斯蘭教并沒有給予任何藥物或擾亂人類智慧的某些事物內(nèi)部許可。所以我們的建議是不應(yīng)該這樣做。”

The government has approved trial crops of industrial hemp starting next year at an agriculture research station in the capital, Lilongwe.

該國政府已經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)明年在首都利隆圭的一個(gè)農(nóng)業(yè)研究站開始試行種植工業(yè)大麻。

I'm Jonathan Evans.

我是喬納森·埃文斯。

Lameck Masina reported on this story for VOANews.com. Marsha James adapted this story for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in This Story

composition – n. the way in which something is put together

variety– n. a collection of different things

fetch – v. to go after and bring back something

surpass – v. to be better or greater than something

boost – v. to increase the amount of something