參考譯文:
Agriculture is an important industry in China.Chinaranks first in agricultural output worldwide,primarilyproducing rice,wheat,potatoes,peanuts,tea,andcotton.Although accounting for only 10 percent ofarable land worldwide,China produces food for 20percent of the world's population.Due to China's status as a developing country and itssevere shortage of arable land,farming in China has always been the labor-intensiveindustry.Chinese government has been paying close attention to agriculture,increasing theinvestment and actively carrying out irrigation and water conservancy to improve themodernization of agricultural production,which leads to a high growth rate in China's output ofvarious agricultural products.However,due to the large population,the amount of theagricultural products per capita is small.
1.重要產業(yè):可譯為important industry。其中industry除了表示“產業(yè)”,還可表示“工業(yè)",例如heavy industry意為“重工業(yè)”。
2.僅占…的10%:可譯為accounting for only 10 percentof.其中account for意為“占…比例”。
3.可耕地:可譯為arable land。
4.密切關注:可譯為pay close attention to。參考譯文中用了現(xiàn)在完成進行時。
5.灌溉和水資源保護:可譯為irrigation and water conservancy。
6.人均:可譯為per capita。