7.다음 글의 흐름상 가장 어색한 문장은? Biologists have identified a gene that will allow rice plants to survive being submerged in water for up to two weeks ―over a week longer than at present. Plants under water for longer than a week are deprived of oxygen and wither and perish. ①The scientists hope their discovery will prolong the harvests of crops in regions that are susceptible to flooding. ②Rice growers in these flood-prone areas of Asia lose an estimated one billion dollars annually to excessively waterlogged rice paddies. ③They hope the new gene will lead to a hardier rice strain that will reduce the financial damage incurred in typhoon and monsoon seasons and lead to bumper harvests. ④This is dreadful news for people in these vulnerable regions, who are victims of urbanization and have a shortage of crops. Rice yields must increase by 30 percent over the next 20 years to ensure a billion people can receive their staple diet.

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• submerge물에 잠기게 하다중

  다른 뜻 · submerged = 물속에 잠긴

  a gene that will allow rice plants to survive being submerged in water for up to two weeks벼가 최대 두 주 동안 물에 잠겨도 살아남게 하는 유전자

• be deprived of~을 빼앗기다중

  Plants under water for longer than a week are deprived of oxygen and wither and perish.일주일 넘게 물에 잠긴 식물은 산소를 빼앗겨 시들어 죽는다.

• wither시들다중

  Plants deprived of oxygen wither and perish.산소를 빼앗긴 식물은 시들어 죽는다.

• perish죽다·소멸하다중

  Plants under water for longer than a week wither and perish.일주일 넘게 물에 잠긴 식물은 시들어 죽는다.

• susceptible to~에 취약한·잘 걸리는중

  their discovery will prolong the harvests of crops in regions that are susceptible to flooding그들의 발견이 홍수에 취약한 지역의 수확을 늘릴 것이다

• flood-prone홍수가 잦은중

  다른 뜻 · -prone = ~하기 쉬운(accident-prone)

  Rice growers in these flood-prone areas of Asia lose an estimated one billion dollars annually.아시아의 이런 홍수 잦은 지역 벼농사꾼들은 해마다 10억 달러로 추산되는 손실을 본다.

• waterlogged물에 잠긴·질척한상

  excessively waterlogged rice paddies지나치게 물에 잠긴 논

• bumper harvest풍작·대풍상

  a hardier rice strain that will lead to bumper harvests풍작으로 이어질 더 강인한 벼 품종

• strain품종·계통상

  다른 뜻 · 부담·압박 · (근육을) 접질리다

  the new gene will lead to a hardier rice strain새 유전자가 더 강인한 벼 품종으로 이어질 것이다

• prolong늘리다·연장하다중

  다른 뜻 · long = 긴

  their discovery will prolong the harvests of crops in regions susceptible to flooding그들의 발견이 홍수에 취약한 지역의 수확을 늘릴 것이다

• incur(손해를) 입다·초래하다상

  reduce the financial damage incurred in typhoon and monsoon seasons태풍과 우기에 입는 금전적 피해를 줄이다

• yield수확량·산출중

  다른 뜻 · (동사) 내다·양보하다

  Rice yields must increase by 30 percent over the next 20 years.쌀 수확량은 앞으로 20년 동안 30퍼센트 늘어야 한다.