lesson2（4）Vertical Farming本文復習

とても英会話に役立つやりとりです。質問の仕方とか、参考にしたいなー

気になった単語、フレーズ
・a buzzword          流行語、流行の言い方、（もったいぶった）専門用語
・amid increased interest in ~　　～への関心が高まる中、
・As I telling people, ずっとみんなに言っているように
・the vital matter of ~  ～という重要な問題
・food security         食糧安全保障
・the future is local   これからは、地元ですよ
・Are there other cities in the U.S. where～？　～している他の都市はありますか？
・The trend has caught on (= become popular) to the extent that ~（文章）
                             流行は広がっていて、～するぐらいになっている
・Returning to your point about ~  ～というあなたの話に戻ると
・use pesticides        農薬を使う
・Not if ~                ～でないなら、違う（いらない）
・the farms are indoors　　農園が屋内にある (indoors = adverb)
・What's their productivity like?   生産性は、どのくらいですか？
・one vertical farming proponent claims (that ~)
                           垂直農法の提唱者のひとりは、～と言っている（主張している）
・can have around 20 crops a year, compared to just two r three on a conventional farm.              従来の農園のわずか２，３回に対して、1年に約20回の作物を収穫できる
・critics think ~   批判している人たちは、～と思っている
・the vertical farming trend is just that  (that はtrend）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　垂直農法の流行は、ただの流行
・attention-getting design fad   人目を引く（派手な）構想の一時で着流行
                     


P: Locavore has been a buzzword in the last few years amid increased interest in environmental sustainability.
   As I keep telling people, the future is local - especially when it comes to the vital matter of food security.

C: Are there other cities in the U.S. where the vertical farming trend is catching on?

P: Yes, they're sprouting up all over the place.
    In fact, the trend has caught on to the extent that a company in upstate New York is doing a booming business selling equipment to vertical farmers all over the U.S. and in many other countries as well.

C: Returning to your point about environmental sustainability, do vertical farmers need to use pesticides?

P: Not if the farms are indoors.
   That means their produce gets the organic seal of approval.

M: What's their productivity like?

U: Well, one vertical farming proponent claims a well-run farm can have around 20 crops a year, compared to just two or three on a conventional farm.

P: But critics think the vertical farming trend is just that - an attention-getting design fad that won't put down roots in the long run.