2. Vocabulary Meaning Sentence
Undergo
To experience,
to pass through.
She has undergone with
her family.
Eradicate
To destroy, to get rid of. I will eradicate many
insects and weeds in
my farm.
Pest
An insect or other small
animal that destroys
garden plants or trees.
This area has many
pests, which destroy
many crops and plants
in farm.
He said it is the first time New Zealand and
Australia would import the fruits from Thailand,
which will undergo irradiation treatment to
eradicate plant pests.
3. Mr Pichet said the two countries recently approved
the imports after they sent their plant quarantine experts t
o visit the Irradiation Centre under the Thailand Institute of
Nuclear Technology (TINT) (Public Organisation) last
year.
Vocabulary Meaning Sentence
Quarantine Isolate, to exclude, keep
out from viruses or diseases
The quarantine in
some countries has a
serious operation with
suspected people or
animals who seem to
infect a virus.
4. A researcher at the Office of Atoms for Peace s
hows a newly developed radioactivity detector.
Vocabulary Meaning Sentence
Detector
A mechanical,
electrical, or
chemical device that
automatically
identify and records
to detect something.
My country has many
quality detectors for
engineering personnel.
5. Speaking at a briefing yesterday at the Science and Tech
nology Ministry to announce the development, Mr Pichet said
he was told both countries decided to import the fruits becaus
e their experts were satisfied with the effectiveness of the irradi
ation treatment.
Vocabulary Meaning Sentence
Briefing
A report or the act of
giving a summary
information.
He is going to the
conference room to
get a meeting briefing.
6. Mr Pichet said he was also told the irradiation is
carried out in line with international standards that
can eliminate any diseases and bugs in those fruits
and other farm products.
Vocabulary Meaning Sentence
Irradiation
The act of exposing or
being exposed by using
light or beam.
The technology
of irradiation in many
countries has been
developed with
disease growth.
7. He said many countries have their own measures
to inspect and restrict some fruit imports from other c
ountries because of the spread of transboundary pla
nt diseases and pests.
Vocabulary Meaning Sentence
Inspect To look carefully.
You should inspect
the car carefully
before you buy it.
Restrict
To keep someone or
something within certain
limits.
People in many
countries are
restricted in Freedom
of speech.
Transboundary
Crossing or extending
across a border between
two countries.
This country has
many ways for
transboundary
transportation.
8. Lychee and longan are the tropical
fruits that you can only find in South East
Asia. We are very proud to export them to
worldwide.
Furthermore, majority populations in
Thailand are farmers, so this news will be
a positive effect to our economy.
9. Predictions
Thailand will get more market shares
of exporting fruits to global market.
Farmers in Thailand will earn more
profits and get a better life.
Worldwide will trusts in Thai products.
10. Thailand will get more
incomes from this agreement
and also our GNP
(Gross National Product)
will be increased.
Moreover, we will get more
reliability from worldwide.
Finally, this agreement will
make a lot of money to our
country absolutely.
11. Summary
According to this news, exporting Thai fruits to
New Zealand and Australia is very important and also
challenging because some countries are still
concerned about plant diseases and bugs that may
come with products. Anyway, our solution to deal with
this problem is usage new technology devices like
electron beam machine to make sure that our
customers will get the best quality fruits 100%.