TAILIEUCHUNG - IELTS Academic Reading Sample 68 - The People of Corn

Luyện tập với IELTS Academic Reading Sample 68 - The People of Corn giúp các bạn hệ thống kiến thức đã học, làm quen với cấu trúc đề thi, đồng thời rèn luyện kỹ năng giải đề giúp bạn tự tin đạt kết quả cao trong kì thi sắp tới. Mời các bạn cùng tham khảo. | The People of Corn Maize is Mexico s lifeblood the country s history and identity are entwined with it. But this centuries-old relationship is now threatened by free trade. Laura Carlsen investigates the threat and profiles a growing activist movement. On a mountain top in southern Mexico Indian families gather. They chant and sprinkle cornmeal in consecration praying for the success of their new crops the unity of their communities and the health of their families. In this village in Oaxaca people eat corn tamales sow maize plots and teach children to care for the plant. The cultural rhythms of this community its labours rituals and celebrations will be defined as they have been for millennia by the lifecycle of corn. Indeed if it weren t for the domestication of teocintle the ancestor of modern maize 9 000 years ago mesoamerican civilization could never have developed. In the Mayan sacred book the Popol Vuh the gods create people out of cornmeal. The people of corn flourished and built one of the most remarkable cultures in human history. But in Mexico and Central America today maize has come under attack. As a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA Mexico has been flooded with imported corn from north of the border in the US. The contamination of native varieties with genetically modified imported maize could have major consequences for Mexican campesinos farmers for local biodiversity and for the world s genetic reserves. A decade ago Mexican bureaucrats and business people had it all figured out. NAFTA would drive uncompetitive maize farmers from the countryside to work in booming assembly factories across the country. Their standard of living would rise as the cost of providing services like electricity and water to scattered rural communities would fall. Best of all cheap imported maize from the US the world s most efficient and most heavily subsidized producer would be a benefit to Mexican consumers. Unfortunately it didn t turn out that .

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