Berita Dunia Bahasa Inggris Bagi Pelajar

31-08-2022 10.00

Weather changes caused problems for southern Indian tea farmers.

(Perubahan cuaca menyebabkan masalah bagi petani teh India selatan.)

In June, heavy rains fell and damaged the plants; in addition, workers couldn’t pick tea leaves in the rain. In July, very hot weather came, and temperatures reached 39 degrees Celsius. The work in tea plantations was too difficult, and farmers also had too many insects in their plants.

(Pada bulan Juni, hujan lebat turun dan merusak tanaman; Selain itu, pekerja tidak bisa memetik daun teh saat hujan. Pada bulan Juli, cuaca sangat panas datang, dan suhu mencapai 39 derajat celcius. Pekerjaan di perkebunan teh terlalu sulit, dan petani juga memiliki terlalu banyak serangga di tanaman mereka.)

In India, tea plants depend on the weather. This year’s weather was so unusual and extreme that farmers lost about 25-30% of their crops.

(Di India, tanaman teh bergantung pada cuaca. Cuaca tahun ini sangat tidak biasa dan ekstrim sehingga petani kehilangan sekitar 25-30% dari hasil panen mereka.)

Kata-kata sulit: plantation (perkebunan), insect (serangga), extreme (ekstrim).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

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