Skip to main content

EPT 美语
目前网页所在位置:
首页 / 免费英文自学教材 / 美国之音 / 新闻阅读 / 叁月份新闻 / 第05课 / 第05课-2011

叁月份 第 05 课

  • 歷史上的今天------>
  • [13][12][10][09][08][07][06]

  •    
  • (2011-03-07) ------

  • UN: Women Farmers Could Be Key to Easing Hunger
  • 联合国:女性农民可能是舒缓饥饿的关键
  •   The U.N. food agency says giving women farmers better access to land and other agricultural resources could help reduce the number of hungry people in the world by increasing farm output.
  • 联合国粮农组织说,给女性农民提供更好的土地和其他农业资源可以提高农场的產量,帮助减少世界上挨饿的人数。

  •   In a report released Monday, the Food and Agriculture Organization said if women had the same tools and resources as men, they could raise agricultural production in developing countries by 2.5 to 4 percent.
  • 联合国粮农组织星期一发表报告说,如果妇女拥有跟男性一样的工具和资源,她们可以在发展中国家将农业產值提高 2.5 % 到 4 %。

  •   The FAO said that increase in food production could reduce the number of undernourished people by as much as 17 percent.
  • 联合国粮农组织说,粮食產量的提高可以将营养不良人口减少 17 % 之多。

  •   The FAO report said women make up 43 percent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries, but only 10 to 20 percent of the women own the land they farm and they find it more difficult to get credit to buy better seeds and fertilizers.
  • 联合国粮农组织的这份报告说,在发展中国家,妇女佔农村劳动力的 43 %,但是只有 10 % 到 20 % 的妇女拥有她们耕种的土地而且她们也更难获得信贷来购买更好的种子和肥料。

  •   As a result, the FAO said, women farmers are currently less productive than their male counterparts.
  • 结果,联合国粮农组织说,女性农民的生產力目前不如男性农民。

  •   

  •    
  • (2011-03-07) ------

  • Top UN Nuclear Official Criticizes Iran, Syria
  • 联合国高级核官员批评伊朗和叙利亚
  •   A top United Nations official has criticized Iran and Syria for not fully cooperating during ongoing probes into their controversial nuclear programs.
  • 联合国一名高级官员批评伊朗和叙利亚在对他们有争议的核项目还在进行的调查过程中没有给予全面合作。

  •   The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, says Iran is "not providing the necessary cooperation" and that Syria has not responded to agency queries since mid-2008.
  • 国际原子能机构的总干事天野之弥说,伊朗 “没有提供必要的合作”,而叙利亚还没有对该机构 2008 年中就提出的一些疑问做出答覆。

  •   Iran and Syria -- close allies -- deny nuclear weapon ambitions.
  • 伊朗和叙利亚这两个密切的盟友否认有发展核武器的野心。

  •   Amano made his comments in his opening address to a meeting of the IAEA's 35-member board of governors Monday.
  • 天野之弥星期一在国际原子能机构由 35 个成员国组成的理事会会议上致开幕词时做出上述表示。

  •   The IAEA director general said Tehran's attitude has not enabled the agency "to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran."
  • 这位国际原子能机构的总干事说,德黑兰的态度使得他的机构不能 “就伊朗不存在没有宣佈的核材料和活动提供可靠的保证”。

  •   He said that meant the IAEA cannot "conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities."
  • 他说,这意味着国际原子能机构不能 “做出伊朗所有的核材料都被用於和平目的的结论”。

  •   Amano also told the meeting that Syria still refuses to discuss allegations it had been building an undeclared nuclear reactor intended to produce bomb material.
  • 天野之弥还在会议上表示,叙利亚仍然拒绝讨论有关指称,说它在过去建造了一个没有宣佈的核反应炉,以此用来生產炸弹材料。

  •   Israeli planes destroyed the site in 2007.
  • 以色列的飞机在 2007 年摧毁了这个地点。

  •   

EPT 美语
Top
Top
建议瀏览模式:解析度 1024x768 或以上,瀏览器建议使用 Chrome 4.0/Safari 4.0/FireFox 3.5/Edge 9.0 以上。