VOA常速英语2017--尼日利亚农业部部长获世界粮食奖
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2017年(11月)
On October 20th, Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina of Nigeria became the 2017 recipient 1 of the prestigious 2 World Food Prize.
The World Food Prize, known as the “Nobel Prize for Agriculture and Nutrition”, is the foremost international honor recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. It was established in 1986 by Norman Borlaug, an agronomist 3 and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate who is widely recognized as the "father of the Green Revolution".
Over the past two decades, Dr. Adesina, formerly 4 Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and now the President of the African Development Bank, has worked tirelessly to expand Nigeria's agricultural production, thwart 5 corruption 7 and increase the availability of credit to smallholder farmers across Africa. As Minister of Agriculture, he introduced E-Wallet, a system of electronic vouchers 8 which allows farmers to by-pass corrupt 6 elements that had controlled the fertilizer distribution system for 40 years.
As a direct consequence of the E-Wallet system, the production of cassava, rice, sorghum 9, maize 10 and cotton rose dramatically, resulting in a significant increase in farmers' income and significant improvement of food security for 40 million people in rural farm households.
It makes no sense, you have a continent with 65 percent of all the world's uncultivated, arable 11 land not being able to feed itself, said Dr. Adesina. We have to unlock the full potential of Africa's agriculture, and turn agriculture from something that's used for managing poverty to something that's used for creating wealth.
Dr. Adesina pledged to use the 250,000 dollar award that comes with the World Food Prize, to provide fellowships and grants to young Africans dedicated 12 to making a living through agriculture.
Congratulations on winning the 2017 World Food Prize. Your Devotion to the cause of fighting hunger is admirable and deeply needed, said Vice 13 President Mike Pence in a statement read at the award ceremony by USAID Administrator 14 Mark Green. As our global food system is stretched, and the need to feed more people grows, agricultural transformation 15 will require persistence 16 from leaders like you in driving change and capitalizing on public and private sector 17 expertise 18.
- Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
- Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。
- The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
- You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。
- The agronomist suggested growing rice on the dried river bed.那位农学家建议在干涸的河床上种水稻。
- She has elected to become an agronomist.她决心做一个农学家。
- We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
- This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
- We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
- I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
- The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
- This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- These vouchers are redeemable against any future purchase. 这些优惠券将来购物均可使用。
- This time we were given free vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel. 这一次我们得到了在附近一家旅馆入住的免费券。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）
- We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.这块地可以种高粱或玉米。
- They made sorghum into pig feed.他们把高粱做成了猪饲料。
- There's a field planted with maize behind the house.房子后面有一块玉米地。
- We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.这块地可以种高粱或玉米。
- The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
- Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
- He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。
- Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
- He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
- The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
- He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。