Fighting a Food Crisis　(1/2) ( 本次听写约191词 )


Food inflation has led to growing protests in developing countries. In Haiti, the government fell Sutarday after riots in which several people dead died.
食品通货膨胀导致发展中国家反对活动持续增长。在海地，政府于周六在一次死亡数人的暴乱后倒台。

Some rice-producing countries have cut exports to protect their own supplies. World bBank pPresident Robert Zoellick said last week that rice prises have risen around 75% in just two month, to near historical levels. Wheat prises have risen 120% in the past year.
一些生产大米的国家减少了出口以保护他们自己的需求。世界银行行长罗伯特·扎里科说上周大米价格在两个月内上升了约75%，接近历史最高水平。小麦价格在去年上升了120%。

Farmers are planting more wheat and rice. But population growth is raising demand. So is the use of food crops to produce biofuels. At the same time, rocket record oil prises have met meant higher costs for petroleum-based fertilizers and for energy and transportation.
农民种植更多的大米和小麦。但是人口增长增加了需求。用食用作物生产生物燃料也是同样的情况。同时，油价记录意味着和石油相关的肥料，能源和运输的成本增加。

Food also costs more because more people are eating meat and dairy products in growing economies like India and China. More grain is going to feed cattle. Weather has also pushed up prices. For example, Australia, a major wheat exporter, faces a draught drought.
食品成本增加也是因为更多的人因为经济增长在吃肉和奶制品，比如印度和中国。更多的作物被用来喂牲畜。天气也是推高价格的因素。比如，一个主要小麦出口国澳大利亚面临着干旱。

High food prises hit the poor the hardest. Agriculture economist, Christipher B Christopher Barrett at Cornell University says many poor farmers use more of their crops than they sell. He says more investment is needed in agriculture research.
昂贵的食品价格给最贫穷的人的打击最沉重。康奈尔大学的农业经济学家克里斯托弗·巴黎特说许多贫穷的农民使用比他们销售的更多的作物。他说学要更多的投资进行农业调查。


drought [draut]
n. 干旱,缺乏