Fighting a Food Crisis (2/2) ( 本次听写约195词 )
What is needed
, says another expert
, Gilder Gerald Nelson at the University of Illinois
, is another
grain revolution Green Revolution to increase productivity. This passed weekend, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank held their spring meetings in Washington. The bank president said hunger, malnutrition and food policy were a central issue.
伊利诺伊大学的另一名专家格拉德·尼尔森说我们需要的是另一场绿色革命来提高产量。上周末,国际货币基金和世界银行在华盛顿举行了他们的春季会议。银行行长说饥饿问题、营养不良和食物政策是一个中心问题。
The United Nation
's World Food Program has appealed for five hundred million dollars by May
Ffirst. Bob
Zelix Zoellick said
the doner donor countries had promised almost half of the money, but that was not enough.
联合国世界食品项目在五月一日呼吁征集五亿美元。鲍勃·扎里科说捐赠国承诺了几乎这笔钱的一半,但是那还不足够。
He said a doubling
of food
prises prices over the last three years could push one hundred million people in low
-income countries deeper into poverty. And that could hurt future generations.
他说过去三年增加了一倍的食品价格把一百万低收入国家的人推入了更深的贫穷深渊。而且那会伤害未来的几代人。
I
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* Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the real problem is a food deficit which
were will probably last for years. He says it can be argue
d that there are good reason
s, connected to climate change
, to try to push countries to substitute some kind of biofuel for oil.
I.M.F.的负责人Dominique Strauss-Kahn说真正的问题是可能持续几年的食品缺失。他说这是有争议的那是有好的原因与气候变化有关,尝试促使一些国家用一些生化燃料代替油。
But
, he says nations have to balance the production of biofuel from food crops with biofuels from nonfood resources. Some of the finance ministers in Washington said using food for fuel is a crime against humanity.
但是他说国家必须保持由食品作物生产的生物燃料和非食物资源之间的平衡。华盛顿的一些财政部长说把食物作为燃料是针对人权的犯罪。
参考译文
另一位伊利诺大学的专家杰拉尔德·纳尔逊说,(现在)需要的是绿色革命来增加生产力。上周末,国际货币基金组织和世界银行在华盛顿召开春季会议。世界银行行长说饥饿,营养不良和食品政策是一个核心问题。
联合国世界粮食计划项目呼吁5月1日时筹集5亿美元的资金。鲍伯·佐利克说捐赠国捐献了几乎一半的资金,但这仍是不够。
他说,在过去的三年中,食品价格翻倍使一亿低收入国家的人民陷入赤贫。而且,这将影响以后的几代人。
国际货币基金组织(IMF)总裁斯特劳斯·卡恩说真正的问题是食物短缺,而这将可能持续多年。他说,气候改变可能是很好的理由来督促国家用一些生物燃料取代石油。
但是他说国家需平衡用粮食作物和非粮食资源生产的生物燃料的产量。华盛顿的一些财政人员说用食物生产燃料是违背人性的犯罪。
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