词汇：supply [简明英汉词典]n.补给, 供给, 供应品
agricultural technology [简明英汉词典]农艺, 农业技术
loss [简明英汉词典]n.损失, 遗失, 失败, 输, 浪费, 错过, [军]伤亡, 降低
drought [简明英汉词典][draut]n.干旱, 缺乏
climate [简明英汉词典]n.气候, 风土, 思潮
competition [简明英汉词典]n.竞争, 竞赛
predict [简明英汉词典]v.预知, 预言, 预报
globalization [简明英汉词典]n.全球化,全球性
disease [简明英汉词典]n.疾病, 弊病
crisis [简明英汉词典]n.疾病的转折点(或转好或恶化), 决定性时刻, 危机, 危险期, 历史上的紧要关头
Washington [简明英汉词典]n.华盛顿
threaten [简明英汉词典]vt.恐吓, 威胁, 预示(危险), 似有发生或来临的可能, 可能来临
区别：
green/grain [简明英汉词典]n.谷物, 谷类, 谷粒, 细粒, 颗粒, 粮食
grows/growth [简明英汉词典]n.生长, 种植, 栽培, 发育, 等比级数
export/expert [简明英汉词典]n.专家, 行家, adj.老练的, 内行的, 专门的
翻译：
This comes as grain supplies are at their lowest level in years. Experts see a number of reasons. These include not enough investment in agricultural technology. A loss of farmland to development. Droughts and floods made worse by climate change. And, growing competition for water.
正是历年粮食供应最低的一年。专家发现一些原因，包括没有足够的农业技术投资，由于发展导致的大量农地的减少，还有天气变化导致的干旱和洪水使情况变得更加糟糕，当然，还有不断增加的水资源的竞争。
Population growth also means a greater demand on food supplies. The United Nations predicts a population of more than eight billion by the year twenty thirty.
人口增长也意味着更多的食物需求，联合国预计到2030年地球上将会有80亿人口。
By that time, demand for animal products could double, led by growing economies like China and India. Francois Le Gall of the World Bank says climate change and the globalization of trade raise the risk of spreading animal diseases. Experts say most countries are not ready for a health crisis caused by a disease jumping to humans.
到时候，由于像中国和印度一样不断增长的经济体，动物产品的需求将会是现在的两倍，世界银行的Francois Le Gall说气候的变化和全球贸易一体化将增加动物疾病传播的危险。
And, finally, they say the growing population of cities is adding to the world's hunger problem. Danielle Nierenberg at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington says the poor can spend fifty to eighty percent of their money on food. She points out that city people do not have farm animals to sell in times of need. So they are especially threatened when prices go up.
而且最终，城市人口的不断增长也将会成为世界饥荒问题的一部分。华盛顿的世界观察机构的Danielle Nierenberg说穷人将不得不把他们手中钱的50%到80%用来买食物。她指出城市居民到时候~~~~~~~~~~~（不会了）
posted on 2007-10-27 11:31
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