CRI听力:Calculating Carbon Footprints

短语讲解：

1. With climate change topping political agendas worldwide, the Australian farming industry is taking into account what it can do to lower emissions.

take into account重视,考虑
例句：We should take into account the proposals of our parents and vice versa.
我们应该考虑父母的建议, 反之亦然。

2. To be honest, I was using it as another tool to flag areas where we could pick up on efficiency.

pick up使增加〔加快〕; 拾起, 捡起; 抬起
例句：The car picks up speed with just a touch of the accelerator.
这辆车只要你一触加速器就会加速。

3. He now leaves corn stubble on top of the soil instead of burning it.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：Taking exercise every day makes him look younger instead of older.
每天锻炼身体使他看起来年轻而不显老。

4. Paying farmers to store more carbon in the ground is a solution currently under consideration in Australia.

under consideration在考虑中
例句：Your suggestion is under consideration.
你们的建议我们正在考虑。

5. It doesn't look like a very good investment, does it, if you're only going to give me 8 or 10 dollars a ton to tie it up for 100 years.

tie up阻碍; 使处于停顿状态; 使无空闲; 完全占用
例句：The strike tied up the factory.
罢工使那家工厂停工。

6. All of our farmer groups were asked to benchmark their water use efficiency currently, and over the five years of the project they'll be looking to see how their innovations are improving.

look to留神〔照看〕(某人或某物); 依靠〔指望〕(某人或某事)
例句：Look to it that you are here in time tomorrow.
你明天一定要按时到达这里。

7. They share their challenges, they share their ideas, and I think, get a lot out of sharing those ideas to move their particular enterprise forward.

move forward前进
例句：I need further clarification on the scope of service before we move forward.
在开展工作之前，我需要你澄清业务范围。