CRI听力:No 1 Document Focuses on Modern Farming

2. contribute vi. 起促成作用
例句：Various factors contributed to his downfall.
多种因素导致了他的垮台。

3. obstacle n. 障碍(物), 妨碍
例句：She felt that her family was an obstacle to her work.
她感到她的家庭妨碍她的工作。

4. lack n. 欠缺;不足;没有
例句：He can not buy it because of his lack of money.
他因缺钱买不起这个。

5. personnel n. 人员; 员工；全体人员；职员
例句：The personnel are not happy to change these rules.
全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。

6. retire v. 退职; 退役; (使)退休
例句：Some of the older workers were retired early.
有些老工人提前退休了。

7. reveal vt. 显示; 露出
例句：Research has revealed that he is a monster of iniquity.
调查结果显示他是一个不法之徒。

8. recruit vt. 雇用,聘用
例句：Most of the teachers there are recruited from abroad.
那里的大部分教师是从海外雇来的。

9. ease vt. 缓和, 改善, 放松
例句：The aspirin eased his headache.
阿斯匹灵减轻了他的头痛。

10. subsidy n. 津贴,补贴;补助金
例句：This industry depends for its survival on government subsidies.
这个行业靠政府津贴而得以维持。