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报告：女性农民得不到平等的权利

2012-03-24来源:VOA

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短语讲解：
1. For most of Africa, we have about 80 percent of the population living in rural areas and they subsist on agriculture.

subsist on依靠…生活
例句：Survivors of the air crash subsisted on wild fruits.
空难事件的幸存者以野果维持生命。

2. They are able to have access to extension services, which will enable them to produce more and contribute to healthy societies

contribute to促成
例句：Your suggestion has greatly contributed to the accomplishment of our work.
你的建议大大地促进了我们工作的完成。

3. The Bread for the World report said, “Putting more income in the hands of women translates into improved child nutrition, health, and education.”

translate into把…转化成
例句：We must make efforts to translate our ideal into reality.
我们必须努力把理想变为现实。

4. It estimates that if women had equal access to agricultural resources, hunger could be reduced for an extra 100 million to 150 million people.

have access to接近（或进入）的方法（或权利、机会等）
例句：Students must have access to good books.
学生应该读得到好书。