VOA慢速英语:Got Baboons in Your Crops? Offer Them a Snake Sandwich

1.FAO official Rene Czudek says the main aim is to provide low-cost methods to deal with wild animals without harming them.

to provide动词不定式做表语

不定式作表语

①不定式作表语一般表示具体动作，特别是表示将来的动作。如：

To do two things at a time is to do neither. 一次做两件事等于未做。

What I would suggest is to start work at once. 我的建议是立刻开始干。

②如果主语是不定式（表示条件），表语也是不定式（表示结果）。如：

To see is to believe. 百闻不如一见。

To work means to earn a living. 工作就是为了生活。

③如果主语是以aim，duty，hope，idea，happiness，job，plan，problem，thing，wish等为中心的名词，或以what引导的名词性从句，不定式作表语是对主语起补充说明作用。如：

His wish is to buy a luxurious car in the near future. 他的希望是在不远的将来买一辆豪华轿车。

2.In Zambia and Mozambique, crocodiles are blamed for more deaths than any other animal.

more deaths than any other比较级表示最高级

比较级表示最高级的几种情况：

1)、直接使用比较级

①How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice.

= She has the best voice I've ever heard.

她唱得多好啊！这是我听到的最美的歌喉。

②I have never read a more interesting novel.

= It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.

这是我读过的最有趣的小说。

2)、比较级 + than + the other + 复数名词/ + any other + 单数名词/ + any of the other + 复数名词

①She goes to school earlier than the other girls.

她比其他女孩早上学。

②He works harder than any other student.

她学习最用功。

③China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.

中国是亚洲最大的国家

3)、比较级 + than + anything/ anyone else

①George did more work than anyone else.

乔治干活最多。

②Tom cared more for money than for anything else

汤姆最喜欢钱。

4)、在比较句型中使用 "no", "nobody", "nothing" 等词。

①I like nothing better than swimming.

我最喜欢游泳。

②Nobody can do the work better than he did.

这项工作他做得最出色。

③No other building is as grand as the new hotel.

新建的宾馆是当地最豪华的。

3.But the FAO also points out that crocodile attacks are less likely in places that have not been overfished.

point out指出; 把注意力引向…

例句：This guide book points out the main facts of early American history.
      这本导游手册讲述了美洲早期的重要史实。

      If I make any mistakes, please point them out.
      如果我出了错, 请指出来。

4.The idea is to burn these bricks around the edges of fields to keep elephants away.

keep away(使)不接近

例句：Danger!Thin ice.Keep away.
      危险!冰很薄, 别上去。

       Would you keep that dog away, please?
      请将那只狗赶远些, 好吗?

5.The FAO toolkit is supposed to be available online soon.

be supposed to被认为,据说,应该

例句：The show is supposed to be good.
      这场表演应当是相当好的。