VOA慢速英语:Looking to Africa for Ideas About How to Fight Hunger

例句：One morning we came upon an abandoned undernourished puppy on the porch.
      一天早上在走廊上我发现了一只营养不良、被人抛弃的小狗。

2.depressing adj.令人忧愁的,使人沮丧的

例句：After the depressing events of the last few months, Mina felt that it was time to put a little joie de vivre back into  their lives.
      经历了前几个月许多令人沮丧的事情,麦娜觉得现在该小小地享受一下生活了。

3.surplus adj.过剩的, 多余的

例句：The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad.
       一些国家的制造商向国外倾销过剩产品。

      It's an essay heavy with surplus phrasing.
      这是篇废话连篇的散文。

4.increasingly adv.日益, 越来越多地, 不断增加地

例句：I find it increasingly difficult to live within my income.
      我发现靠收入过日子越来越难了。

5.applicable adj.适当的; 合适的

例句：The section of the form is not applicable in your case.
      表格这一部分不适合你的情况。

6.breeding n.生育,生殖;繁殖

例句：a campaign to save the condor by captive breeding
      通过圈养繁殖拯救兀鹰的行动

      Female seals are needed for the breeding programme.
      这项繁殖计划需要一些雌海豹。

7.survive vi.幸存, 活下来

例句：These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
      这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

      None of Shakespeare's plays survives in its original manuscript form.
      莎士比亚剧本的真迹已流失殆尽。