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

fill with(使)充〔挤〕满

例句：The sky filled with stars.
      满天星斗。

      His eyes filled with tears as he looked lovingly at her.
      他深情地望着她, 眼里充满了泪水。

2.Asma Lateef from the group Bread for the World says there are many reasons why food gets wasted.

The reason why he could not go there was that his grades were too low.

The reason why...is that... 这是特定句型, why引导定语从句,is后的用词为that,一般不用because.

The reason why she did it is that she wouldn’t let her parents feel disappointed.

她为什么做那件事是因为她不想让父母失望。

该句中的why引导一个定语从句，而that引导表语从句。

(1) 句中that引导的表语从句说明主语reason的具体内容

注意以下三种结构：

①  The reason is / was that clause. 当主语是reason / cause时，一般不能用because或why引导表语从句，以免造成语意重复。

The reason why/for which(也可以省去) he was late was that he got up late.

他迟到的原因是他起床晚了。

②当主语是This / That时，可以由because / why引导表语从句。

He got up late. That was why he was late for class.

He was late for class. That was because He got up late.

(2)why在句中是关系副词，引导定语从句，修饰先行词reason，同时它在定语从句中作状语，此时why = for which，但要注意：关系词在定语

从句中做主语或宾语时，要用关系代词that或which。

The reason why/for which(也可以省去) he was late was that he got up late.

他迟到的原因是他起床晚了。

The reason that/which/(也可以省去) he gave you was reasonable.

他给你的理由是合理的。

3.Given all that we invest in producing food in the first place, we need to devote the same amount of attention to making sure that it is not wasted.

given引导条件句

given与provided意思一样,表示“如果有……,则……”, 但两者的区别是provided后面只能跟that引导从句,而不能跟名词或名词性短语。而

given后既可跟从句,又可跟名词性短语。