VOA慢速英语:How Women Farmers Could Feed More in Developing World

1.The new FAO report finds that while women make up 43 percent of the world's farmers, only about 10 to 20 percent own the land they farm.

make up组成, 构成

例句：How many countries make up the Common Market?
      (欧洲)共同市场由多少国家组成?

      The audience was made up of very young children.
      观众由小孩子们组成。

相当于：

account for占

例句：Software accounts for over half of our product range.
      软件产品占我们产品系列的一半以上。

2.According to the FAO report, closing the gender gap could increase agricultural output in the developing world by as much as four percent, which in turn could reduce the number of undernourished people by as much as 17 percent.

in turn相应地；转而

In turn, government should provide industry with incentives to invest in innovation.
反过来，政府应该在工业上提供刺激来吸引大家在改革新方法上的投入。

依次, 轮流地

例句：They answered the teacher's questions in turn.
      他们依次回答了老师的问题。

3.She says rather than playing for sympathy. It makes the case for women farmers based on business reasons.

rather than而不是

例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
      他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

base on基于

例句：Our advice is based on nearly 200 years of experience in the property market.
      我们的建议建立在我们在房地产市场将近二百年的经验基础上。

4.But bleeding-heart arguments don't necessarily tell heads of state to move their money."

not necessarily未必，不一定

例句：More work doesn't necessarily call for more men.
      增加工作不一定要增加人员。

5.But she says policies in many countries also need to change.

作为情态动词，need一般只用于否定句和疑问句中。
　　You needn’t try to explain. 你不需要解释。
　　She needn’t come tomorrow. 她明天不必来。
　　Need we stay here this evening? 今晚我们需要在这儿住下来吗?
　　Need 作为实意动词比作为情态动词常用的多。实意动词need 可用在所有句型中。
　　She needs to come tomorrow. 明天她需要来。
　　You don’t need any help from others. 你不需要别人的任何帮助。
　　He doesn’t need to borrow money. 他不需要借钱。
　　Do they need this? 他们需要这个吗?
　　Plants need sun light in order to grow.植物需要阳光才能生长。
　　You don’t need to work so hard. 你不需要这么样地努力工作。
　　Your shoes need cleaning/to be cleaned. 你的鞋子需要清洁。
　　The job doesn’t need much attention or time. 这份工作很省心省事。
　　What he needs is a good beating. He needs a good beating. 需要好好揍他一顿。