VOA慢速英语:In Africa, the Greening of the Sahel

短语讲解：

1. Niger is located in the Sahel area south of the Sahara.

be located in坐落于..., 位于...
例句：The new college will be located in the suburbs.
这所新建的学院将设在郊区。

2. Around the world, trees are often cut down to clear land for bigger farms or more homes for growing populations.

cut down把…砍倒
例句：He cut the tree down.
他砍倒了这棵树。

3. Over the years, an agricultural adviser named Tony Rinaudo has helped people in the Sahel learn about the value and care of trees.

learn about获得, 学得
例句：I like reading historical stories because I can learn about the lives that people led long ago.
我喜欢看历史故事, 因为这样可以知道过去人们的生活。

4. Once the farmers have embraced and accepted this technology, they have practiced and they have shared it with their neighbors.

share with与…分享
例句：I have to share the bathroom with the other tenants.
我只得和别的房客共用浴室。

5. Mahamane Larwanou works for the group African Forest Forum.

work for受雇于, 为…而工作
例句：Leaders of many nations are still working for peace.
许多国家的领导人仍在为寻求和平而努力奋斗。

6. Not surprisingly, this policy did nothing to make farmers want to take care of a valuable resource that was not their own.

take care of照顾
例句：They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。

7. But Mr. Sawadogo says in much of Africa, "Nobody is looking after our forests."

look after照顾, 照看
例句：They don't look after themselves very well.
他们没有很好地照顾他们自己。