VOA慢速英语:Teaching Rural Farmers With Cell Phone Videos

短语讲解：

1. The goal is to help people in developing countries improve their lives.

developing countries发展中国家
例句：In many developing countries the supply of workers far exceeds the demand. 
在许多发展中国家劳动力的供给远远超过需求。

2. The process starts with sorting and drying the neem fruits, as explained in this version with a Nigerian narrator.

start with以…开始
例句：We have only six members to start with.
我们开始只有六个会员。

3. Using a mortar and pestle, the fruits are slightly pounded to remove the shells from the fruits without breaking the seed inside.

remove from从…中移开〔拿走, 除掉〕
例句：She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。

4. Team member Francisco Seufferheld says the information in the videos is meant to be quickly understood.

be meant to有意要,打算
例句：We were meant to be together.
我们注定要在一起的。

5. The team has made a few videos so far.

so far到目前为止；迄今为止；到这点为止
例句：So far, so good.
到目前为止, 一切顺利。

6. These are available in a total of eighty languages, dialects and accents.

a total of总共
例句：A total of 15 cars were sold yesterday.
昨天共售出了15辆车。

7. The aim is to get farmers to use special bags to keep air and bugs out of their cowpea harvests.

keep out of (使)留在…外面；(使)不进入
例句：Keep these animals out of the fields.
别让这些动物进庄稼地里去。

8. Crop scientist Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer says this helps local farmers relate to them.

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：He showed me all the correspondence relating to the matter.
他把与这件事有关的全部信件都给我看了。

9. With Bluetooth, files can be passed to a nearby phone even if neither phone is connected to the Internet.

pass to传给,转到,通到
例句：Pass your sheets to the front.
将你的考卷传到前面。
even if即使, 纵然
例句：I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.
即使要失败十次, 我也绝不灰心。
connect to使与…连接
例句：The island is connected by a steamer service to the mainland.
轮船航运把该岛与大陆联系起来。