VOA慢速英语:Chopsticks For China, But Made in America

短语讲解：

1. Chopsticks are sticks used in some Asian countries to eat food. They are often made out of wood, but can also be made of plastic.

made out of由...制成
例句：What is the springboard made out of?
跳板是什么制作的？

2. Most of the world’s chopsticks are made in China. Several hundred Chinese manufacturers produce about sixty three billion pairs of chopsticks a year. 

most of 绝大多数
例句：Most of his time is spent travelling.  
他的大部分时间花在旅行上。 

3. Japan, for example, uses about twenty three billion pairs of the sticks each year.

for example 例如
例句：For example, it can easily remember such things as: 
例如，它可以轻易地记住下面这些信息。

4. China may need more wood for producing chopsticks. But David Garriga says  there is plenty of wood near Americus, Georgia.

plenty of 大量，充足

例句：Plenty of exercise will help you keep in shape. 
充分的运动会帮助你保持健康。
There is plenty of coal in this area.
这个地区有丰富的煤。
She had plenty of imagination.
她有丰富的想象力。

5. The Pacific Rim, especially areas in China and Japan, they’ve run out of  wood, but we have an abundance of it.”

run out of用完
例句：We have run out of petrol.
我们的汽油已用完了。

6. In fact, these trees make good chopsticks.

In fact 实际上
例句：In fact this is decided by what he speak. 
这实际上取决于他将怎么说。 

7. Right now, Georgia Chopsticks cannot keep up with demand for its product.

keep up with 跟上，紧跟
例句：He made an arduous effort to keep up with the rest of the class. 
他努力跟上班上其他同学。

8. Eighty-two percent of employed people work on an average weekday, compared  with thirty-five percent who work on an average weekend.

compared with 与…相比较
例句：My handwriting can not be compared with my father's.  
 我的书法不能与我父亲的相比。