VOA慢速英语:Poor Suffer as Food Prices Likely to Stay High

短语讲解：

1. If you look at the places where World Food Program works particularly in developing countries, you see populations of people who might be spending sixty, seventy, eighty percent of their salaries on purchasing food for their families.

look at看, 注视
例句：He looked at me with scorn.
他轻蔑地看了看我。
spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。

2. The United Nations has programs aimed at reducing the number of hungry people in the world by fifty percent by twenty-fifteen.

aim at以…为目标
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。

3. And they complain about a big drop in food prices.

complain about抱怨, 投诉
例句：He never complained about working overtime.
他从来不因加班而抱怨。

4. When we are throwing away food, they are asking for food from overseas.

throw away扔掉; 浪费; 错过
例句：Don't throw your tickets away!
别把车票扔掉!
ask for请求…, 要求…
例句：We often asked the veteran workers for advice.
我们常常向老工人求教。

5. Kinangop District officer Peninnih Dzombo explained why local governments have not taken action.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

6. In our department, in most cases we usually work through reports and all that. So it depends on who will read the report.

work through完成; 解决
例句：I'm still working through this pile of papers.
我仍在处理这堆文件。
depend on随…而定, 取决于
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。

7. Ms. Dzombo says her office does not get enough money from the central government to improve roads and take other steps to help farmers reach markets.

take steps采取措施
例句：They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.
他们采取措施阻止流感的传播。