VOA慢速英语:Big Investors, Small Farmers in Africa: a Fair Deal?

短语讲解：

1. They also make clear what kinds of jobs and how many jobs will be created.

make clear弄清楚; 解释
例句：You will have to make clear what you mean.
你得把你的意思说明白。

2. Contract farming may give farmers more access to markets for high-value crops. But Mr. Cotula found that contracts often go to wealthier farmers.

access to有权使用；到某地的通道
例句：Students need easy access to books.
学生需要得到借书的便利。

3. But Mr. Cotula found that contracts often go to wealthier farmers. Poorer farmers often work as labor on the contracted farms.

work as做…工作，从事…职业
例句：She worked as a nurse when she was young.
年轻时她是一名护士。

4. Also, growers may go into debt when the company deducts payments for inputs from the final purchase price.

go into进入(某种状态)
例句：He went into a rage when he learned about it.
他听到这事后勃然大怒。

5. It can also provide income in the form of dividend payments.

in the form of用…的形式
例句：Water vapor is water in the form of a gas.
水蒸气是气态的水。

6. Prices are inflated or deflated in deals with companies linked to the partner in the joint-venture.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。