和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Microcredit Is Expanding to New Products for the Poor

2012-03-27来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. He said things got out of control.

get out of control失去控制
例句:The bus got out of control and run into a wall.
公车失去控制,撞上了墙。

2. After what we witnessed in Andhra Pradesh, then, for example, the government of India in certain states started taking steps in order to implement, in order to introduce, regulations that will guarantee that these institutions are operating under a strict system.

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。
in order to为了
We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

3. He says over three billion dollars went into microcredit in twenty-ten.

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

4. Interest income is often used up by costs, rather than helping other poor borrowers.

use up用完;耗尽
例句:By this time he had used up all his savings.
到这时, 他的存款已全部用完。

5. In the old days, when we talk about microfinance, we are talking about an operation by which the funding is coming from wealthy individuals or government, or what have you.

come from由…造成, 源自
例句:Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

6. Sustainable means simply that, ‘Yes, we are going to rely on donations, but in the meantime, we are going to encourage these borrowers to save some of their money.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句:Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

7. Then we discovered that whatever we are getting in terms of contributions, donations and what have you -- we cannot sustain the operation.

in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句:He thought of everything in terms of money.
他是从钱的角度来看每一件事。