VOA慢速英语:Chile’s Coastal Recovery; Africa’s Groundwater

1. Still another was how much humans had changed the beaches.

how much 多少
例句：How much salary does the job pay? 
这份工作的薪俸是多少？ 

2. Jenifer Dugan of U.C. Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institutesays people often think of earthquakes as causing totaldestruction.

think of 想到,考虑
例句：Charles learned to think of love as something sacred. 
查理这才懂得了爱情的圣洁。

3.  Still, she said, armoring itself covers up beaches, killingthe habitat.

cover up 掩盖
例句：He tried to cover up his guilt by lying. 
他企图用说谎来掩盖罪行. 

4. She said this causes loss of ecosystem diversity – differingkinds of plant and animal life, including birds.

kinds of 各种各样的
例句：The firm markets various kinds of household appliances. 
这家公司销售各种家用器具。 

5. The report says water tensions have historically led to morewater-sharing agreements than violent conflicts.

lead to 导致
例句：I hope this will lead to further business between us. 
我希望这次交易将使我们之间的贸易能得到进一步发展。 

6. The National Intelligence Council wrote the report based on aNational Intelligence Estimate she requested a year ago.

base on 基于
例句：Processing of seismic data is base on stack. 
地震资料处理是以叠加方法为基础的。 

7.  And crops in many places suffer from lack of irrigation.

suffer from 因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：She often suffers from headaches.
她常常头痛。
lack of 不够
例句：Lack of food may stunt the body. 
缺乏食物会阻碍身体的发育。