VOA慢速英语:What Rio Conference Means to Farmers

1. The Rio+20 website describes it as a chance to "shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future wewant.

describe as 描述为
例句：I would describe her as handsome rather than beautiful. 
我认为她是健美而不是貌美. 

2. The FAO says they add up to more than one billion tons each year, or almost one-third of all the food produced in the world.

more than 多于
例句：Margaret needed support more than ever. 
玛格丽特比以往更需要关心。 

3. We have to make a transition on the way we produce food and the way we transform the food to bring it to the table to make sure that we have the eradication of hunger, that we reduce poverty and that we have a healthy and well-nourished population in theupcoming years."

make sure 确保
例句：Make sure your original is clean and readable. 
确保原稿整洁易读。

4. FAO nutritionist Florence Egal says production growth helps not only farmers but also others in related industries.

not only ... but also 不仅...而且...
例句：These not only help in presentation but also help orientusers. 
这不仅有助于表达，而且可以帮助使用者在创建时更好地定位。 

5.  And therefore we would be able to bring together the economic dimension, the social dimension and the environmental dimension.

be able to 能够
例句：I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism. 
我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。