VOA慢速英语:Good News, Bad News on Food Prices and Production

1. The bad news is that prices will not go down anytime soon.

go down 下降
例句：The price of eggs has gone down.
蛋价下降了。

2. JOSE GRAZIANO DA SILVA: "For the millions and millions of people living in extreme poverty, the implications of high food prices are clear -- they might have to change their diets, usually to ones with poorer nutrition quality."

live in 居住
例句："I was born in the east, but now live in Los Angeles." 
我出生于东部，但现在住在洛杉矶。 

3. But there are plenty of challenges. One-fourth of all agricultural land is damaged.

plenty of 很多;大量
例句：There were plenty of eggs in the house.
家里有许多鸡蛋。

4. It's related to aid.

relate to 有关
例句：How do these relate to the product being designed? 
这些经历同将要设计的产品有什么关系？ 

5. The FAO and the OECD estimate that about one-third of world food production is lost -- either because of poor growing and harvesting methods or because people are throwing away good food.

because of 因为
例句：All flights have been cancelled because of fog. 
因为有雾所有航班都已取消.