VOA慢速英语:Irrigation Pioneer Wins World Food Prize

短语讲解：

1. He says farmers now depend on drip irrigation in many areas, including vineyards in Spain, onion fields in Africa, and even farms in the United States.

depend on 依靠
例句：I can let you depend on.
我可以让你依靠。

2. And the reason that is possible is because of, indeed, these drip and micro-irrigation techniques.”

because of 因为
例句：She left because of hatred.
她离开了因为怨恨。

3. The World Food Prize Foundation says Daniel Hillel was born in California at the beginning of the Great Depression.

born in 出生于
例句：He was born in italy in 1937.
他1937年出生于意大利。

4. Desert farmers were not able to push water through irrigation canals to their crops, the way farmers have since ancient times.

be able to 能
例句：The athlete is able to jump two meters.
这位运动员能跳两米高。

5. “The idea was to apply the water little by little, the way you spoon-feed a baby.”

little by little 渐渐的
例句：Little by little, I am falling for you.
渐渐的，我为你而诞生。