VOA慢速英语:UN Says Family Planning Pays Big for Developing Countries

短语讲解：

1. A new report says greater access to family planning methods would save developing countries more than eleven billion dollars a year.

more than 多于
例句：Do not attempt more than four.
不要企图超过四次。

2. The United Nations Population Fund says the savings would come from reduced costs of care for mothers and newborn babies.

come from 来自
例句：I come from the south of china.
我来自中国的南方。

3. To be able to choose the number of children and when you start having children, so that has dramatically changed the way people live in many countries.

be able to 能够
例句：We'll be able to smooth away these difficulties.
我们能够克服这些困难。

4. They're able to live longer and healthier lives because of family planning, and it also has aer lives because of family planning, and it also has a positive multiplier effect on development because of the increased savings that are possible within the family and the investment in economic growth that that brings about.

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

5. A recent study said Nigeria's economy would grow by at least thirty billion dollars if the fertility rate fell by just one child per woman in the next twenty years.

at least 至少
例句：At least two yeas of experience.
至少有两年的经验。

6. And a lot of that has to do with poor, disadvantaged, marginalized groups in many countries who don't have access to the kinds of services and products that they need in order to plan their own families, space their children and prevent unintended pregnancies.

a lot of 许多
例句：I subscribed to a lot of periodicals last year.
去年我订了诸多期刊。
in order to 为了
例句：We used the computer in order to save time.
我们使用计算机以便节省时间。