VOA慢速英语:South Pacific Islands Now Totally Powered by the Sun

短语讲解：

1. The move is expected to save money and ease the environmental burden of depending on imported fossil fuels.

be expected to 被期待做某事
例句：You'll be expected to justify your actions.
你将需要为你的行为提供正当的理由。
depend on 取决
例句：That will depend on mr koizumi's successor.
这要取决于小泉的继任者。

2. He said until now, Tokelau has been one hundred percent dependent on diesel for producing electricity.

until now 到目前为止
例句：It's been largely protected until now.
这在很大程度上保护直到现在。

3. It is estimated that oil imports make up to thirty percent of national income in some parts of the Pacific.

make up 组成
例句：9.8 Bits make up a byte.
8个比特组成一个字节。

4.  The island nations of Samoa and Tuvalu are aiming to get all of their electricity from renewable sources by twenty-twenty.

all of 实足，不少于
例句：The story touched all of us.
这个故事使我们都深受感动。

5. And most houses in the South Pacific groups of islands will begin to use solar water heaters.

begin to 开始
例句：In spring leaves begin to grow on the trees.
树木在春天开始长出叶子。

6. It also says  fifty percent of the country's electricity will come from renewable sources by the end of the decade.

come from 来自
例句：Where did you all come from?
你在哪里都来自哪里？