VOA慢速英语:FAO and OECE Predict Rising Demand for Food from China

1. Meat imports to China are expected to grow at yearly rate of three percent to 1.7 million tons by the year 2022.

be expected to 有望做某事；期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

2. China's imports of coarse grains -- crops used to feed animals, are expected to double by 2022, soybean imports are expected to grow 40 percent.

used to do 过去常常做某事
例句：I used to do this a lot thinking I was helpfully finishing people's sentences for them.
我过去常常这么做，而且还觉得帮别人把话说完是帮了他们的忙。

3. "You cannot understand the world of agriculture and the production of agriculture if you don't have China front and center because of their importance in consumption, because of their importance in production, because of their importance in the shifts and  the changes in the market."

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？

4. This is unbelievable, and this is a lack of investment in food storage, food transportation, better rural conditions."

a lack of 缺少...
例句：The main impediment to growth is a lack of capital.
影响发展的主要障碍是缺乏资本。