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VOA慢速英语:The Changing Landscape of U.S. Farm Production

2013-07-23来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. industrial adj.工业的，产业的
例句：That sounds suspiciously like industrial policy.
这听起来不像是工业政策。

2. remain vi.留下；保持
例句：Unemployment will remain structurally high.
失业率仍然保持结构性高位。

3. modernize vt.使现代化，使适应现代需要
例句：If the industry doesn't modernize it will not survive.
该制造业若不现代化就不能继续存在.

4. raise vi.上升，升高
例句：And it will raise calls for protectionism.
这还会增加保护主义的呼声。

5. confine vt.限制；局限于
例句：Don't confine yourself to one thing, regardless of how good it is.
别把自己局限在一件事上，不论这件事有多好。

6. demand n.需求；需要
例句：They must reduce domestic demand.
它们必须降低国内需求。