VOA慢速英语:Growing Controversy Over GMO Bananas in Uganda

短语讲解：

1. This is a big problem, although of course not as much as the wilt, because the wilt just destroys the whole plant.

as much as 差不多
例句：Eat as much as you can!
尽你们所能地多吃！

2. That has already introduced food insecurity, because they are not used to handling annual crops.

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：It can be used to express almost any emotion.
它可以用来表达几乎任何一种感情.

3. Now the farmers we are talking about, on average, have 0.4 hectares of land.

on average 平均起来
例句：Women have twice as much on average as men.
女人的平均存有量是男人的两倍。

4. The Ugandan parliament is expected to pass the Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill before the end of the year.

be expected to 被期待做某事；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。