VOA慢速英语:African Educators Stress Millennium Development Goals

短语讲解：

1. The World Wildlife Fund for Nature is best known for its work for the environment.

work for 受雇于; 为…而工作; 效劳; 致力
例句：We work for the government.
我们是为政府工作。

2. Mr. Njiforti notes that the Baka people have been asked for their ideas about how to get children into school rooms.

asked for 请求…;  要求…
例句：He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary. 
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。 

3. Before 2015 world leaders did commit to millennium development goals which were to be achieved by 2015, so a number of the goals that they committed to are coming to and end in 2015.

a number of 许多的; 一些
例句：A number of drawbacks come to mind.
下面就是一些不好的方面。

4. So unless we actually sit and put in place strategies to achieve what we need to achieve in 50 years, it will be 2063 and we will be still talking about the same thing."

talk about 讨论，谈论
例句：We talk about global warming.
我们谈到了全球变暖。