VOA慢速英语:A Hopeful Report about Africa's Economy

1. It says economic growth on the continent is expected to increase by as much as 5 or 6 percent over the next two years.

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。
as much as 差不多; 足
例句：He'll know as much as she does, right?
他知道的内幕和她一样多对不对?

2. Ethiopia grew at a rate of almost 10 percent, the highest in East Africa.

at a rate of 以…速度
例句：The Sahara desert, for example, creeps southward at a rate of thirty miles annually. 
例如，撒哈拉沙漠以每年30英里的速度向南方推移。 

3. Sierra Leone is the fastest growing country in the area because of its iron ore exports, as well as its agriculture and building industries.

as well as 也，又
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days. 
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。 

4. Now the next step is how to translate this stable macroeconomic framework into inclusive growth that touches the lives of people – because one of things is we are seeing a lot of inequality still.

a lot of 许多的; 诸多
例句：A lot of what's changing now is subtle.
许多变化都非常微妙。

5. So as much as we are talking about girls, we have to see how that growth can impact all people, not just one group of people, said Lusigi.

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