和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Rocky Year Ahead for Nigeria Amid Oil Price Crash

2016-02-15来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. The country now produces more than two million barrels of oil a day.

more than 超过; 不只是; 很; 在…次以上
例句:He had notched up more than 25 victories worldwide.
他已赢得了超过25次国际级别赛事的胜利。

2. Nearly 70 percent of the Nigerian government’s revenue comes from the sale of oil.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句:Ambient noise may come from any direction.
外界噪声可以来自任意方向。

3. That puts the country in a difficult position, according to energy experts.

according to 根据,按照
例句:According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。

4. Those promises led to a 25 percent proposed budget increase over the year before.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句:Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。