VOA常速英语:Young MBAs Compete to Solve Global Problems

短语讲解：

1. Three years ago, Ahmad Ashkar, one of its enterprising MBA students, founded the Hult Global Case Challenge (Hult GCC), a competition for business students to come up with ways of solving pressing global issues.

come up with (针对问题等)想出;提供
例句：He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一个推广产品的好方法。

2. “We’re not interested in farfetched ideas that aren’t actionable,” Ashkar says

interest in对…感兴趣；使对…注意(或关心)
例句：I want to interest you in our new project.
他想让你热心于我们的新项目。

3. "The solutions that get evaluated will focus on implementation," Ashkar says.

focus on 对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

4. And how a one million dollar cash grant can be paired with the solution for immediate impact

pair with使…与…配成对
例句：The parents finally agreed to pair their daughter with that young man.
父母最终同意女儿同那位年轻人结婚。

5. After examining an organization’s mission and operations, students put together a business plan to increase efficiency and its bottom line.

put together组成整体
例句：This toy can be taken apart and put together with ease.
这个玩具可容易地拆开再装起来。
bottom line结果; 基本意思(或情况),概要
The bottom line, however, is that he has escaped.
然而,结果是他已经逃脱了。

6. Hult has partnered with three noNPRofits; SolarAid, which fights poverty through energy conservation and sustainability; Habitat For Humanity, which builds simple, affordable houses; and One Laptop per Child, which builds computers and sells them at cost to governments for distribution in poor communities.

partner with做伙伴
例句：We want to partner with suppliers.
我们希望和供应商建立伙伴关系。

7. We have about three million laptops right now in 40 different countries in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and in some places in Europe,” says Matthew Keller, vice president of One Laptop per Child, which is participating in the Global Case Challenge for a second year.

participate in参加
例句：How many people participated in the opening ceremony?
多少人参加了开业典礼?

8. It’s vitally important for the future of development, the future of economic prosperity, the sooner these young people get involved and know that they can make a difference.

make a difference有影响，有关系
例句：What you have told me may make a difference to my own position. 
你告诉我的一切，可能影响我自己的看法。

9. This is the first year SolarAid has taken part in the competition. Spokesman David Batley says the organization focuses on rural areas in eastern and southern Africa, where kerosene is a major source of energy as well as pollution.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

10. I think the winning team will be the one that uses a combination of really innovative thinking and taking account of practicalities of operating in Africa and the challenges that that represents.

take account of考虑
例句：We should also take account of difficulties.
我们也应该考虑到困难。