VOA常速英语:Massive Gas Fields Discovered Off Mozambique

短语讲解：

1. Gas flows are expected to come on line between 2014 and 2016.

come on line投入运行
例句：The new working methods come on line in June .
新的操作方法将在六月实行。

2. So relative to their other sources of income, this is massive.

relative to关于…的, 和…比较起来
例句：Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.
与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的。

3. Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries, having emerged from a 15-year civil war in 1992 with its infrastructure devastated and its economy shattered.

emerge from来自, 产生于, 脱离
例句：Many distinguished men have emerged from slums.
许多名人都出自贫民窟。

4. Even so, economists note this growth comes off a very small base, and that most Mozambicans still live on less than $1.25 a day.

come off表现; 成功；达到预期效果（或结果）
例句：She came off well in the contest.
她在比赛中表现良好。
live on以…为食; 靠…为生
例句：That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.
那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。

5. Arsenio Mabote, the chief executive officer of Mozambique's National Petroleum Institute (INP) says the financial benefits from the gas must be used to develop the country's economy and its citizens.

benefit from通过…获益
例句：He thought he would benefit from going to school.
他认为上学对他有好处。

6. "As I told you employment is very important to us, improvement of different infrastructure is very important for us, build up capacity," Mabote said.

build up 逐步建立, 增进, 增强,使增大
例句：Many a large and big business has been built up from small ones.
很多大企业都是从小规模发展起来的。

7. As a matter of fact, if you look at Pemba where the gas discoveries are being made, you have no adequate infrastructure there, by implementing these kind of projects will definitely increase the infrastructure situation, improve the infrastructure situation.

as a matter of fact事实上, 其实
例句：As a matter of fact, I didn't have anything.
事实上, 我什么也没有。

8. So about $35 billion, which is 3 1/2 years' worth of Mozambican GDP, just popping up as direct revenue to the Mozambican government.

pop up突然出现
例句：Your name has popped up from time to time in the papers.
你的名字不时在报纸上出现。

9. And a rule of thumb applied by economists in South Africa is that for every dollar that is spent on Mozambique, wherever the dollar comes from, it doesn't matter for every dollar, 60 cents of that dollar in turn is spent on goods and services emanating from South Africa.

rule of thumb凭感觉的方法; 单凭经验的方法; 经验法则; 拇指规则
例句：He often works by rule of thumb.
他通常凭经验办事。
spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。