VOA常速英语:Farmers Urged to Throw Plow Away

词汇讲解：

1. dawn n. 开端, 萌芽
例句：The war was ended and we looked forward to the dawn of much happier days.
大战结束了, 我们盼望着更加美好的日子的来临。

2. devastate vt.毁坏;使荒芜；在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮
例句：A storm devastated the island.
一场暴风雨使这个岛遭到彻底破坏。

3. occurrence n.发生, 出现；事件; 发生的事
例句：Newspapers record the chief occurrences of the day.
报纸报道了当天发生的大事。

4. erode vt. 侵蚀, 腐蚀
例句：The sea erodes the rock.
海水侵蚀岩石。

5. impact n.影响, 作用；冲击(力), 碰撞
例句：The computer had made a great impact on modern life.
计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响。

6. approach n. 方法,方式;态度
例句：I like her approach to the problem.
我喜欢她解决这个问题的方法。

7. strip n. 狭长的一块(材料、土地等)
例句：There is a strip of garden behind his house.
他房子后面有一小块狭长形的园地。

8. enable vt.使能够; 提供做…的权利[措施]；使可能
例句：This pass enables me to travel half-price on trains.
我用这张通行证可以半价乘火车。

9. last vi. 延续; 继续
例句：How long will the fine weather last?
好天气能延续多久?

10. yield n.产量, 收益
例句：All these have helped raise farm yields steadily.
所有这些都有助于农业产量的稳步提高。