VOA常速英语:World Bank: Much at Stake at Climate Conference

短语讲解：

1. The World Bank says tough decisions lie ahead at the upcoming U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.

lie ahead在前面，即将发生
例句：A great political future lies ahead of him.
他有远大的政治前程。

2. A top bank official says nations need to decide on a long-term strategy.

decide on就…做出决定, 决定要
例句：Peter decided on a blue sweater.
彼得选定了一件蓝色的运动衫。

3. The protocol is linked to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change that sets targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

4. “But what really does matter,” he said, “is that Durban agrees on a process by which countries in the near future sit down and ask themselves: Are we doing enough?”

agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句：They agreed on leaving there the next day.
他们一致同意第二天离开那里。

5. The second major issue is funding. How do you pay for climate change projects when countries are cutting spending in response to the global economic crisis?

in response to对…做出反应
例句：She laughed in response to his jokes.
他的话引起她大笑。

6. More than 130 countries have now asked the World Bank for help in dealing with climate change.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

7. “If you add the direct greenhouse gases from agriculture, which account for about 14 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions – if you add to that the impact of agriculture on deforestation, probably over 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are due to agriculture,” he said

account for占有，占...百分比
例句：APEC members account for more than half of the world's economic output.
亚太经合组织成员的经济总量在世界占一半以上。
due to由于，因为
例句：Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。

8. Most people might think: Well, climate change would surely slow down those 65 percent getting electricity.

slow down (使)生产缓慢, (使)变得迟钝
例句：The increase of productions has now slowed down.
现在产品的增长速度已经慢了下来。