VOA常速英语:2011 Saw Challenges of Hunger and Poverty

词汇讲解：

1. illiterate adj. 文盲的
例句：People who have never gone to school are usually illiterate.
从未上过学的人往往目不识丁。

2. impede vt.阻碍, 妨碍, 阻止
例句：He was impeded in his work.
他的工作受阻。

3. nourish vt. 抚养；滋养；养育
例句：They needed good food to nourish their bodies.
他们需要好食品滋养身体。

4. deficiency n. 缺乏, 不足, 短缺
例句：During the war children suffered from a deficiency of food.
战争期间孩子们遭受缺乏食物之苦。

5. complication n. 并发症
例句：Complications set in, and the patient died.
病人因出现并发症而死亡。

6. staple adj. 主要的;大宗生产的
例句：Rice is our staple food.
米是我们的主食。

7. survive vi.幸存, 活下来
例句：These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

8. grocery n. 杂货店
例句：It is difficult for a small grocery store to compete with a supermarket.
小商店很难与超市抗争。

9. account n.账, 账户
例句：The sum of money has been transferred into my account.
那笔钱已转到我账上。

10. productive adj. 多产的, 富饶的
例句：They lived on the productive land.
他们生活在富饶的土地上。