VOA常速英语:Mango Pits, Coconut Shells Could Generate Electricity

have access to接近（或进入）的方法（或权利、机会等）
例句：Students must have access to good books.
学生应该读得到好书。

2. So growing a separate fuel crop would take land away from food crops, something DeBolt definitely wanted to avoid.

take away把…带走; 使离开
例句：The prisoner was taken away by an armed guard.
一个持枪的狱警把犯人带走了。

3. “The people at most risk with respect to energy poverty, typically they’re the same people who have food insecurity issues as it is," he says.

with respect to关于, (至于)谈到
例句：With respect to your other proposals, I am not yet able to tell you our decision.
谈到你的其他建议, 我现在还无法把我们的决定告诉你。

4. “It’s the shell of a coconut, or the pit of a mango. And these are generally thrown out.”

throw out扔掉;赶走
例句：The drunken man was thrown out from the bar.
那醉汉被赶出了酒吧。

5. “It compares roughly to low- to moderate-grade coal in its heating value," he says, "which is excellent.”

compare to把…比作, 喻为; 与…相比
例句：Life is compared to a voyage.
人生好比航海。

6. “If that’s concentrated on rural, decentralized facilities - not the big cities, which generally have a sustained energy supply - then it may have a more sustained impact on those communities.”

have an impact on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：The book made a great impact on its readers.
这本书对读者有很大的影响。

7. And startup funds can be hard to come by in the countries that could most benefit.

come by得到, 获得
例句：Money that is easily come by is often easily spent.
钱来得容易往往也花得容易。