VOA常速英语:Leasing Land, Leasing Water

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

2. Even northern European ones, such as my own country Sweden, have companies that are investing in these African lands

invest in在…上投资, 在…投入(时间、精力等)
例句：He invested his money in shares.
他把钱投资在股票上。

3. And that has a lot of implications for land and water rights in these areas and these countries, which may have [an] effect on [the] national level, for pastoralists and so forth, but even moreso perhaps on an international level.

have an effect on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：Her parents' divorce had a profound effect on her life.
她父母的离异对她的生活有很深的影响。

4. In river basins, some of these land leases have occurred, and the implications have not been taken into account in river basin organizations or the equivalent of those

take into account考虑到;体谅
例句：They had to take the baby into account when they wanted to go out.
每当要外出时,他们总得考虑如何将婴孩安顿好。

5. It says while the land deals could help ensure food security in countries leasing the land, they also run the risk of creating food insecurity in the host countries.

run the risk of冒……的风险
例句：Foreign ships and planes refused to run the risk of attack.
外国船只和飞机拒绝冒遭到攻击的危险。