VOA慢速英语2012.06.18
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/voa/voa20120618.mp3[/audio]The United Nations is expecting the world to harvest more rice in twenty twelve than was produced last year. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization says the world rice harvest should rise almost two percent, mainly because of increased production in Asia. Large gains are expected for Bangladesh, Burma, China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand. The FAO also is predicting a recovery for rice harvests in Africa. It expects increased production from Mali, Nigeria and Senegal.联合国预计2012年全球的大米产量会高于去年，联合国粮农组织称，全球大米产量会增长近2%，主要是因为亚洲的增产。孟加拉国、缅甸、中国、印度、巴基斯坦、菲律宾和泰国有望大丰收。粮农组织还预测非洲稻米产量会复苏。该组织预计马里、尼日利亚和塞内加尔的稻米产量会有所增加。
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**** Hidden Message ***** But the UN agency says harvests will be lower in the European Union and the United States. Two reasons for this are unusally dry weather and falling rice prices, which bring some farmers to plant other crops. But the UN agency says harvests will be lower in the European union and united states, two reasons for this are unusual dry weather and falling rice prices, which leads some farms to plant other crops.
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