TED演讲:我们是如何通过手机短信帮助饥饿的孩子填饱肚子的(5)

We're at a very interesting place in agriculture in Africa.

我们处在非洲农业非常有趣的节点上。

By the end of this year, we'll have almost one billion mobile phone subscriptions¹.

到今年年底，我们将会有接近十亿手机订阅用户。

We have the power in our hands to ensure that livestock² production systems are not only healthy, productive and profitable,

我们有足够的能力，以确保牲畜生产体系不仅仅是健康的、多产的以及盈利的，

but that farmers are knowledgeable³, and more importantly, that our farmers are safe.

而且农户是通晓养殖知识的，更重要的是，我们的农户是安全的。

Working with smallholder farmers is one of the best ways to guarantee food security.

与小型养殖户联手合作是保证粮食安全最好的方法。

Working with smallholder farmers is one of the best ways

与小型养殖户联手合作

to guarantee each and every child their full opportunity and ability to reach their full genetic⁴ potential.

也保证了每一个孩子可以得到充分的机会，以及能力去达到他们所拥有的基因潜力。

And harnessing the power of millions of smallholder farmers and their badass cows like mine,

利用成千上万小型养殖户的能力以及他们养殖的像我的牛一样的“猛”牛们，

we should be able to bring a halt to stunting⁵ in Africa. Thank you.

我们应该有能力阻止非洲的发育迟缓现象。谢谢大家。

1 subscriptions   

n.（报刊等的）订阅费( subscription的名词复数 )；捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；捐助

参考例句：

• Subscriptions to these magazines can be paid in at the post office. 这些杂志的订阅费可以在邮局缴纳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Payment of subscriptions should be made to the club secretary. 会费应交给俱乐部秘书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

3 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。

4 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

5 stunting   

v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Objective To report three-year-old twin brothers with speech stunting. 目的报道孪生兄弟同患语言发育迟缓的临床结果。 来自互联网
• No one should talk while stunting except coach or back spotter. 在技巧进行的过程中，只有教练或后保能说话。 来自互联网