丹麦食品学家获得今年世界食品奖

66 丹麦食品学家获得今年世界食品奖

AGRICULTURE REPORT September 11, 2001: World Food PrizeBy George Grow

（Start at 1'00" ）This is Bill White with the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.
Per (PARE) Pinstrup-Andersen of Denmark has won the World Food (1)Prize for this year. The prize will be presented next month at a (2)ceremony in the American city of Des Moines, Iowa. Mister¹ Pinstrup-Andersen will receive the award and two-hundred-fifty-thousand dollars.
The World Food Prize honors² people who have (3)improved the quality of world food supplies. The World Food Prize (4)Foundation says it chose Mister Pinstrup-Andersen for his work in agricultural research and food policy. It praised him for helping³ to improve the condition of poor and (5)starving people around the world.
Mister Pinstrup-Andersen grew up on a farm in Denmark. He studied farm economics⁴ in Denmark and the United States. He is director-general of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D-C. The institute is one of sixteen centers supported by international aid.
In the past, most winners of the World Food Prize were recognized for scientific work in food production (6)technology. Mister Pinstrup-Andersen believes his award this year shows a new public understanding. He says it shows that the world needs both technology and good food policy to solve the problems facing poor people.
Under his leadership, the International Food Policy Research Institute has published a series of policy papers. These reports (7)urge government leaders and policy makers⁵ to help the world's poor and hungry people. The World Food Prize (8)Committee praised the reports for providing support for policy changes.
Mister Pinstrup-Andersen believes that the reports have helped increase public understanding of the causes of poverty and hunger. He says their main (9)purpose is to show the huge amount of human suffering and economic waste linked to hunger and poor use of natural (10)resources.

 
The World Food Prize winner also is a leading supporter of (11)expanded school feeding programs in developing countries. He notes that hundreds of millions of children do not get enough to eat.
Some environmental activists⁶ have (12)criticized Mister Pinstrup-Andersen for his support of genetically-engineered crops. He thinks such crops could help meet growing world demands for food.
This VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT was written by George Grow.

 

(1)  prize[ praiz ]n.奖赏, 奖金, 奖品, 捕获, 捕获物, 战利品adj.得奖的vt.珍视, 估价, 捕获, 撬, 撬开
(2)  ceremony[ 5serimEni ]n.典礼, 仪式, 礼节, 报幕员
(3) improve[ im5pru:v ]v.改善, 改进
(4) foundation[ faun5deiFEn ]n.基础, 根本, 建立, 创立, 地基, 基金, 基金会
(5) starve[ stB:v ]vt.使饿死vi.饿得要死
(6) technology[ tek5nClEdVi ]n.工艺, 科技, 技术
(7) urge[ E:dV ]vt.催促, 力劝n.强烈欲望, 迫切要求v.促进
(8) committee[ kE5miti ]n.委员会
(9) purpose[ 5pE:pEs ]n.目的, 意图, 用途, 效果, 决心, 意志vt.打算, 企图, 决心
(10) resource[ ri5sC:s ]n.资源, 财力, 办法, 智谋
(11) expand[ iks5pAnd ]vt.使膨胀, 详述, 扩张vi.张开, 发展
(12) criticize[ 5kritisaiz ]v.批评, 责备

 

1 mister   

n.(略作Mr.全称很少用于书面)先生

参考例句：

• Mister Smith is my good friend.史密斯先生是我的好朋友。
• He styled himself " Mister Clean ".他自称是“清廉先生”。

2 honors   

n.礼仪；荣典；礼节； 大学荣誉学位；大学优等成绩；尊敬( honor的名词复数 )；敬意；荣誉；光荣

参考例句：

• He aims at honors. 他力求名誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We did the last honors to his remains. 我们向他的遗体告别。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 economics   

n.经济学，经济情况

参考例句：

• He is studying economics,which subject is very important.他正在学习经济学，该学科是很重要的。
• One can't separate politics from economics.不能把政治与经济割裂开来。

5 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》