(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
Some farmers in the central Philippines are preparing for their first rice harvest since a powerful typhoon hit the country. Typhoon Haiyan caused major damage over a wide area and destroyed homes. The storm killed more than 6,000 people.
Florencio de la Cruz remembers typhoon Haiyan. He says he had harvested six tons of rice less than two weeks before the storm hit. Strong winds blew off the top of the storehouse where he kept his rice. Heavy rain nearly destroyed his harvest. However, the sun helped dry some of the crop and he was able to recover a little.
Late last year Florencio de la Cruz received rice seeds from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. The FAO helped start the planting season in the central Philippines. More than two thirds of the local population lives in poverty. Mr De la Cruz says, nothing would have happened without the seed program. He expects to harvest the new crop on March 28.
Last year, officials said 63,000 hectares of rice had to be replanted after Haiyan struck. In 2012, another storm reduced the government's supply of seed. Philippine officials say the FAO donated 52 percent of the required seeds. The international community donated another 28 percent. The rest came from the Philippine government.
Graziano da Silva is the Director of the FAO. Earlier this month, He inspected the seed program in the area where Florencio de la Cruz lives.
Mr da Silva says the farmers are receiving what he calls "certified quality" seeds. He says these seeds should produce more crops than the seeds farmers have now. But he says the first group of seeds was provided under less than perfect conditions.
"Remember the typhoon came exactly in the moment that was close in the time for another planting and we needed to do it in a week, two weeks and we did it. The most import is the result would be zero if we did not provide those," he said.
Mr Da Silva say the reaction of the international community and agencies in the Philippines was one of the quickest he has seen. He says the next step is to make sure the farmers get a fair price for their rice crops. He believes that this might influence them to plant even more.
Agencies say typhoon Haiyan destroyed 33 million coconut trees. Philippine officials have announced plans for large coconut clearing operation in the area where the typhoon hit. The goal is to plant new coconut trees.
The trees will need at least four years before they can produce fruit. For now, the agencies plan to help coconut farmers plant fast-growing crops like cassava and white corn.
And that's the Agriculture Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.
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词汇解释
1.storehouse n. 仓库，贮藏库；宝库
He was charged with torching a storehouse.
他被指控纵火烧仓库。
2.certified adj. 被证明的；有保证的；具有证明文件的 v. 证明，证实；颁发合格证书（certify的过去分词形式）
These ships were certified seaworthy.
这些船只被证明适于航行。
3.typhoon n. [气象] 台风
The typhoon had spent its fury.
台风的势头已经减弱了。
内容解析
1.Strong winds blew off the top of the storehouse where he kept his rice.
blow off 放出；吹掉
My hat blew off while I was crossing the bridge.
我正在过桥时，帽子吹掉了。
Poison gas blew off and endangered the lives of hundreds of persons.
毒气喷出来，危及几百人的生命。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。
菲律宾中部一些农民正在迎接该国被强台风袭击后的第一个大米收获季，台风海燕给大片地区带来了严重破坏，也毁坏了很多家园，还导致6000多人丧生。
Florencio de la Cruz对台风海燕记忆犹新，他说自己在台风到来的不到两周前收获了6吨大米。台风吹翻了他用来存放大米的仓库的屋顶，大雨几乎毁掉了全部收成。不过，太阳晒干了部分大米，他还能收回一点。
去年晚些时候他从联合国粮农组织那里得到大米种子，粮农组织帮助菲律宾中部开始了播种季。当地有三分之二以上人生活在贫困中，De la Cruz说没有种子项目的帮助，一切都是不可能的，他希望3月28日能收获新水稻。
去年，官方称海燕袭击后由6.3万公顷稻田需要重新种植。2012年的另一场风暴使得政府能提供的种子减少了，菲律宾官方称粮农组织捐赠了所需种子的52%。国际社会捐赠了另外的28%，其余的来自菲律宾政府。
席尔瓦是粮农组织主任，本月早些时候，他视察了Florencio de la Cruz所在地区的种子项目。
席尔瓦说农民们收到的所谓的“认证品质”的种子，他说这些种子的产量比农民们现在用的种子要高产。但他说第一批种子是在条件不那么完美的情况下分发的。
“记得台风袭来时正是要进行播种的时候，我们需要在一周、两周内播种，我们做到了。如果我们不提供种子，那么收成是没有的。”
席尔瓦说国际社会和机构对菲律宾的相应是他见过最迅速的，他说下一步是确保农民的大米能卖个好价钱。他认为这将影响他们以后种植更多大米。
有关机构称台风海燕破坏了3300万棵椰子树，菲律宾官方宣布在台风袭击地区进行大规模的椰子树清理计划，目标是种植新的椰子树。
这些树要至少四年才能结果，现在有关机构准备帮助椰农种植木薯和玉米等速生作物。
这就是美国之音慢速英语农业报道，我是乔纳森·埃文斯。
