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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
Farms are spreading to unused city lots and old properties across the United States. These urban farms grow crops in areas where people rarely buy fresh fruits and vegetables, they also have the power to change what people eat and the power to influence troubled neighborhoods.
Eco City Farms is an educational nonprofit organization in Prince George county, Maryland. It seeks to empower the community by teaching economic development, job training and a healthier way of living.
The group has set up farms near automobile repair businesses and fast food stores in urban neighborhoods.
Social activist Margaret Morgan-Hubbard founded Eco City Farms. She says the the lack of fresh produce is a major health problem for children and their families who live in nearby Bladensburg, Maryland.
"What's critical is that 70 percent of the people in these towns are either overweight, obese, have diabetes or other kinds of diet-related ailments because they don't have access to healthy food."
Eco City Farms offer several programs, including educational activists on agriculture, food, and finding jobs with environmentally-friendly businesses.
People can also learn how to cook healthier foods and teach others how to prepare meals. On a recent day, Philip Sidibe demonstrated his cooking skills. He prepared Aloco, a popular food in Cameroon where he grew up.
He and other young people not only cook their food, they also grow it in a large garden next to the Autumn Woods Apartments. The apartments are home to 1,000 people, but the community has just one small store.
Tameka Barbour-Gaskins lives in Autumn Woods. She says her whole family is eating healthier meals because of the local produce.
"I like junk food. I like quick meals. Not easy to just go from eating a certain way all your life to switching over to being healthier... With the garden here, with my son learning, he can help me switch around my style of eating. I want a healthy family."
Margaret Morgan-Hubbard says the urban garden is an agent for change and the young people are its newest supporters.
"Our program is about planting seeds. It's about planting seeds not just in the ground, but in other human beings so that the movement can grow and it's really exciting because... these young people will be working with us throughout the year to help plan the actual farm and to ultimately own it."
She says this means not only farming food, but also making that food available to people who live in the community.
And that's the Agriculture Report from VOA Learning English. I'm Christopher Cruise.
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词汇解释
1.produce n. 农产品，产品
Winter produce will cost more for the next few weeks.
在未来几周，冬季农产品会更贵。
2.diabetes n. 糖尿病；多尿症
In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.
对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
3.environmentally-friendly adj. 对环境无害的；保护生态环境的
Our brochure is printed on environmentally-friendly paper.
我们的小册子是用环保纸张印刷的。
4.available adj. 有效的，可得的；可利用的；空闲的
We must utilize all available resources.
我们必须利用可以得到的一切资源。
内容解析
1.What's critical is that 70 percent of the people in these towns are either overweight, obese, have diabetes or other kinds of diet-related ailments because they don't have access to healthy food.
have access to 使用；接近；可以利用
They don't have access to a convertible currency.
他们无法得到可兑换货币。
Students at the Belfast campus have access to excellent sports facilities.
在贝尔法斯特校园的学生可以使用极好的体育设施。
2.Not easy to just go from eating a certain way all your life to switching over to being healthier.
switch over (使)调换位置；(使)改用另一种动力(或电路等)；(使)彻底改变；(使)改做另一件事
He switches over to French.
他现在改说法语了。
Tom switched over to trade.
汤姆改行经商了。
All the petrol pumps have been switched over to show decimal values.
所有汽油加油泵现在都已改成十进位显示了。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。
在美国各地，农民们涌向未使用的城市空地和旧地产。这些城市农场在人们很少能买到新鲜水果和蔬菜的地方种植作物，也有能力改变人们的饮食，并能影响受困扰的社区。
生态城市农场是位于马里兰州乔治王子县的教育性非盈利组织，该组织通过指导经济发展、就业培训和更健康的生活方式以提高社区的能力。
该组织在市区汽车修理厂和快餐店附近建立了农场。
社区活动人士玛格丽特·摩根-哈伯德创立了生态城市农场，她说对那些居住在马里兰州布莱登斯堡附近的孩子及其家人来说，缺少新鲜的农产品是一大健康问题。
“关键是，因为无法得到健康食品，这些城镇里70%的人超重、肥胖，有糖尿病或其他与饮食有关的疾病。”
生态城市农场提供几个项目，包括农业、食品等方面的教育活动，以及在环保企业求职。
人们还可以学习如何烹制健康食品，并教他人如何准备饭菜。最近，菲利普·西迪贝展示了自己的厨艺，他做了Aloco，这是他家乡喀麦隆的流行食品。
他和其他年轻人不仅学习做饭，还在秋林公寓附近的一大块花园里种植果蔬，这座公寓里住了1000人，但社区只有一个小店铺。
巴伯加斯·金斯住在秋林公寓，她说多亏了当地的农产品，她和家人现在吃上了健康食品。
“我喜欢垃圾食品，喜欢快餐。从吃了一辈子的饮食方式转换到健康的方式不那么容易，现在有了菜园，我儿子也在学习做饭，他可以帮我改变饮食方式，我希望全家都健康。”
玛格丽特·摩根-哈伯德说，城市菜园是变革的动因，年轻人是最新的支持者。
“我们的项目涉及种植，不仅播种到地里，还播种到人心里，这样这项运动就能发展壮大，这些年轻人整年都与我们一起帮助计划农场并最终拥有它，这真令人激动。”
她说这不仅意味着种植粮食，还意味着给居住在这社区的人们提供粮食。
这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道，我是克里斯多夫·克鲁斯。
