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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
The United Nations says farmers in the Central African Republic need seeds and tools before the next planting season if the country is to avoid a food crisis.
Two high-level UN officials were recently in Bangui -- the capital of the CAR. One of them: John Ging is the operations director of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
He told reporters the international community must help Central Africans displaced by fight to plant enough food for the next harvest - the next planting season begins in March.
"The most urgent needs are exactly what you would expect - assistance with the seeds and tools for helping themselves to recover their livelihoods. We've got to focus on helping people to help themselves," he said.
The United Nations says conflict within the CAR has displaced more than 800,000 people, most of them since September.
It says not enough land was planted because of the conflict throughout the country last year. Food supplies are now very low and there is a shortage of seeds.
A complete breakdown of law and order last year meant that crime was a problem. In many areas, bandits stole seeds, farm animals, tools and other equipment, some villages were burned to the ground.
The group -- Human Rights Watch has been watching the situation in the country. It says the Seleka rebels who seized power last March destroyed many areas even after their leader had become president.
The Central African Republic is home to about 4.5 million people, but the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says more than one million of them lack a reliable, dependable food supply.
Last month, Mr Ging called for more aid organizations to come to the CAR.
"We need more of the large international non-governmental organizations [NGOs] to come here - urgently. If you go to any of the countries where we have very large humanitarian operations, you will see all of the big international non-governmental organizations present in those countries. Many of those large international organizations are not present in this country," said Mr Ging.
He also asked for more money to meet the needs of the country. So far, he said, only $30 million had been received after groups asked for $247 million. He said the needs are increasing.
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词汇解释
1.displace vt. 取代；置换；转移；把…免职；排水；使背井离乡
More than 600,000 people were displaced by the tsunami.
超过60万人被海啸搞得背井离乡。
2.breakdown n. 故障；崩溃；分解；分类；衰弱；跺脚曳步舞
He cited his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown.
他说繁重的工作负荷是导致他累垮的原因。
3.bandit n. 土匪，强盗
The bandit bared his teeth in an insolent smile.
那匪徒龇牙咧嘴地狞笑。
内容解析
1.In many areas, bandits stole seeds, farm animals, tools and other equipment, some villages were burned to the ground.
be burned to the ground 烧光；焚毁倒地；燃烧了；
The building was burned to the ground.
那栋建筑物被烧为灰烬。
The house literally burned to the ground.
那房子实际上已被烧光。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。
联合国称中非共和国要避免粮食危机，那里的农民需要在下一个播种季之前得到种子和工具。
两名联合国高级官员最近来到中非共和国首都班基，其中一位约翰·京是联合国人道主义事务协调办公室主任。
他告诉记者，国际社会必须帮助受战争摧残的中非人来播种足够的粮食来满足下一次收获，下次播种季于三月开始。
“目前最迫切的具体需要是我们能料想的，那就是提供种子和工具来帮助他们恢复生活。我们已经将重点放在帮助他们自力更生上。”
联合国说中非共和国的冲突导致80多万人背井离乡，大多数是九月后离家的。
联合国称去年整个国家都发生冲突，因此没有足够的土地来播种。目前的食物供应水平很低，并且缺少种子。
去年法纪秩序的彻底崩溃也意味着犯罪成为一大问题，在很多地区，盗贼偷窃种子、农场动物、工具等设备，有的村庄被烧成平地。
人权观察组织一直在关注该国的局势，该组织称去年夺权的塞雷卡叛军破坏了很多地区，即使在其领袖成为总统后仍是如此。
中非共和国目前有大约450万人口，但联合国粮农组织称其中100多万人缺少可靠的食物来源。
上月，京呼吁更多援助组织来到中非共和国。
“我们需要更多大型国际非政府组织来这里，非常紧迫。如果你到任何存在大型人道主义援助行动的国家去，你会在这些国家看到所有的大型国际非政府组织，但很多组织没有来中非共和国。”
他还请求提供更多资金帮助这个国家，各组织请求得到2.47亿美元，他说到目前为止只收到3000万美元，他说对资金的需求还在增加。
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