(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
This is the VOA Learning English Agriculture Report.
The U.S. is awarding $15,000 each to five pairs of U.S. and Ethiopian universities for research and development projects.
One partnership is between the University of Maryland and Debre Birhan University, in Ethiopia. The partners will use the money to train Ethiopian women to grow crops throughout the year. They will teach students in both classrooms and on farms. Their goal is to help Ethiopia fight food insecurity.
The U.S. Agency for International Development says women perform up to 75 percent of all farm labor in Ethiopia, that represents 70 percent of household food production. But these women often produce up to 35 percent less than male farmers, because they receive less help.
Becky Ramsing is an advisor at the University of Maryland. She says she hopes the program will help women in Ethiopia who might not have any other way to get training.
"If you give the woman the resources those resources will directly go to the family. And when women are given added income or are able to raise more food, that directly relates to the children and the education and nutrition of the child," Ramsing said.
Ms. Ramsing says the program will first train teachers and officials at Debre Birhan University. Then, those teachers and officials will teach women useful farming skills, such as how to grow food in small places.
"Some of these women don't have access to land. How can we do container gardening and vertical gardening, livestocks like small poultry?"Ramsing said.
Tsigemariam Bashe is an official of Debre Birhan university. Ms. Bashe says the program aims to do more than teach farming. The larger purpose, she says, is to help women care for themselves and their families.
"Empowering women is empowering the whole population or empowering the society," Bashe said.
Hailu Terefe also works at Debre Birham. He says in some parts of the country only men are taught how to farm.
"There is cultural differences in Ethiopia. All of the regions do not have the same culture. There are regions that women are not allowed to go for agricultural practices," Terefe said.
Tsigemariam Bashe hopes the women who are trained will then train other women.
"I hope, I hope in the near future womens in the project becomes the community educator," Bashe said.
Four other American universities received awards for research and development partnerships. The U.S. State Department and Department of Education gave the awards, in part, to strengthen the abilities of teachers and school officials in both the U.S. and Ethiopia.
And that's the VOA Learning English Agriculutre Report. I'm Marsha James.
词汇解释
1.vertical adj. 垂直的，直立的；[解剖] 头顶的，顶点的 n. 垂直线，垂直面
The climber inched up a vertical wall of rock.
那名登山者一点点爬上了一处垂直的岩石峭壁。
2.empower vt. 授权，允许；使能够
I empower my agent to make the deal for me.
我授权我的代理人处理此项交易。
内容解析
1.Some of these women don't have access to land. How can we do container gardening and vertical gardening, livestocks like small poultry?
have access to 使用；接近；可以利用
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。
They don't have access to a convertible currency.
他们无法得到可兑换货币。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。
美国奖励美国和埃塞俄比亚高校的5对伙伴关系各自1.5万美元，用于科研和开发项目。
其中一个伙伴关系是马里兰大学和埃塞俄比亚的德卜勒伯尔汉大学，这对伙伴将使用这笔资金来培训埃塞俄比亚妇女全年种植作物，将同时在课堂和田间给学生教课，其目标是帮助埃塞俄比亚解决粮食问题。
美国国际开发署称埃塞俄比亚妇女占全部农场劳动力的75%，这代表了家庭粮食产量的70%，但这些妇女的农业产量通常比男子少35%，因为男子需要的帮助要少。
贝基·拉姆兴是马里兰大学的一名顾问，她说她希望该项目能帮助那些无法通过其他途径得到培训的埃塞俄比亚妇女。
“如果你给妇女们这些资源，这些资源将直接进入家庭，当妇女收入增加或能种出更多粮食时，这些直接与孩子和孩子的教育及营养有关。”
拉姆兴说该项目将首先培训德卜勒伯尔汉大学的教师和官员，然后这些教师和官员再把有用的农业技能教给妇女们，比如如何在小块田地种植粮食。
“一些妇女没有土地，该如何进行盆栽种植和立体种植，如何喂养小家禽之类的禽畜？”
Tsigemariam Bashe是德卜勒伯尔汉大学的一名官员，她说该项目希望不仅能培训农业知识，她说更大的目的是帮助妇女们照顾自己和家庭。
“赋权妇女就是赋权整个群体和整个社会。”
Hailu Terefe也就职于德卜勒伯尔汉大学，他说在该国一些地区只有男人才能获得农业培训。
“埃塞俄比亚存在文化差异，所有这些地区的文化都不同，在有些地区妇女们不被允许从事从业生产。”
Tsigemariam Bashe希望得到培训的妇女们能培训其他妇女。
“我希望在不久的将来，参加这个项目的妇女们能成为社区的教育者。”
另外4所美国大学也收到科研和开发合作伙伴奖励，美国国务院和教育部颁发该奖项的部分原因是为了强化美国和埃塞俄比亚教职员工的能力。
这就是美国之音慢速英语农业报道，我是玛莎·詹姆斯。
