轻飘飘 - 2008-8-14 10:39:00
This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
On Tuesday, the United Nations will open a "food summit" （n 顶点，最高阶层）in Rome. Leaders and high-level officials from around the world will meet at the Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters（n 总部）. The F.A.O. says they will discuss the effects of rising food prices, limited resources, climate （n 气候）change, increased energy needs and population growth.
The United Nations agency says the three-day summit offers a historic chance to re-launch the fight against hunger and poverty（贫穷）. Another goal is to increase agricultural production in developing countries.
Poor countries likely will spend up to one hundred seventy billion dollars this year to import（进口） food -- up forty percent from last year.
A new report says agricultural prices should ease （v 减轻）from their recent record（v n 记录） highs. International prices for most crops（v 种植 n 农作物） have started to drop（下降）, mainly because of increased production.
But over the next ten years, food prices are expected to average well above levels of the past ten years. World grain supplies are low and need to be refilled, and food crops are being used to make biofuels.
The report came from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the F.A.O.
The F.A.O. has suggested several measures to immediately deal with the situation. These include supplying food to at–risk populations and seeds（n 种子 v 播种）, fertilizer （n 肥料）and animal feed to local farmers.
But what about long-term answers to food security? The International Center for Research on Women says one answer is investing more in female farmers.
Rekha Mehra is the director for economic and development issues at the Washington-based nonprofit. （n 非赢利的）She says improving women's ability to get resources and technology can directly increase agricultural productivity.
After all, women produce as much as eighty percent of the food in developing countries. In parts of Africa, for example, men are responsible for cash crops while women are generally responsible for food crops. And, around the world, women are the ones mainly responsible for their families' nutrition. （n 营养）
Women farmers usually have to own land to receive loans and other resources. Yet, in many developing countries, women do not have property（n 财产） rights like men have.
Rekha Mehra says the right to own land will lead to greater investment in the land. She says world leaders need to think about these gender （n 性）issues when they meet in Rome this week.
星期二，在罗马，联合国将要召开食品最高会议。来自世界各地的领导和高级官员将在食品农业组织
总部进行会晤。这个FAO表示他们将要对食品价格上涨，有限的资源，气候改变，能源需求增加，人口增
长问题进行讨论。
联合国代表说这三天的会议对于再次发动对饥饿和贫穷的斗争提供了一个历史机遇。另外一个目标是
在发展中国家增加农产品。
今年，落后国家进口了1700亿美元的食品，与去年相比增加了40%。
一份最新的报告表明从目前最高的记录看，农产品价格应该会下降。为了更多的农作物，国际价格
开始了下降，主要因为产量的增长。
但是在接下来的十年，食品价格有望平均低于过去十年的价格。世界获得的供应被降低，需求被充
填，食物作物将被用于生物燃料。
这份报告来自经济合作发展组织和FAO
在这种情况下，FAO已经建议个几种尺度对于及时交易。其中包括对于贫困人口的食物供应和当地农
民的播种，肥料，家禽饲养问题。
Rekha Mehra是华盛顿非赢利组织经济发展的发行人。她说提高妇女获得资源和技术的能力能直接导
致农作物的增产。
毕竟，在发展中国家妇女创造了食物总量的80%。例如，在非洲，男人的责任是赚钱，同时妇女的责
任是每天的食物。从全球来看，妇女主要负责家庭的营养。
女性农民通常用自己的土地获得贷款和其它资源。然而，在许多发展中国家，妇女还没有像男人一
样拥有获得财产的权利。
Rekha Mehra说获得土地的权利将导致对于土地的大规模的投资。她还表示本周，世界各国领导们在
罗马会晤时需要考虑这些与性别相关的问题。
ljm1512 - 2008-8-16 23:11:00
But over the next ten years, food prices are expected to average well above levels of the past ten years------ 但是在接下来的十年，食品价格有望平均低于过去十年的价格。是低于吗？？？？？
The F.A.O. has suggested several measures to immediately deal with the situation. /
我感觉是不是翻译成F.A.O已经建议出（提出）几种方案用来立即解决这种状况啊，后面是不是具体的方法啊（ These）
But what about long-term answers to food security? The International Center for Research on Women says one answer is investing more in female farmers/漏翻译了（但是对于食物安全的长期方案是什么呢？研究女性的国际中心说一个方案是在女性农民身上加大投资。不知道对不对，呵呵
Washington-based /是说总部在华盛顿
我也第一次评啊，水平很差
moqihui - 2008-9-1 18:29:00
, food prices are expected to average well above levels of the past ten years
average well 是高是低
缪金华 - 2008-9-1 18:46:00
But over the next ten years, food prices are expected to average well above levels of the past ten years.
这儿的average 是跟在 be expected to后面的，词性为动词。
well 作为副词，修饰above，well：to a considerable extent or degree 到相当的程度，类似的词语还有way等，在考研阅读里出现过不下两次。